I’ve already written two posts on the books I read last year, with lists of my favourite books and top ten crime fiction reads. Several bloggers have published their reading statistics and I’ve decided to join in, but I don’t intend to list all 93 of the books I read last year here – they can be found under the tab “Books Read“, nor to analyse them in great detail.
Most of my reading is fiction and about half of it this year has been crime fiction. I only read 11 non fiction books and 6 of those were autobiographies, biographies or memoirs. About half the books were my own and the other half I borrowed from the library or friends. I read about 7 or 8 books a month, sometimes less, rarely more. But in December I finished reading only 1 book – moving house and Christmas severely affected my reading!
I enjoyed reading all the books, with only less than a handful that weren’t as good as the rest and there were just a few that I didn’t finish. I don’t say abandoned because one day I hope to finish Suite Francaise for example. I stopped reading that one months ago, when it became just too much to go on with it.
Of all the books I read last year these are the most memorable (the links are to the posts on the books):
- Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky
- A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
- Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill (I still haven’t written much about this)
- Jane Austen by Claire Tomalin
- After the Victorians by A N Wilson (still no post on this one either)
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Moving is so exhausting-I’m not surprised it affected your reading! One time when my family moved, I lost Mansfield Park…I was right in the middle of it too. Frustrating!
I’ve had that Tomalin biography on my radar for awhile, but your ranking of it makes me want to read it right away! :)
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I’m with you on the Tomalin bio–your posting on it reminded me that I hadn’t yet read it, and I enjoyed it immensely.
I’m also happy to report that I picked up Ian Rankin’s Knots and Crosses, so your influence on my reading continues :)
Hope things settle down and you can complete 2 books in January, then work your way up to 3 in February, and so on…:)
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You have to finish Suite Francaise, because the best part of it is the epilogue!
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Eva, if you like Jane Austen you’ll enjoy the Tomalin bio.
Jane, ha ha, very funny – 12 in December?
Barbara, now that’s encouraging – I’ll dig Suite Francaise out soon.
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I really loved Fire in the Blood, too! Am also thinking about reading Tomalin’s Austen. Happy new year!
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I also like crime fiction though I mix in other books that I like from time to time. Fire in the Blood sounds like a good story with an interesting setting.
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I’m glad the Austen book made your list — I really enjoyed it too, and it almost made my list. Tomalin is such a great biographer!
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I love reading these posts! I read Fire in the Blood right at the end of the year and loved it – Nemirovsky has such a way of writing so that you feel like you are right there in that French village, doesn’t she?
Happy New Year!
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