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Book log 2009

Title (Series)AuthorStarted      Finished      Pages
The Languages of China S. Robert Ramsey 01-Jan-09 13-Jan-09 291
Colour Hazel Rossotti 13-Jan-09 25-Jan-09 229
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 22-Jan-09 01-Feb-09 862
Night Watch (Discworld 29) Terry Pratchett 01-Feb-09 05-Feb-09 408
Making Money (Discworld 36) Terry Pratchett 05-Feb-09 08-Feb-09 404
About Chinese Richard Newnham 08-Feb-09 12-Feb-09 175
China in the Twentieth Century P.J. Bailey 12-Feb-09 22-Feb-09 81
Designing Web Navigation James Kalbach 16-Feb-09 21-Mar-09 375
The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough 24-Feb-09 02-Mar-09 692
Tuf Voyaging George R. R. Martin 02-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 376
The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury 07-Mar-09 10-Mar-09 186
Excession (The Culture 4) Iain M. Banks 10-Mar-09 13-Mar-09 499
The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 15-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 212
The Eyes of the Dragon Stephen King 16-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 380
Spindle's End Robin McKinley 21-Mar-09 11-Apr-09 422
The Tales of Beedle the Bard J. K. Rowling 24-Mar-09 24-Mar-09 109
The Carpet People Terry Pratchett 24-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 250
Wintersmith (Young Discworld 4) Terry Pratchett 28-Mar-09 31-Mar-09 323
Nation Terry Pratchett 01-Apr-09 04-Apr-09 410
China's Brave New World Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom 11-Apr-09 22-Apr-09 195
Ethan Frome and other Edith Wharton 14-Apr-09 22-Apr-09 237
Deep Wizardry (Young Wizards 2) Diane Duane 21-Apr-09 25-Apr-09 356
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven 4) Brandon Mull 25-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 527
High Wizardry (Young Wizards 3) Diane Duane 27-Apr-09 02-May-09 338
A Wizard Abroad (Young Wizards 4) Diane Duane 02-May-09 13-May-09 332
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a BarĀ  Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein 12-May-09 14-May-09 200
Chengdu Stories China Knowledge 14-May-09 24-May-09 116
Morgan's Run Colleen McCullough 15-May-09 02-Jun-09 832
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 25-May-09 27-May-09 232
Brisingr (Inheritance 3) Christopher Paolini 28-May-09 13-Jun-09 748
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand 03-Jun-09 05-Jul-09 1074
Serenity: Better Days Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad 05-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 80
The Candy Shop War Brandon Mull 05-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 358
The Design of Everyday Things Donald A. Norman 08-Jul-09 17-Jul-09 240
Hackers and Painters Paul Graham 17-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 250
Truckers (Bromeliad 1) Terry Pratchett 21-Jul-09 23-Jul-09 261
Diggers (Bromeliad 2) Terry Pratchett 24-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 204
My Bad Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman 24-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 262
Wings (Bromeliad 3) Terry Pratchett 26-Jul-09 27-Jul-09 215
The Janitor's Boy Andrew Clements 27-Jul-09 28-Jul-09 140
School Story Andrew Clements 29-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 196
The Jacket Andrew Clements 29-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 89
A Week in the Woods Andrew Clements 29-Jul-09 31-Jul-09 190
Lost and Found Andrew Clements 31-Jul-09 01-Aug-09 161
The Report Card Andrew Clements 01-Aug-09 01-Aug-09 173
Only You Can Save Mankind (Johnny Maxwell 1) Terry Pratchett 01-Aug-09 01-Aug-09 237
Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell 2) Terry Pratchett 01-Aug-09 03-Aug-09 232
Johnny and the Bomb (Johnny Maxwell 3) Terry Pratchett 03-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 264
Ever Gail Carson Levine 05-Aug-09 07-Aug-09 244
