A few more librarian booklists from 2004: Lis, Cedar, Brian, bookish, TangognaT’s textfile, Steve, “The Cataloger” …. Any others? Keep in mind that I count graphic novels as books, as Lis counts long fanfic as books, so my numbers and your numbers may not be at all comparable.
Category: books
books, an annual index of – my entry
I read Amanda’s list and decided to make one of my own, slightly edited because I track my books a bit differently. Please note that unlike [what I assume about] Amanda, I have neither a full-time job nor much of a social life, leaving me much more time for bookish pursuits.
number of books read in 2004: 103
number of books read in 2003: 75
number of books read in 2002: 91
number of books read in 2001: 78
average read per month: 8.5
average read per week: 1.98
number read in worst month: 4 (July)
number read in best month: 15 (September)
percentage by male authors: 78
percentage by female authors: 22
fiction as percentage of total: 53
non-fiction as percentage of total: 47
percentage of total liked: 87
percentage of total ambivalent: 10
percentage of total disliked: 2
interesting library treasure
Diary of the future first head librarian at Boston Public Library sold on eBay for almost $600. [thanks matthew]
Librarian’s Career Guidebook Available
One of the cool things waiting for me when I got back was my copy of Priscilla Schontz’s Librarian’s Career Guidebook which I wrote a chapter on freelancing for, ironically, right before taking my current job.
a different kind of book
Sorry Books are a project started by the Australians for Native Title as way for ordinary Australians to express their remorse for what happened to the Stolen Generations.