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Feb. 2nd, 2009 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glisharaSo, with January over, I am looking back at my book list and musing on it.
It's fairly unusual for me, I think. There's a LOT of material in there. 11 books and 8 audiobooks I'd never listened to before. Of the audiobooks, only three were of books I'd never read, and two of the books were rereads, which is on the low side for me.
One thing I've noticed is that I very rarely read books cover to cover anymore. I tend to pick up an old familiar well-worn book, open somewhere at random, and read a few chapters, then move on to a different book. I think that says something about how familiar I am with most of the books I like to read. I read a few chapters of around 10 different books last month, in addition to the ones I listed as having read cover-to-cover.
Three non-fiction books is also high for me, in a month. I think that's the influence of my Kindle. Being able to download samples and try books before I commit to them is nice, and I can browse in bed. I also like being able to grab public domain books and curl up on the couch with them, though I haven't done it with many of them yet cover-to-cover.
Anyway. Interesting notes, to me anyway.
It's fairly unusual for me, I think. There's a LOT of material in there. 11 books and 8 audiobooks I'd never listened to before. Of the audiobooks, only three were of books I'd never read, and two of the books were rereads, which is on the low side for me.
One thing I've noticed is that I very rarely read books cover to cover anymore. I tend to pick up an old familiar well-worn book, open somewhere at random, and read a few chapters, then move on to a different book. I think that says something about how familiar I am with most of the books I like to read. I read a few chapters of around 10 different books last month, in addition to the ones I listed as having read cover-to-cover.
Three non-fiction books is also high for me, in a month. I think that's the influence of my Kindle. Being able to download samples and try books before I commit to them is nice, and I can browse in bed. I also like being able to grab public domain books and curl up on the couch with them, though I haven't done it with many of them yet cover-to-cover.
Anyway. Interesting notes, to me anyway.
