Here is a summary of my readings from the past year.
All told I read 60 books in the year. That is two more books than last year. It was also 19,103 pages which is 1,381 pages more than last year. That is a lot of pages - luckily I mostly listen to audiobooks otherwise I could be at serious risk for some paper cuts statistically speaking.
The shortest book was Chu's Day at the Beach (32 pages) and the longest was The Goldsneech (773 pages). The average book was 324 pages.
I gave 10 books a perfect rating (up from 9 last year) and 4 received my lowest rating (2 stars).
I read 44 audiobooks, 17 in the Mom Book Club, and 2 in the Lee Book Club.
Since DJ complained last year about a lack of graphs, here are two for you this year DJ. One I made myself and tracks my progress over the year. Pretty consistent I think.
The other is from goodreads and shows the publication date vs the date I read each book. Some years I only read books from the 2000's but I've mixed in a few older ones in the past few years.
Enough with the math, here is what every bear came to see - my top 5 favorite books of 2015:
5) The Sculptor - it made me want to try sculpting myself until I realized I would have to get clay on my paws.
4) Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autiobiography. Neil read this book himself and it even included recordings from when he was a kid. Go, Neil, Go!
3) The Bone Clocks. You might sense a David Mitchell theme in this list. I like Holly. Horologists are pretty cool.
2) Slade House. This turned out 2 spooky 4 peaches but I found it hard to put down. It's good to be aware of what could happen if you go down an alley and find a strange door. Best not to open it.
1) The 1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I did not know much about Dutch / Japanese trading from 1800 before reading this book. Now I could probably be a clerk just like Jacob.
Looks like David Mitchell has taken the top spot for the last two years. Can he do it again in 2016?
