Book Chase 2011 - in Numbers

Being the statistics nerd that I am, I've managed to pull together some end-of-year numbers that reflect the kind of reading year 2011 was for me. I think I was more consistent in my reading this year than I ever have been, with seven months at 10 books read, three with 11 read, and two with 12.  I didn't hit one of my normal "slump" periods in 2011, and that probably means that I chose my reading material more carefully this year then in past years.  I did, however, abandon 9 books again this year, same as in 2010.  I continued to make good use of my public library, and was lucky enough to get my hands on a bunch of really great Advance Reading Copies.  It was a good year.

This, according to the stats, was how it happened:

Number of Books Read - 127

Fiction - 92:

Novels - 90

Short Story Collections - 2

Nonfiction - 35:

Memoirs - 12

Biographies - 5

Literary Criticism - 2

Education - 3

Travel - 2

Sociology - 4

Sports - 1

Science - 1

History - 5

Written by Men - 84

Written by Women - 43

Co-Authored by Both - 0

Audio Books - 15

E-Books - 17

Library Books - 41

Review Copies - 64

Started but Abandoned - 9

Translated: 9

Pages per Day: 93

Length of Average Book Read in 2011 - 306 pages

Total Number of Pages Read (Excluding audio books) = 34,000+ 

I'm excited about moving into the New Year and beginning the sixth year of Book Chase on January 20. I hope to come up with something special to mark my fifth anniversary because that's definitely one I never thought I would be celebrating.  Let's have some fun in 2012; I can't wait to get started.