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.)
61 books is awesome, Michelle! Congrats!
Wow! I’m impressed. I’ve just read two good reports on The Sister now also so I will have to add it to my TBR pile!
Wow! I’d be happy to read 61 books in a year. But 61 in six months is amazing. Really good job!
I’m seeing The Sister, which I haven’t read, and Hugo Cabret, which I have, all over the place! I’ll have to put a hold on The Sister @ my library.
I’m glad you enjoyed Strangers. I thought it was ok but didn’t love it. I hope to get to Silence one of these days.
Wow! 61 in six months is impressive. I’ve only read 26, and I’ve got no idea what the cumulative stats are. Maus is amazing. Read it in high school and loved it.
I’m interested to see the second Harry Potter so high up there as it’s generally accepted as being the weakest of the series. What is it that you enjoyed so much about it? Have you read the others?
You and I were neck-and-neck as of the end of June. Hugo Cabret is on my wish list at PBS, but I think there are about 130 people in line ahead of me! I’m glad you enjoyed Unaccustomed Earth and The Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time because both of those are on my stacks.
Awesome! Maus is the best so far? I put both of them on hold at the library just a few days ago. I’m looking forward to it!
Invention of Hugo Cabret is one of my favorites this year.
But is it fair to count it as 533 pages?
61 books is remarkable.