So I started wondering how my 2013 numbers compared to my 2012 numbers and here’s what I came up with:
2013 books read count: 118% of 2012
2013 page count: 90% of 2012
2013 fiction count: 91% of 2012
2013 non-fiction count: 104% of 2012
2013 print books count: 92% of 2012
2013 graphic novels count: 80% of 2012
2013 eBooks count: 107% of 2012
2013 audio books count: 100% of 2012
2013 male authors count: 87% of 2012
2013 female authors count: 127% of 2012
So, I read more books in 2013 but fewer overall pages than in 2012. (i.e. shorter books this year.) I had also made a conscious effort to try and read more female authors and it looks like that was a success. (Though it’s not exactly at 50/50 and it probably never will be as there are just fewer female authors in the genres I read and most of my “read anything by this author” list is male.)
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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So I started wondering how my 2013 numbers compared to my 2012 numbers and here’s what I came up with: