I see several substantial differences between my reading habits in 2009 and my reading in 2010: no Drama at all this year, and more than twice as much Mystery as last year (because I read nearly the entire Amelia Peabody mystery series over the summer). Both Literary Fiction and Short Stories remain high, largely because of graduate school. The slight increase in Unfinished is due to graduate school as well, I suspect, since often only part of a book would be assigned. And the single Periodical I read was the Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine, which I can’t imagine now how I ever got by without.
A book that made no appearance at all on this list, despite my having read it quite carefully, is the loathed textbook I taught in the fall, Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students. I do not deign to include it in my reading total. It doesn’t deserve the privilege.
This is also the most reading I’ve ever done in a year, an achievement that makes me proud. Someday I’ll reach 200 in a year, but for now, I’m quite pleased with 2010.
Tune in tomorrow for December 2011 books, and again on January 1 for the 2011 Books pie chart.
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