Sunday, January 3, 2010

total books read in 2009!

2009 total: 655

174 picture books
145 manga
136 young adult fiction
54 graphic novels
52 youth fiction
44 adult non fiction
33 adult fiction
16 youth non fiction
1 young adult non fiction

Not quite as prolific this year. I'm going to blame that on school. :) My best month was April with 91 books and the worst was October with 26. Let's hope I can beat 655 for 2010! ;)

For comparison, I present 2008, 2007, & 2006! 2007 & 2008 were good years--and clearly, you can see I had no social life. :)

2008 total: 1151
380 manga
233 graphic novels
204 picture books
131 young adult fiction
62 youth fiction
47 adult non fiction
42 comics
31 adult fiction
18 youth non ficiton
3 young adult non fiction

2007 total: 1118

433 manga
269 picture books
158 graphic novels
79 young adult fiction
68 adult non fiction
60 youth fiction
38 adult fiction
10 youth non fiction
2 young adult non fiction
1 zine

2006 total: 263
85 graphic novels
84 manga
34 adult fiction
20 young adult fiction
18 youth fiction
11 picture books
10 adult non fiction

Books from Michigan

By the way, I did find that book, Marked. It was not in a black hole. It was in a place I didn't look because I was SURE that I hadn't even stopped there the night I lost it (i.e., the couch in my parents' basement). My dad found it. :) And I finished the book while I was in Michigan.

A funny library story from while I was in Michigan visiting family. The Grand Haven library, the Loutit District Library has recently been rebuilt. I hadn't been in the new library until I visited this time. A friend of my parents' works there. So, one day, when my dad was home from work, we went to the library after lunch. We wanted to see our friend and my dad hadn't seen the new library.

By the way, the library is beautiful! I wish I lived in Grand Haven again so I could go there all the time. :)

Our friend wasn't back from lunch yet, so I made my dad wander with me. And of course, I found some interesting books I wanted to read! I asked my dad if he had a library card and he said no. So I asked him to go get one so I could get some books out! I had read through nearly all of the books I had brought with me. And I found some really awesome doggie art type books (These Were Our Dogs and Lost). My dad, who is the awesomest, went and got a library card. :) Isn't that funny?

So, that was my Michigan vacation. Well, that and the three days I spent in airports because my flights kept getting delayed. I read a lot.

Happy New Year, everyone!

books i've read december 2009


12.1.09
  • The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #9 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
  • Cy-Believers #1 by Shioko Mizuki (M)
12.3.09
  • Huge by Sasha Paley (YA)
  • The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (Y)
  • Up All Night by Peter Abrahams, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Patricia McCormick, Sarah Weeks, & Gene Luen Yang (YA)
12.4.09
  • Zoobreak by Gordon Korman (Y)
  • Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (YA)

12.5.09

  • Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them by Todd Harris Goldman (A-NF)
  • How to Take Over teh Wurld: A Lolcat Guide 2 Winning by Professor Happycat & icanhascheezburger.com (A-NF)
  • Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami (Y)

12.7.09

  • Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (YA)

12.8.09

  • I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child (PB)
  • Which Witch's Wand Works? by Poly Bernatene (PB)
  • Little Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Jen Corace (PB)
  • Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer & Dan Santat (PB)

12.9.09

  • Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now by Gordon Livingston (A-NF)

12.13.09

  • The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading by Charity Tahmaseb & Darcy Vance (YA)

12.16.09

  • Suspicion by Kate Brian (YA)
12.17.09
  • Political Issues in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series edited by Dedria Bryfonski (A-NF)
12.18.09
  • Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World by Ian Phillips (A-NF)
  • These Were Our Dogs by Libby Hall (A-NF)
  • Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)
12.19.09
  • Alibi Junior High by Greg Logsted (Y)
  • Bleach #29 by Tite Kubo (M)
  • X-Men Misfits #1 by Raina Telgemeier, Dave Roman, & Anzu (M)
  • Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe (YA)
12.20.09
  • The Resilient Clinician by Robert J. Wicks (A-NF)
12.22.09
  • Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris (A)
12.23.09
  • The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (YA)
12.24.09
  • Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)
  • Devoured by Amanda Marrone (YA)
  • The Wallflower #21 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
12.25.09
  • How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity edited by Michael Cart (YA)
12.28.09
  • I Can Has Cheezburger?: A Lolcat Colleckshun by Professor Happycat & icanhascheezburger.com (A-NF)
  • Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates (A-NF)
12.29.09
  • Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide & Lane Smith (PB)
  • Wicked: Witch & Curse by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie (YA)
12.30.09
  • Spirits, Fairies, and Merpeople: Native Stories of Other Worlds by C.J. Taylor (Y)
  • Random House Treasury of Favorite Love Poems, 2nd Ed. revised by Natalia Sucre (A-NF)
  • Princess Ai #1 by Misaho Kujiradou, Courtney Love, & D.J. Milky (M)
12.31.09
  • The Center of the Universe: Yep, That Would Be Me by Anita Liberty (YA)
  • Tokyo Mew Mew #1 by Mia Ikumi & Reiko Yoshida (M)
12.09 total: 42

7 manga; 14 young adult fiction; 5 youth; 10 adult non fiction; 5 picture books; 1 adult fiction