tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post5627915767666094224..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: 2020 by the NumbersSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-24333520716995604752021-01-04T17:41:38.373-06:002021-01-04T17:41:38.373-06:00I find a significant portion of my annual reading ...I find a significant portion of my annual reading that way, Jeane. The enthusiasm of other readers is a hard thing for me to resist.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9357729609794466402021-01-04T17:40:11.998-06:002021-01-04T17:40:11.998-06:00Thanks, Carol. 2020 was a challenging year for lot...Thanks, Carol. 2020 was a challenging year for lots of readers, I'm finding, and it changed some long-established reading habits and patterns of a whole lot of people. I know so many people who found it really difficult to concentrate on the written page for most of the spring and early summer, that I have to believe that the isolation we often crave was backfiring on us.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9704593195585023902021-01-04T14:19:41.073-06:002021-01-04T14:19:41.073-06:00Glad there is some overlap though, too- following ...Glad there is some overlap though, too- following readers who have different tastes than mine certainly makes me stretch a bit, and reach for a few I might not ordinarily choose for myself. It's a good kind of stretch!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-29301441256923962042021-01-04T02:58:28.783-06:002021-01-04T02:58:28.783-06:00Impressive list. I read a lot more than usual last...Impressive list. I read a lot more than usual last year but also it tended to be lighter material although I did read some large tomes. I also didn't write reviews on many of them. I like your number work - not in my line but I appreciate it in others! All the best for 2021.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67588506012450116532021-01-01T15:18:57.688-06:002021-01-01T15:18:57.688-06:00Thanks, Nan. I'm still an accountant at-heart,...Thanks, Nan. I'm still an accountant at-heart, so I keep a running tabulation going all year long. It makes it a lot easier for me to produce the numbers at the end of the year and figure out what they really tell me about the past reading year.<br /><br />I wish I could resist the new ones a bit more than I do. I think my "problem" is caused by regularly reading the book sections Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-39410860336403248812021-01-01T15:16:43.168-06:002021-01-01T15:16:43.168-06:00For sure, Lark. Readers are definitely coping bett...For sure, Lark. Readers are definitely coping better with the semi-isolation so many of us are enduring right now. I'm looking forward to seeing how your new year goes. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-3533501068687450582021-01-01T15:15:41.226-06:002021-01-01T15:15:41.226-06:00Interesting that our total-read count is almost id...Interesting that our total-read count is almost identical, Jeane. Your choices are very different from mine, and that's why I enjoy reading your reviews so much. Have a great 2021!Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-65761904024386176072021-01-01T15:14:41.417-06:002021-01-01T15:14:41.417-06:00Magpies seem to have a lot of fun, Cathy...looking...Magpies seem to have a lot of fun, Cathy...looking forward to seeing the numbers after you finish crunching them.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-82631612736762722862021-01-01T15:13:49.288-06:002021-01-01T15:13:49.288-06:00Thanks, so much. Here's hoping you have a grea...Thanks, so much. Here's hoping you have a great new year ahead of you, too. We all deserve one.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-70473399306363242952021-01-01T15:13:10.862-06:002021-01-01T15:13:10.862-06:00I think that many of us went through some period o...I think that many of us went through some period of time in 2020 during which we found it more difficult to concentrate on the page as easily as we normally do, Diane. I've heard from a few that they didn't experience the 2020 slump, but they are the exception.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67974166960066266312021-01-01T15:02:14.883-06:002021-01-01T15:02:14.883-06:00I really love this post!! I am quite wild about nu...I really love this post!! I am quite wild about numbers myself. I haven't "crunched" mine yet, but I sure read a lot fewer than you did! <br />As for those "shiny new objects" I find them quite resistable unless it is a book by an author I love, or the next one in a mystery series. <br />Do you have tools to help you do all these numbers or do you just add them up?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-87583878137416359922021-01-01T12:43:19.269-06:002021-01-01T12:43:19.269-06:00I don't think I would have gotten through 2020...I don't think I would have gotten through 2020 without good books to read...and escape into. Blogging friends made it better, too. Congrats on reading so many books in 2020. I'm hoping to read more nonfiction this year. :DLark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50390573237693275232021-01-01T09:45:53.525-06:002021-01-01T09:45:53.525-06:00Glad to be a reader this year, too. Usually being ...Glad to be a reader this year, too. Usually being an introvert makes me feel out of place in the world at large, but this year it's been a trait that makes life easier- all my usual entertainment and occupations are still at hand.... You and I read nearly the same number of books for the year, btw!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-8224941638697655402021-01-01T01:58:06.137-06:002021-01-01T01:58:06.137-06:00I'm slowly beginning to crunch my own numbers....I'm slowly beginning to crunch my own numbers. It's going to be interesting to compare ours when I've finished. (By the way, I find it impossible to ignore the shiny new objects myself. I've given up and just call myself a magpie.)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-56664575814161218112020-12-31T19:52:03.174-06:002020-12-31T19:52:03.174-06:00Congratulations on a great year of reading.
Wishi...Congratulations on a great year of reading. <br />Wishing you a happy and healthy new year shelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-87586982814384408432020-12-31T15:53:06.578-06:002020-12-31T15:53:06.578-06:00Funny Sam as my numbers were down by 6 when I expe...Funny Sam as my numbers were down by 6 when I expected they'd be up. Also, I read way more by female authors vs. male authors so perhaps that is just the way the "cookie crumbles."(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.com