2009 Book Stats

Jacki — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:46:03 +0000

I think that this is the way that you can tell if you are a compulsive reader: Do you keep stats?

I have been a serious reader my whole life, but only in the last couple of years have I started keeping track of number of books read, number of pages read, and doing crazy stuff like setting goals for the next year.

My goal for 2009, initially, was to read 100 books. After reading 25 in January, I realized that I was going to have to up my number. I settled on 200 books, and just last week I made it! I ended up at 201, which even kind of makes me an overachiever, right?

Anyway. Here’s my end-of-the-year stats for 2009:

Books Read: 201

Pages Read: 71,468

Average Pages Per Book: 356

Best Reading Month: January- 8436 pages

Worst Reading Month: December- 3174 pages

Monthly Breakdown:

January 8436

February 6415

March 7691

April 5939

May 4432

June 5009

July 6981

August 5647

September 4489

October 7030

November 6225

December 3174

Longest Book Read: Under The Dome, by Stephen King- 1074 pages

Shortest Book Read: The Way of the Heart, by Henri Nouwen- 78 pages

I know that I read about a page a minute, on average. Based on that:

Hours Spent Reading: 1191

Days Spent Reading: 49.6

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2009 Book Stats