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
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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!
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)
- Political Issues in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series edited by Dedria Bryfonski (A-NF)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Resilient Clinician by Robert J. Wicks (A-NF)
- Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris (A)
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (YA)
- Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)
- Devoured by Amanda Marrone (YA)
- The Wallflower #21 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
- How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity edited by Michael Cart (YA)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Center of the Universe: Yep, That Would Be Me by Anita Liberty (YA)
- Tokyo Mew Mew #1 by Mia Ikumi & Reiko Yoshida (M)
7 manga; 14 young adult fiction; 5 youth; 10 adult non fiction; 5 picture books; 1 adult fiction
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Black hole of books?
I'm officially on winter break from school. And I'm in Michigan, visiting my family & friends. Of course, I brought a ton of books with me! I read one whole book on my plane rides. :) Yay!
I started reading the Marked series (or is it the Chosen series and Marked is one of the books?) by Cast & Cast. I was really into it too, it was interesting and I was nearly done. And suddenly, the book has disappeared into a black hole because I can't find the damn thing ANYWHERE!
I was reading it on Monday before my best friend came over. It was dark and she was unfamiliar with the road up to my parents' house. So when she called my cell, I put the book down on my bed (I thought), grabbed my phone and fleeces, and ran upstairs to meet her at the end of the driveway. And later the next evening, after our adventures talking all night and in Ann Arbor, I can't find the book. I thought maybe I had brought it upstairs, but it's not there. I thought it had fallen under or behind the bed, it's not. I thought I brought it into one of the other rooms, it's not there. I CAN'T FIND IT AT ALL! Where could it possibly have gone but in a black hole?
I'm upset because it was good and I'm almost done, but also because it's a library book!!! :(
Wish me luck. My last option is asking my best friend if it somehow ended up in her bag.
I started reading the Marked series (or is it the Chosen series and Marked is one of the books?) by Cast & Cast. I was really into it too, it was interesting and I was nearly done. And suddenly, the book has disappeared into a black hole because I can't find the damn thing ANYWHERE!
I was reading it on Monday before my best friend came over. It was dark and she was unfamiliar with the road up to my parents' house. So when she called my cell, I put the book down on my bed (I thought), grabbed my phone and fleeces, and ran upstairs to meet her at the end of the driveway. And later the next evening, after our adventures talking all night and in Ann Arbor, I can't find the book. I thought maybe I had brought it upstairs, but it's not there. I thought it had fallen under or behind the bed, it's not. I thought I brought it into one of the other rooms, it's not there. I CAN'T FIND IT AT ALL! Where could it possibly have gone but in a black hole?
I'm upset because it was good and I'm almost done, but also because it's a library book!!! :(
Wish me luck. My last option is asking my best friend if it somehow ended up in her bag.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
books i've read november 2009
11.1.09
4 graphic novels; 9 young adult fiction; 4 picture books; 3 manga; 4 adult non fiction; 5 youth fiction; 1 young adult non fiction
- The Mice Templar: The Prophecy by Bryan J.L. Glass & Michael Avon Oeming (GN)
- Girls That Growl by Mari Mancusi (YA)
- Fables: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, & David Hahn (GN)
- Witch Ball by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)
- Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters (YA)
- Chowder by Peter Brown (PB)
- Zombie-Loan #7 by Peach-Pit (M)
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow (A-NF)
- Leftovers by Heather Waldorf (YA)
- The Octonauts & the Great Ghost Reef by Meomi (PB)
- Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught (YA)
- Celebrate You!: Self-Healing Through Art and Affirmations by Faridi McFree (A-NF)
- Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul by Richard Bach (A-NF)
- Lucid Living by Tim Freke (A-NF)
- Monkey High! #7 by Shouko Akira (M)
- Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman & Brett Helquist (Y)
- The Tree Shepherd's Daughter by Gillian Summer (YA)
- A Taste of Red by Lewis Harris (Y)
- Wag! by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
- Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (GN)
- Spells by Emily Gravett (PB)
- Spy Goddess #2: The Quest for the Lance by Michael P. Spradlin (M)
- Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie: My Rotten Life by David Lubar (Y)
- Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (GN)
- It's a Woman's World: A Century of Women's Voices in Poetry edited by Neil Philip (YA-NF)
- Sword Play by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)
- The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley (Y)
- The Old Country by Mordicai Gerstein (Y)
- Vacations from Hell by Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson, & Sarah Mlynowski (YA)
- Godless by Pete Hautman (YA)
4 graphic novels; 9 young adult fiction; 4 picture books; 3 manga; 4 adult non fiction; 5 youth fiction; 1 young adult non fiction
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
So little pleasure reading...
Ahh...October was a sparse reading month. :( The evils of being in graduate school! Oh, so it's not evil, but...it leaves little time for reading whole books for pleasure.
And out of those 26 books in October, 2 were for a class!
I'm anticipating that November might be a bit better, reading-wise. I do have Thanksgiving Break coming up, after all. Of course, I also have 4 big papers (one for each class!) that will be due shortly after Thanksgiving Break... But I'm hoping to get some reading done. Or at least a big batch of picture books!
If November fails to be fruitful, there's always December. :) And the big winter break between semesters!
I have found some good book quotes in my various class reading. I should post those! I'll try. :)
And out of those 26 books in October, 2 were for a class!
I'm anticipating that November might be a bit better, reading-wise. I do have Thanksgiving Break coming up, after all. Of course, I also have 4 big papers (one for each class!) that will be due shortly after Thanksgiving Break... But I'm hoping to get some reading done. Or at least a big batch of picture books!
If November fails to be fruitful, there's always December. :) And the big winter break between semesters!
I have found some good book quotes in my various class reading. I should post those! I'll try. :)
Monday, November 2, 2009
books i've read october 2009
10.2.09
3 manga; 1 adult fiction; 7 picture books; 9 young adult fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 4 youth non fiction
- Zombie-Loan #5 by Peach-Pit (M)
- Zombie-Loan #6 by Peach-Pit (M)
- Rogue by Rachel Vincent (A)
- Crickwing by Janell Cannon (PB)
- The Squad: Killer Spirit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
- The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer (YA)
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (A-NF)
- Ghost Huntress: The Guidance by Marley Gibson (YA)
- The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks (YA)
- The After Life by Daniel Ehrenhaft (YA)
- Horace and Morris Say Cheese (which makes Dolores sneeze!) by James Howe & Amy Walrod (PB)
- Actual Size by Steve Jenkins (Y-NF)
- Supersnouts! by Steve Bjorkman (PB)
- Roadrunner by Naomi John, Peter Parnall, & Virginia Parnall (PB)
- Little Louie the Baby Bloomer by Robert Kraus, Jose Aruego, & Ariane Dewey (PB)
- A Is for Salad by Mike Lester (PB)
- Bloggrls: nugrl90 (Sadie) by Cheryl Dellasega (YA)
- The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King (YA)
- The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart (YA)
- Looks by Madeleine George (YA)
- Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores by James Howe & Amy Walrod (PB)
- Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals by Steve Jenkins (Y-NF)
- Living Color by Steve Jenkins (Y-NF)
- What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (Y-NF)
- If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians by Neenah Ellis (A-NF)
- Wonton Soup #1 by James Stokoe (M)
3 manga; 1 adult fiction; 7 picture books; 9 young adult fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 4 youth non fiction
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