2012 reading challenge

for the past two years

i have had the goal of reading 52 books.

the first year, 2011,

i read 33.

that's not too bad.

that's one book for every 11 days.

but this year

i wanted to really do it --

52 books.

one book a week.

but then i started the year

with the song of ice and fire series.

what a disaster.

as each book is approximately 17,000 pages,

how could i ever possibly read 52 books?

luckily,

or unluckily,

i got a job that requires

an immense amount of driving,

so for the past four months

i have been reading three books at once:

one on my iphone,

one in the traditional paper form,

and one via book on tape.

it's been kind of intense.

but i made it.

i read 52 books.

in fact,

i read more than 52 books.

i read 55!

what i enjoyed the most

about this activity

was seeing how many

interesting, weird,
diverse, and unusual books

i could find and read.

here are some statistics

about my 2012 books:

by genre:

4 fantasy

3 historical fiction

11 drama

10 mystery

4 sci-fi

5 romance

7 memoir

5 non-fiction

4 short stories

2 cartoon/comics

how they were read:

12 listened to

8 read electronically

35 traditional books

non-fiction vs. fiction:

12 non-fiction

43 fiction

 

21 were part of a series

the longest book:
a storm of swords
by george r.r. martin
at 1,177 pages

totals:

55 books

19857 pages