2008 Books

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Earlier I wrote about the best books I’ve read in 2008. Here are some statistics of my reading this year. In total I’ve read 95 books, made up of:

  • Fiction = 80, including 1 audiobook
  • Non fiction = 15, including 8 memoirs/autobiographies/biographies.

Of these 50 were written by female authors and 45 by male authors, and 44 of these authors were new-to-me.

  • 5 were re-reads
  • 55 were my own books
  • 39 were borrowed
  • 1 was an e-book

For the full list of books see here.

I joined 8 Challenges, most of which I didn’t finish. So next year I’ve decided not to join so many. This year’s challenges were:

  • Celebrate the Author – completed 7 months out of 12
  • Chunkster – completed
  • Heart of a Child – not completed
  • Once Upon a Time – not completed
  • Pullitzer Prize for Fiction – ongoing
  • R.I.P. (Readers Imbibing Peril) – not completed
  • Soup’s On – on going
  • What’s In a Name – completed

Coming up next my top ten Crime Fiction books of 2008.

4 thoughts on “2008 Books”

  1. happy new year Margaret. I responded to your comment on my blog with a link to when I wrote about Stan and Ollie.

    You did a lot of reading too! This is only the second year i’ve kept a list of the books I’ve read but I don’t break them down as much as many do.. i’m just glad I have the list lol..

    I only join 2 challenges and one is a no brainer for me (once upon a time).. the rip is harder since it’s not my thing to read about vampires and such, but have found gothic mystery to be ok.

    Here’s hoping for a happy and healthy 2009!

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  3. a bit about the Stan and Ollie book.. some of what I found so appealing was all that was told about how silent movies were being made and then the introduction to talkies… I don’t know how it may differ in England or if that would not interest you ..

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