2007 year of reading in review
Posted on | January 2, 2008 | 5 Comments
So, for 2007 I read:
46 fiction books, 4 non-fiction books, and I reread 18 books, for a grand total of 58 books read. This is way down from last year’s total of 86 books but being a new parent to twins certainly doesn’t leave me nearly as much time to read, so I think I’m doing pretty well with an average of a little over a book a week! this year I continued to enjoy reading Charles McCarry’s literary spy novels. I think my favorite book this year was Eva Ibbotsen’s delightful and humorous historical romance A Countess Below Stairs. One of my biggest disappointments for books I read was Stefanie Meyer’s Eclipse. I really hope she’s able to come up with a different plot for her next book, because after reading 3 books about Bella needing to be rescued by vampires the premise is wearing a little thin. Also, Shannon Hale’s Austenland sucked big time.
I read 129 new manga and 13 graphic novels (mostly Fables collections). I reread around 30 volumes of manga, for a total of 172 manga/graphic novel volumes read. Some of the new series that I really enjoyed were the wacked-out retro sci-fi classic To Terra, the historic romantic comedy Tail of the Moon, and the works of Chika Shiomi (Yurara, Canon, Night of the Beasts).
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January 2nd, 2008 @ 9:22 am
[...] Tangognat and Kethylia review what they read in 2007. At Coffeeandink, Mely lists her December books, and she has already started her 2008 list. [...]
January 2nd, 2008 @ 10:09 pm
How you do that..
I can’t read more than 5 new manga per months coz I just follow Naruto, Onepiece, Bleach, Eyeshield21
January 2nd, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
I read super-fast!
January 17th, 2008 @ 7:55 am
Yes, Austenland did indeed suck. Here’s my review of it, if you’re interested:
http://www.flaminggeeks.com/swanjun/?p=274
Last year, I read 79 novels/non-fiction and 81 manga/GNs, for a total of 161 (I read pretty slow). My goal is 250 this year.
January 17th, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
I’m glad to see that someone agrees with me about the suckiness of Austenland