61 books read, all of which can be seen HERE
17170 pages read
Average number of pages per book: 281
21 female authors
30 male authors
46 new authors
11 books in translation
6 languages in translation: japanese (3), hungarian (3), french (2), icelandic (1), german (1), italian (1)
The best books of the first half of the year (not in any order except first two):
Maus I 
by Art Spiegelman (1986, 161 pp.)
Maus II by Art Spiegelman (1991, 127 pp.)
Strangers 
by Taichi Yamada (1987 [2003 in U.S.], 203 pp.)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003, 226 pp.)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (1998, 341 pp.)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Silence by Shusaku Endo (1966, 201 pages)
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968, 236 pp.)
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (1988, 462 pp.)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908, 369 pp.)
The Sister by Poppy Adams (2008, 275 pp.)
Kaddish for a Child not Born by Imre Kertesz (1990, 95 pp.)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007, 533 pp.)
The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy (1966, 146 pp.)
Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case by Mordecai Richler (1995, 144 pp.)
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008, 333 pp.)
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005, 198 pp.)
