Comments on: 2005 reading list, a year end summary

By: katalog

katalog — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:07:25 +0000

here is a link to my 2005 list of books read (not including the half that I couldn’t finish). I can’t imagine reading any more than I did this year. I have no idea what I typically read in a given year, but this felt like substantially more than average. That’s a good thing. I was checking out some other blogs that I know were working on the 50 books thing, and it is remarkable how many books were read. For example, check out Jessamyn’s stats at Librarian.net. Eighty-six books. And that’s down from last year for her. Jessa at Bookslut hasn’t posted her list yet, but she was way up there months ago when she last posted a number of books read. Neal Pollock, who has a kid, made me feel a little better. He looked like he was going to be close when he last posted a number, and he’s a professional writer. Maybe I’m not such a slacker. (Update

By: dzieci

dzieci — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:11:50 +0000

I prefer classic books reading too.

By: bosch

bosch — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:28:13 +0000

Online reading is bad. I prefer traditional books.

By: Baby Got Books » Blog Archive » 47.5

Baby Got Books » Blog Archive » 47.5 — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:57:02 +0000

[...] If you’ll recall, when we started this blog, my initial hare-brained scheme was that we would all get in on the wacky internet meme going around at that time – namely, we would each read 50 books in 2005 and write about them. I quickly realized that if I was to have any company here at all, that whole 50 books thing was going to have to go out the window. And it did. So while not really taking it very seriously, I decided to keep track of my books just to see how I would measure up against that arbitrary yardstick. It turns out if I could have squeezed in two-and-a-half more books, I would have been there. If you are interested, here is a link to my 2005 list of books read (not including the half that I couldn’t finish). I can’t imagine reading any more than I did this year. I have no idea what I typically read in a given year, but this felt like substantially more than average. That’s a good thing. I was checking out some other blogs that I know were working on the 50 books thing, and it is remarkable how many books were read. For example, check out Jessamyn’s stats at Librarian.net. Eighty-six books. And that’s down from last year for her. Jessa at Bookslut hasn’t posted her list yet, but she was way up there months ago when she last posted a number of books read. Neal Pollock, who has a kid, made me feel a little better. He looked like he was going to be close when he last posted a number, and he’s a professional writer. Maybe I’m not such a slacker. (Update: Neal Pollack only made it to 49. I feel better somehow.) [...]

By: Rutabaga Dreams » 2005 Reading

Rutabaga Dreams » 2005 Reading — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:36:20 +0000

[...] I’m going to do a similiar tallying as I did last year, based on the stats at Librarian.Net’s blog (via Anirvan at Bookfinder) [...]

By: telewizory lcd

telewizory lcd — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:26:37 +0000

I also oneself something would want to find out on this theme. Very attentively I will read every post.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:59:09 +0000

I keep a separate reading list, too. I still treat LibraryThing like my personal OPAC with a shared catalog element. It’s more than just what I’ve read, and not everything I read will be in it.

By: BookFinder.com Journal

BookFinder.com Journal — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:20:13 +0000

Personal reading index, 2005

I’ve been keeping online reading list for several years now. Here’s my annual summary, my version of Jessamyn’s end of year reading index. number of books read in 2005: 103…