Mid-Year Review

Posted July 1, 2013 by Whitney in Meme / 2 Comments

June has come to a close, we’ve made it half way through the year and what have I accomplished?  I’ll be doing so with this fun meme I found at Stuck in a Book

Number of Books Read
33

Number of Books Bought
5 (incredible huh?)

Number of Books from Library
16

Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio
30 fiction 3 non-fiction 

Male/Female Authors
6 male  27 female

Re-reads
8

Biggest turn-around in opinion
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Oldest book read
Cheri by Colette (1920)

Newest book read
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison (June 25, 2013)

Shortest title
Cheri by Colette

Longest title:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Books in translation
2

Most books by one author
Tie: J.K. Rowling & Laura Ingalls Wilder

Place names in book titles
Little House on the Prairie, By the Banks of Plum Creek, On the Shores of Silver Lake (all by Laura Ingalls Wilder)

Animals in book titles
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

Colors in book titles
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, Snow White by Brothers Grimm,

Strange things that happened in the books I read:
a cyborg is princess (Cinder) Grandma is eaten by wolves (Scarlet) man in a mirror is a daddy (Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem) young women get their right hands cut off and are left in milk cartons. (The One I Left Behind) a typist is in a mental institution (The Other Typist)  A family defects to Russia (You Are One of Them)

2 responses to “Mid-Year Review

    • Thanks, they've all been on the smaller side, no chunksters yet in 2013. Besides, I think you've had a busier year than me, I honestly don't know where you find the time to keep your wonderful blog continuously updated. Kudos to you Juju!

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