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50 Book Challenge Complete for 2007!

September 22, 2007 at 11:06 pm · Filed under Books Etc

I made it too 100 books, although I fell a little short of my revised goal of 30,000 pages (I made it to 29,634.) There is a full list of books with links to reviews for your perusal.

And now here’s the fun part for me—the stats!

  • 100 books by 61 different authors.
  • 87 books were new to me, while 13 were re-reads.
  • 64 were written by women, 36 by men.
  • Of the 61 different authors, 36 were women and 25 were men (59% and 41%, respectively.)
  • I went back for second (or third, fourth, fifth, and in three cases, sixth) helpings of 19 authors, 13 female, 6 male.
  • I rated 40 of them 4 stars or above (on LibraryThing.)
  • I read 5 short story collection: 4 world lit, and 1 fantasy collection.
  • 39 were borrowed from the library or from friends, or were read online through Project Gutenberg; I owned the other 61 at the time I read them, having acquired them through new and used bookstores or BookMooch.

Breakdown by Genre

  • Non-fiction: 1
  • Memoir: 3
  • Chick lit: 1
  • Mystery and suspense: 30 (15 adult mysteries, 7 juvenile mysteries, and 8 suspense novels)
  • Fiction: 34 (29 adult and 5 juvenile; of the adult, 19 were world lit and 10 were British/American/Canadian)
  • Fantasy: 27 (17 adult, 4 young adult, and 6 juvenile)
  • Science fiction: 4

Breakdown by Date

  • January: 35
  • February: 2
  • March: 0
  • April: 1
  • May: 6
  • June: 13
  • July: 16
  • August: 13
  • September (up to 22nd): 14

I abandoned four novels unfinished: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster, Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, and A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. The latter was the only one I felt regret at not finishing, because there were a lot of things I liked about it even though I wasn’t enjoying the book as a whole. Luckily(?) I’ll be picking that one back up this winter, since it’s on the syllabus for my upcoming Fantasy and Horror course.

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CJHill wrote, on September 23rd, 2007 at 9:40 pm:

Congrats on reaching your goal! It’s a great accomplishment.

cjh

Eva wrote, on September 24th, 2007 at 2:21 am:

Wow-you read a ton of books in January! I’ll have to look over your list with reviews soon. :)

Poodlerat wrote, on September 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pm:

CJH: Thanks! It’s the first reading challenge I’ve ever finished, and I’m feeling pretty good about it.

Eva: Yes, I did! I had quite a long break then, without school or work, so I was able to read for quite a few hours every day. Hope you enjoy the reviews!

Bybee wrote, on September 26th, 2007 at 7:51 am:

Poodlerat, congratulations on getting to 100…I’ve never done this in my life, so I’m a little envious, but more proud of you than anything. Thanks for the stats too!
Bybee (working on #46)

Poodlerat wrote, on September 26th, 2007 at 1:47 pm:

Thanks! It’s the first challenge I’ve ever completed.

Good luck with your own challenge!

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