2010: A Reading Year in Review
This year has been a good reading year for me. Some reading stats for completed books:
Total number of books read: 40.
Fiction books: 33.
Nonfiction: 7.
Audio books: 4.
Kindle books: 16.
DailyLit books: 2.
Books re-read: 5.
My favorite books of the year in no particular order were
The Hunger Games , Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire , Suzanne Collins
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? , James Shapiro
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 , James Shapiro
The Help , Kathryn Stockett
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell , Susanna Clarke
A Farewell to Arms , Ernest Hemingway
Remarkable Creatures , Tracy Chevalier
The Map of True Places , Brunonia Barry
Emily's Ghost , Denise Giardina
The books I liked least:
Crime and Punishment , Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Charity Girl , Georgette Heyer
The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson
The Meaning of Ni ght , Michael Cox
The Ruby in the Smoke , Philip Pullman
I completed several reading challenges. For the Everything Austen Challenge, I read/viewed the following:
The Three Weissmanns of Westport , Cathleen Schine
Sense and Sensibility , Jane Austen
Mansfield Park , Jane Austen
Persuasion , Jane Austen
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen , Syrie James
Miss Austen Regrets (film)
Of these books, I enjoyed Persuasion the most, but truthfully, this challenge was one of the most enjoyable for me because I liked all of the books I read and the movie I watched.
I completed Carl's R.I.P. Challenge for the first time. I read the following books:
Dracula, My Love , Syrie James
Wintergirls , Laurie Halse Anderson
The Heretic's Daughter , Kathleen Kent
Mockingjay , Suzanne Collins
I always enjoy this challenge, and I enjoyed all the books I completed for this challenge, especially Dracula, My Love.
I also participated in Carl's earlier Once Upon a Time Challenge with a read of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
I read a lot of fiction about the Brontës this year and completed the All About the Brontës Challenge:
Charlotte and Emily , Jude Morgan
Wuthering Heights , Emily Brontë (audio)
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë , Syrie James
The Bibliophilic Books Challenge was a fun way to read books about authors or reading. I read the following:
Charlotte and Emily , Jude Morgan
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 , James Shapiro
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë , Syrie James
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? , James Shapiro
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels , Jasper Fforde
Emily's Ghost , Denise Giardina
The Typically British Challenge was a snap for me; as an anglophile, most of the books I read were British, but I counted the following for the challenge:
The Meaning of Ni ght , Michael Cox
The Little Stranger , Sarah Waters
Charlotte and Emily , Jude Morgan
Good Omens , Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell , Susanna Clarke
Pride and Prejudice , Jane Austen
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels , Jasper Fforde
Wuthering Heights , Emily Brontë
Last year I read 29 books and didn't finish any challenges. Look for my reading goals for 2011 in a post tomorrow.
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2010: A Reading Year in Review
