The Fifty Book Challenge: 2007

[jackshoegazer]

I failed miserably.  Thirty-four books.  Granted, I started a job this year (in February) that does not allow me to read while working (for obvious reasons,) and I started school this fall, and most of the summer I was reading Harpers and The New Yorker all the time.  I also read the entire Y: The Last Man series (so far.)  There are also quite a few more re-reads this year than in the past.  I'm calling them comfort reads.  Anyway, here is The List For 2007.  And for mere posterity, here is The List For 2006.

EDIT: The Breakdown

TOP FIVE BOOKS OF 2007
1) The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
2) The Eden Express by Mark Vonnegut
3) Supernatural by Graham Hancock
4) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
5) The Road by Cormac McCarthy

HONOURABLE MENTION: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

AUTHOR BY GENDER
23% female
77% male

AUTHOR BY NATION
59% U.S.A.
41% U.K.

TRUTHINESS
12% non-fiction
88% fiction

REPETITION
65% first-time
35% re-reads

Comments

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I want to read Chuck Klosterman IV. I don't always agree with him, but he's damned entertaining at least.

I don't really strive for fifty books, but more just enjoy chronicling my reading habits. I hate forgetting when I read a book :P

The Remains of the Day was amazingly good. I read a bunch of Ishiguro and all his books are amazing so far. He is really King of the First-Person Narrative.