Friday, February 02, 2007

January reads

Okay, 11 books and only 6 of them finished - that's bad!

Here they are:

01. Chris Manby - The Matchbreaker; 340 pages; rating: DNF
02. Anne Rice - The Witching Hour; 1207 pages; rating: DNF
03. Laura Childs - Death By Darjeeling; 242 pages; rating: A-
04. Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess; 416 pages; rating: DNF
05. Meryl Saywer - Ladykiller; 416 pages; rating: B
06. Nora Roberts - Convincing Alex (in German); 300 pages; rating: B
07. Jacqueline Winspear - Maisie Dobbs; 292 pages; rating: DNF
08. Mary Daheim - Just Desserts; 220 pages; rating: B+
09. Cathy Pickens - Southern Fried; 326 pages; rating: C
10. Susan Sussman & Sarajane Avidon - Audition For Murder; 250 pages; rating: B+
11. Jodi Picoult - Vanishing Acts; 417 pages; rating: DNF


Longest book finished:
Meryl Sawyer: Ladykiller (416 pages)

Shortest book finished:
Mary Daheim: Just Desserts (220 pages)

Mystery series I've read:
Laura Childs' Theodosia Browning
Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs
Mary Daheim's Judith McMonigle
Cathy Pickens' Avery Andrews
Susan Sussman's Morgan Taylor

Mystery series I started:
Laura Childs' Theodosia Browning
Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs
Mary Daheim's Judith McMonigle
Cathy Pickens' Avery Andrews
Susan Sussman's Morgan Taylor

January reading - an overview:

books read in in total: 16

books started in total: 10

books finished: 6

books not finished: 5

books read in by genre:
15 fiction
9 Mysteries
3 Suspense/Thrillers
2 Romance
1 non-fiction

authors read by gender:
5 female
0 male

books read by author's gender:
12 female
3 male

new-to-me authors:
Chris Manby
Anne Rice
Laura Childs
Meryl Sawyer
Jacqueline Winspear
Mary Daheim
Cathy Pickens
Susan Sussman

new-to-me authors I most likely won't read again:
Chris Manby
Jacqueline Winspear
Cathy Pickens

books read by rating:
2 A
3 B
1 C
0 D
5 F/DNF

book size:
short books (- 200 pages) ~ 3
intermediate books (201 - 450 pages) ~ 12
chunksters (451+ pages) ~ 1

books by type:
1 hardcover
9 trade paperback
6 mass market paperback

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