Total books read- 117
Fiction- 56
Non-fiction- 61
fiction breakdown
YA-7
Fantasy/Sci-Fi- 28
J Fiction- 32
Animals- 31
Historical- 1
non-fiction breakdown
Gardening/Food- 9
J Nonfiction- 2
Memoirs- 15
Nature- 15
Animals- 42
Medical- 6
Travel/Adventure- 8
Travel/Adventure- 8
other formats
Short Stories- 5
E-Books- 9
sources
Owned- 72
Public Library- 43
Borrowed from friend/relative- 3
Received from publisher/author- 2
re-reads- 2
abandoned books- 7
Notes: the numbers don't add up perfectly, as always, because some titles fit in more than one category. How did I do this year? Well, trying to finish the Animorphs series really added to my numbers of animal, juvenile fiction and sci-fi. Because they're so short. Didn't read any classics or graphic novels this year- must get back to some of those because I do like them. Balance of reading owned/borrowed books and fiction/nonfiction is roughly equal, which satisfies me.
Travels I made in the pages (not counting alien worlds in the Animorphs) : Belize, Madagascar, the Congo, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius, Tibet, England, Liberia and Tanzania.
Favorite books: Bringing Nature Home- very inspirational for a gardener like me. Eating Animals- this one made me a lot more conscious of food choices, and prompted my husband to buy our meat from a local farm (an hour drive). We eat less of it now, too. Animal Wise was another really good one- lots of specific studies on thinking processes. The Last Wild Wolves was just beautiful, and informative. Jaguar is another very good one- exactly the kind of writing I like about field studies, natural history and foreign places. In fiction, I really liked White Dog Fell From the Sky- subtle yet intense is a good word. There's convincing talking animals in a prehistoric setting and very good characterization in Darkwing. Another favorite book for me was Indian Saddle-Up- an older, dated novel but just a very well-told engaging story. And finally, People of the Sky is a sci-fi novel I have simply not been able to get out of my head. It was just fascinating.
Travels I made in the pages (not counting alien worlds in the Animorphs) : Belize, Madagascar, the Congo, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius, Tibet, England, Liberia and Tanzania.
Favorite books: Bringing Nature Home- very inspirational for a gardener like me. Eating Animals- this one made me a lot more conscious of food choices, and prompted my husband to buy our meat from a local farm (an hour drive). We eat less of it now, too. Animal Wise was another really good one- lots of specific studies on thinking processes. The Last Wild Wolves was just beautiful, and informative. Jaguar is another very good one- exactly the kind of writing I like about field studies, natural history and foreign places. In fiction, I really liked White Dog Fell From the Sky- subtle yet intense is a good word. There's convincing talking animals in a prehistoric setting and very good characterization in Darkwing. Another favorite book for me was Indian Saddle-Up- an older, dated novel but just a very well-told engaging story. And finally, People of the Sky is a sci-fi novel I have simply not been able to get out of my head. It was just fascinating.
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