2017 Both Was And Was Not A Record Setting Reading Year

Well, 2017 both was and was not a record setting reading year. Without a doubt, it was a big year at 333 books. That beats out the 303 in 2014, the 313 in 2013, and the 318 in 2011 (my other 3 over 200 years). However, those 333 books only added up to 84,557 pages.

By way of contrast, the 303 in 2014 added up to 86,028, the 313 in 2013 added up to 87,439, and the 318 in 2011 added up to 89,826. Thus, by the more accurate page count, it was only my fourth highest year (none of my other years broke 80K, the highest being the 243 books in 2012 that added up to 73,216). Even if a bunch of books didn’t list any pages and this didn’t add any to the page count, which happens sometimes, I doubt there’d be anywhere near that many. I read a lot, just not a record on total amount, and the difference is in the size of the books I read.

I just didn’t read as big of books in 2017.

Granted, it’s still a record for total number. 2017 just comes down to 254 pages per book whereas 2014 was 284 pages per book, 2013 was 279 pages per book, and 2011 was 282 pages per book. Thus, 2017 for most books read, 2011 for most pages read, and 2014 for largest average page count per book.

Regardless, it isn’t as if I was reading chapbooks the whole year and I did end up reading quite a bit, just perhaps not as much of a record reading year as it appeared it might be. It all probably means I’m not writing enough anyway.