This year has been a fun year, if a stressful one. I started out strong in January, reading 27 books in a month, and ended strong in December with 20 books. In between- I had some bad months. This past year was rather busy, and I didn't come close to the 155 books that I read this year, but this was also the first year that I wasn't in a hospital. So I have an excuse.
I really enjoyed reading and writing about what I read. I watched my blog views spike during the summer and then essentially disappear again (Russian viewers, where did you go?). But that's okay. I did this for me. And I'm glad I did.
Some Facts:
*In total, I read 100 books including:
*Of those, I was rereading 33 and reading 67 for the first time.
*Of the nonfiction, I read 14 books about neuroscience/psychology.
*The authors who I read the most books from:
*My favorite books that I read this year were (in no particular order):
*Most of my views came from internet explorer, though I got quite a few from Chrome as well (mostly from YOU, one specific awesome reader). Plus a handful from Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Glue. And a few from Java, Jakarta, and Netscape. Wee.
*My biggest traffic sources were facebook, blogger, nerdfighters.com, and yandex.ru (the russian search engine).
*I got hits from google Guatemala, Canada, UK, China, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and more.
*Funniest search that led to my blog- "Women Sex Animals" from Saudi Arabian google. I died. Hello, person who searched that. I'm sorry that I'm not a sex animal, but I hope you enjoyed reading about literature!
*I got 2 views from ipods. Question- who cares enough about this blog to check it from their ipod?
I'm going to continue to track my books in excel, and I may write here from time to time. But I'm no sure that'll I'll make a regular thing of it this year, writing for every single book. Maybe just when I really have something to say.
Oh lovely blog readers, I have enjoyed your occasional views and rarer comments. Keep reading!
--Jackie
I really enjoyed reading and writing about what I read. I watched my blog views spike during the summer and then essentially disappear again (Russian viewers, where did you go?). But that's okay. I did this for me. And I'm glad I did.
Some Facts:
*In total, I read 100 books including:
- 27 Nonfiction
- 29 Young adult fiction
- 28 Normal fiction
- 14 Plays
- 2 Graphic novels
*Of those, I was rereading 33 and reading 67 for the first time.
*Of the nonfiction, I read 14 books about neuroscience/psychology.
*The authors who I read the most books from:
- Lemony Snicket (15)
- J. K. Rolling (6)
- William Shakespeare (4)
- John Green (3)
- Jim Butcher (3)
*My favorite books that I read this year were (in no particular order):
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat- Oliver Sacks
- Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
- Looking For Alaska- John Green
- East of Eden- John Steinbeck
- Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets - Mental Floss Magazine
- What's the Difference?- Mental Floss Magazine
- Paper Towns- John Green
- The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand
- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex- Mary Roach
- The End- Lemony Snicket
- Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar- Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein
- Mrs. Warren's Profession- George Bernard Shaw
- A Mind of It's Own- Cordelia Fine
- "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"- Richard P. Feynman
- And the list goes on... lots of things are my favorite.
*Most of my views came from internet explorer, though I got quite a few from Chrome as well (mostly from YOU, one specific awesome reader). Plus a handful from Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Glue. And a few from Java, Jakarta, and Netscape. Wee.
*My biggest traffic sources were facebook, blogger, nerdfighters.com, and yandex.ru (the russian search engine).
*I got hits from google Guatemala, Canada, UK, China, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and more.
*Funniest search that led to my blog- "Women Sex Animals" from Saudi Arabian google. I died. Hello, person who searched that. I'm sorry that I'm not a sex animal, but I hope you enjoyed reading about literature!
*I got 2 views from ipods. Question- who cares enough about this blog to check it from their ipod?
I'm going to continue to track my books in excel, and I may write here from time to time. But I'm no sure that'll I'll make a regular thing of it this year, writing for every single book. Maybe just when I really have something to say.
Oh lovely blog readers, I have enjoyed your occasional views and rarer comments. Keep reading!
--Jackie
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