Quartly reading update - 1Q2009

In the first three months of 2009, I read 31 books, evenly distributed through the months—10 in January, 9 in February, and 11 in March. As I noted earlier, I started out the year reading mostly electronic books. In mid-February, I realized that I owed quite a large number of as yet unread books which I had offered in swaps at BookObsessed and I needed to buckle down and read those so I could mail them out. So, I've been dilligently catching up with the owed TBRs for the past 6 weeks.

1. The Host, Stephenie Meyer (2 Jan, Kindle)
2. Miss Julia Strikes Back, Ann B Ross (3 Jan, TP)
3. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Joshilyn Jackson (5 Jan, HB)
4. Fortune and Fate, Sharon Shinn (11 Jan, Kindle)
5. Neptune Crossing, Jeffrey Carver (12 Jan, Sony)
6. Mars Girl, Jeff Garrity (13 Jan, Sony)
7. Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs (18 Jan, Kindle)
8. The Dragon Delasangre, Alan F Troop (19 Jan, Kindle)
9. Suspicious, Heather Graham (22 Jan, Kindle)
10. Oleander House, Ally Blue (25 Jan, Kindle)
11. The Right to Arm Bears, Gordon R Dickson (31 Jan, Blackberry)
12. A Ceremonial Death, B J Oliphant (2 Feb, MMP)
13. Stargazer's Woman, Aimee Thurlo (5 Feb, Kindle)
14. The Shack, William P Young (14 Feb, Kindle)
15. Mistborn: The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson (17 Feb, Kindle)
16. Halfway to the Grave, Jeaniene Frost (20 Feb, MMP)
17. Home Sweet Homicide, Kate Morgan (21 Feb, MMP)
18. Alien Secrets, Annette Curtis Klause (22 Feb, MMP)
19. Monkeewrench, P J Tracy (23 Feb, MMP)
20. Live Bait, P J Tracy (27 Feb, MMP)
21. Killing Raven, Margaret Coel (5 Mar, MMP)
22. The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson (6 Mar, Kindle)
23. The Edge of Winter, Luanne Rice (7 Mar, MMP)
24. A Door into Ocean, Joan Slonczewski (11 Mar, MMP)
25. Click Here for Murder, Donna Andrews (15 Mar, MMP)
26. Access Denied, Donna Andrews (17 Mar, HB)
27. Birds of a Feather,, Jacqueline Winspear (21 Mar, TP)
28. Murder of a Sweet Old Lady, Denise Swanson (22 Mar, MMP)
29. How to Murder a Millionaire, Nancy Martin (27 Mar, MMP)
30. Nerd in Shining Armor, Vicki Lewis Thompson (30 Mar, MMP)
31. Dragon's Bait, Vivian Vande Velde (31 Mar, MMP)

Altogether, I read the equivalent of 10,402 pages in this first quarter of the year. By comparison, I read 33 books and 12,072 pages in the first quarter of 2008.

Breakdown by genre:

• Christian: 1
• Fantasy: 6
• Mainstream: 3
• Mystery: 13
• Romance: 1
• SciFi: 7

Breakdown by format:

• Kindle: : 10
• Paper: : 18
• Sony: : 2
• Blackberry: : 1

Sources for eBooks:

• Free from Amazon: 2
• Purchased from Amazon: 8
• Purchased from Baen: 1
• Free download from author: 1
• Free download from MobileRead: 1