Saturday, July 12, 2008

2Q 2008 -- Books I have read

It's time to post the books that I've read during the past three months.

34. Oath of Gold, Elizabeth Moon (5 April)
35. Bones to Pick, Carolyn Haines (6 April)
36. On Basilisk Station, David Weber (12 April)
37. Stand By for Mars!, Carey Rockwell (12 April)
38. Danger in Deep Space, Carey Rockwell (12 April)
39. The Honor of the Queen, David Weber (14 April)
40. The Hidden Worlds, Kristin Landon (16 April)
41. 3rd Degree, James Patterson & Andrew Gross (23 April)
42. Out of the Shadows, Kay Hooper (27 April)
43. Touching Evil, Kay Hooper (29 April)
44. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris (1 May)
45. Dragon Harper, Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey (3 May)
46. The Short Victorious War, David Weber (8 May)
47. Reader and Raelynx, Sharon Shinn (10 May)
48. The Third Wife, Jasmine Cresswell (10 May)
49. The Secret Sister, Elizabeth Lowell (11 May)
50. Frisco's Kid, Suzanne Brockmann (11 May)
51. Forbidden, Suzanne Brockmann (12 May)
52. The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers, Lilian Jackson Braun (13 May)
53. Murder Betwen the Covers, Elaine Viets (15 May)
54. Emily of New Moon, Lucy Maud Montgomery (19 May)
55. Black on Black, K D Wentworth (24 May)
56. Stars over Stars, K D Wentworth (26 May)
57. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith (28 May)
58. Mrs. Fytton's Country Life, Mavis Cheek (1 June)
59. The Bobbsey Twins, Laura Lee Hope (6 June)
60. The Right Hand of Amon, Lauren Haney (9 June)
61. Emily Climbs, Lucy Maud Montgomery (12 June)
62. Soothsayer, Mike Resnick (14 June)
63. In the Bleak Midwinter, Julia Spencer-Fleming (19 June)
64. A Fountain Filled with Blood, Julia Spencer-Fleming (23 June)
65. The Tentmaker, Michelle Blake (24 June)
66. Whisper of Evil, Kay Hooper (25 June)
67. On the Slam, Honor Hartman (27 June)
68. Cooking Up Murder, Miranda Bliss (29 June)

A few more books than last quarter with 35 books, but fewer pages (11,438). I would guess that's because I read several juvenile and young adult books this quarter. I'm continuing to use the page count from the mass market paperback as the number of pages for books I read on the Kindle.

Only three of the books this quarter qualify as Chunksters. Oath of Gold had 501 pages, On Basilisk Station had 464, and The Honor of the Queen also had 464. Interestingly, all three of those were read on the Kindle.

Breakdown by genre:

  • Classics: 3
  • Fantasy: 2
  • Historical Fiction: 1
  • Juvenile Fiction: 1
  • Mystery: 17
  • Romance: 2
  • Science Fiction: 9
  • Women's Fiction: 1
  • Young Adult: 2

Breakdown by format:

  • Mass-market paperback: 16
  • Trade paperback: 1
  • eBook/Kindle: 17
  • Hardback: 1

Sources for Kindle books:

  • Free downloads from Baen: 5
  • Purchased from Baen: 1
  • Free downloads from Feedbooks: 2
  • Purchased from Amazon: 3
  • Free downloads from Amazon: 2
  • Free downloads from MobileRead: 2
  • Self-made: 1
  • Purchased from Fictionwise: 1

68 / 120 (56.67%)