Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
**
Definitely not for me
*

2008 Stats Part II

See 2008 Stats Part I here

Awards:

  • Nobel: 8 books from 5 laureates
  • Booker: 5
  • Pulitzer: 1 (ouch!  I had 12 last year!)
  • Pulitzer Special Award: 1 (Maus)
  • Governor General: 2
  • Newbery: 2
  • Hugo: 2
  • Nebula: 1
  • IMPAC Dublin: 1
  • Costa: 1
  • Spur: 1
  • Eisner: 1
  • Caldecott: 1

Books:

  • Total: 120 (Complete list is here)
  • Fiction (encompasses everything): 111
  • Non-Fiction: 9
  • Audio: 24
  • YA/Children’s: 30
  • Fantasy: 12
  • Classics: 10
  • Graphic Novels: 10
  • Sci-Fi: 5
  • Mystery: 3
  • Short Story Collections: 3
  • Plays: 1
  • Poetry: 1
  • Re-reads: 1
  • Longest book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 896 pp.
  • Shortest book: The Borden Tragedy, 80 pp.
  • Oldest book: Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol (1830s)
  • Newest book(s):  A Mercy by Toni Morrison and Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card (11/11/08)

Reading:

  • Best reading month: October, 18 books
  • Worst reading month: August, 5 books
  • Pages read: 31777

Challenges:

  • 47 completed, the list is here
  • 10 DNF
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