Book stats, 2006

Well, 2006 is over, and is the first year I have kept track of exactly how many books I read. I was aiming for 180, but though I was on a role in the beginning of the year, last few months I only read a couple books. Still, I read 174 overall, which averages to 14 1/2 books a month. I read the most in April (26 books), and the least in December (3 books). My good book to twaddle ratio was 4 to 1, something I was really working for.

Top Ten Rereads
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester

Top Ten Wonderful New Books I Discovered
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Longitude by Dava Sobel
The Eyre Affair/Lost in a Good Book/The Well of Lost Plots/Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
John Adams by David McCullough
Lord Cochrane by Christopher Lloyd
A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Mister Monday/Grim Tuesday/Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix