Here’s a reverse-chronological list of all the books I’ve read in 2008. My rating system is out of five stars, but it’s not a comparison system, so all of the five stars aren’t of the same value, all of the four stars aren’t the same, etc. It’s more about my experience as I was reading the book-were there flaws? Did I absolutely love it and wish it wouldn’t end? Did I fear that it never would end? That being said, here’s my rough guideline; in practice, the line between 5s and 4s gets blurred a lot. (5=Extraordinary. I will immediately try to acquire other books by this author, 4=Very strong book, good writing style, really enjoyed, 3=A good read, possibly had one or two really strong areas, but the rest was average OR parts of the book were great and other parts were just miserable, 2=There were some major flaws in the book, but it had some good points as well, 1=I regret ever having even considered reading this book). All titles are linked to Amazon (I’m not an associate or anything, I just always look up books on Amazon). If I’ve discussed it on the blog, that’s noted and linked in parantheses following the author.
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Wow! Anytime someone tells me I read a lot, I’m going to point them to this page. You’re my hero!
I usually read 100+ books per year when all is said and done, but 28 in one month is incredible! (I managed to get War & Peace under my belt this year, too. Whew! It was great, wasn’t it?)
Looking forward to reading more of your blog!
Lezlie
I can’t believe you read 28 books in a month!!! that was close to my total – sadly – for last year. One of my worst years….How did you read War and Peace and 27 other books??? I’m glad you were able to, it is fun to read as much as we can. I will have to think about making a page something like this for my blog, if i can figure out how to. I’m just happy I can get my blog to work!
Oh Eva – I didn’t like to ask, and now I see it on this list. Have you published your thoughts on War and Peace?
Julie
Oh and I thought I was doing so good this year. How in the world do you get so much read!!!??? I am feeling quite envious!
Yikes! I think I read a lot, but you ceterainly read more!
I am a reading wimp; I think that I’ve read less than one book this year. My sincere question is: how do you find the time? Where do you find it? Please give me some pointers.
I am impressed with the quantity and variety of your book list for the year. Even in my best year I know I don’t come close to this. You must not own a TV!
Cheers!
January 5, 2008 at 11:58 am
Oh, I love this page! What a good idea. I think I might steal it! xo