Sunday, January 2, 2011

#2 Further Notes on the 50-Book Challenge

365 Blog Challenge: Post #2

Whats the point of reading 50 books without having some favorites (and least favorites?) Here are some more notes on the challenge:

# of pages read: 20732 pages
Longest book read: Under the Dome, 1072 pages
Shortest book read: Memoirs of My Melancholy Whores- 115 pages
Avg # of pages per book: 384
Avg # of pages read per week: 399
Avg # of pages read per day: 57

# of novels read: 39
# of non-fiction books read (including memoirs): 15
# of memoirs read: 9
# of books in a series: 14

5 Least Favorite Books of the challenge:
5) The Unit- Nikki Holmqvist
4) Storm Front- Jim Butcher
3) The Lost Symbol- Dan Brown
2) The Lost City of Z- David Grann
1) The Gun Slinger- Stephen King

5 Favorite Books of the Challenge
Runner Up 1) Super Sad True Love Story- Gary Shteyngart
Runner Up 2) Imperfect Birds- Anne Lamott
5) Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven- Susan Jane Gilman
4) The Passage- Justin Cronin
3) The Lonely Polygamist- Brady Udall
2) Fury- Koren Zailckas
1) Under the Dome- Stephen King

Isn't it odd that Stephen King wrote both my favorite and my least favorite books?

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