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In 2009, for the second year running, I kept track of every book I read. This year's list is significantly shorter than last year's, due to factors like, I dunno, full time grad school, and my job, spring internship, loss of Metro reading time, and the television obsession that led me to devour full series of How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock, The Office, Merlin, and Mad Men. On the up side, I still averaged just over one book each week. (Close to 1.23 actually. Look! I did math!)
In summary: I mostly read fiction this year because I needed the escapism like whoa. The few non-fiction titles on the list were mostly for class--though not all class books are included, because mostly I don't read those in their entirety, though in my defense the whole thing usually isn't assigned--which really means they're mostly from History of the Book, a.k.a. the best library school class ever. There's a lot of YA fiction, some fantasy, literary fiction that I mostly wasn't up to, and that one Christian romance that too my surprise I kind of liked. The list does not include countless boring "scholarly" journal articles, blog posts, fanfic, or that one weekend I spent reading the entire archive of Questionable Content.
( The List )
I've linked to the review for each book, if such a thing exists. Unfortunately, it usually doesn't. I generally meant to review lots of these... but then time would pass and it didn't happen and I'd just give up. If there's a title on the list that you're curious about, don't be afraid to ask "Hey, that one book you read, did it suck much?" I have thoughts and I would be happy to share!
In summary: I mostly read fiction this year because I needed the escapism like whoa. The few non-fiction titles on the list were mostly for class--though not all class books are included, because mostly I don't read those in their entirety, though in my defense the whole thing usually isn't assigned--which really means they're mostly from History of the Book, a.k.a. the best library school class ever. There's a lot of YA fiction, some fantasy, literary fiction that I mostly wasn't up to, and that one Christian romance that too my surprise I kind of liked. The list does not include countless boring "scholarly" journal articles, blog posts, fanfic, or that one weekend I spent reading the entire archive of Questionable Content.
( The List )
I've linked to the review for each book, if such a thing exists. Unfortunately, it usually doesn't. I generally meant to review lots of these... but then time would pass and it didn't happen and I'd just give up. If there's a title on the list that you're curious about, don't be afraid to ask "Hey, that one book you read, did it suck much?" I have thoughts and I would be happy to share!
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