Latin for All Occasions Henry Beard 08-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 91
Hero Perry Moore 08-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 428
Buried Fire Jonathan Stroud 09-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 332
Jake Drake: Bully Buster Andrew Clements 11-Aug-09 11-Aug-09 80
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man Lloyd Alexander 12-Aug-09 12-Aug-09 107
Gypsy Rizka Lloyd Alexander 13-Aug-09 13-Aug-09 195
The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy Lloyd Alexander 14-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 215
The Rope Trick Lloyd Alexander 15-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 195
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio Lloyd Alexander 18-Aug-09 20-Aug-09 306
The Reef Edith Wharton 20-Aug-09 27-Aug-09 299
Jake Drake: Class Clown Andrew Clements 21-Aug-09 21-Aug-09 96
The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton 28-Aug-09 05-Sep-09 433
Lunch Money Andrew Clements 05-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 222
Sanctuary Edith Wharton 06-Sep-09 08-Sep-09 94
Wharton: Novellas and Other Writings Edith Wharton/Library of America 08-Sep-09 18-Oct-09 960
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand 11-Sep-09 20-Sep-09 704
Jake Drake: Teacher's Pet Andrew Clements 22-Sep-09 22-Sep-09 80
Jake Drake: Know-It-All Andrew Clements 22-Sep-09 22-Sep-09 112
Shadowland (The Brotherhood of the Conch 3) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 18-Oct-09 20-Oct-09 240
The Tails of Quince and Flute in Semer Wood Jeannie and Peter Ferber 20-Oct-09 21-Oct-09 109
Wizard World Roger Zelazny 21-Oct-09 29-Oct-09 411
Tim Colleen McCullough 21-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 248
An Indecent Obsession Colleen McCullough 24-Oct-09 04-Nov-09 314
Child's Talk Jerome Bruner 30-Oct-09 05-Nov-09 134
The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough 05-Nov-09 28-Nov-09 177
Twilight (Twilight 1) Stephenie Meyer 06-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 434
The Art of Fiction Ayn Rand, edited by Tore Boeckmann, Introduction by Leonard Peikoff 09-Nov-09 17-Nov-09 176
Becoming a Writer Dorothea Brande 17-Nov-09 18-Nov-09 163
New Moon (Twilight 2) Stephenie Meyer 18-Nov-09 23-Nov-09 563
The Joy of Cliches Nigel Rees 24-Nov-09 25-Nov-09 159
The Way to Write for Children Joan Aiken 26-Nov-09 04-Dec-09 97
Search for Senna (Everworld 1) K. A. Applegate 28-Nov-09 30-Nov-09 208
Land of Loss (Everworld 2) K. A. Applegate 30-Nov-09 01-Dec-09 185
Enter the Enchanted (Everworld 3) K. A. Applegate 01-Dec-09 02-Dec-09 169
Realm of the Reaper (Everworld 4) K. A. Applegate 03-Dec-09 03-Dec-09 173
Discover the Destroyer (Everworld 5) K. A. Applegate 04-Dec-09 05-Dec-09 171
Fear the Fantastic (Everworld 6) K. A. Applegate 05-Dec-09 08-Dec-09 186
I Am Blind and My Dog Is Dead Sam Gross 05-Dec-09 05-Dec-09 136
Gateway to the Gods (Everworld 7) K. A. Applegate 05-Dec-09 07-Dec-09 176
Redneck Dictionary Jeff Foxworthy 05-Dec-09 05-Dec-09 151
Brave the Betrayal (Everworld 8) K. A. Applegate 07-Dec-09 08-Dec-09 197
Inside the Illusion (Everworld 9) K. A. Applegate 08-Dec-09 10-Dec-09 189
Understand the Unknown (Everworld 10) K. A. Applegate 10-Dec-09 11-Dec-09 179
Mystify the Magician (Everworld 11) K. A. Applegate 11-Dec-09 13-Dec-09 200
Entertain the End (Everworld 12) K. A. Applegate 13-Dec-09 13-Dec-09 156
The Adventure of English Melvyn Bragg 13-Dec-09 19-Dec-09 312
Kill Game (Fearless FBI 1) Francine Pascal 20-Dec-09 23-Dec-09 262
Live Bait (Fearless FBI 2) Francine Pascal 23-Dec-09 26-Dec-09 177
Agent Out (Fearless FBI 3) Francine Pascal 26-Dec-09 26-Dec-09 239
Naked Eye (Fearless FBI 4) Francine Pascal 26-Dec-09 29-Dec-09 232
The Bar Code Tattoo Suzanne Weyn 29-Dec-09 31-Dec-09 250

100 books finished in 2009.

27,789 pages in the selected books (an average of about 277 pages each).

That's an average of about 3 days per book (assuming no overlap) or 4 days per book (taking actual overlap into consideration), which is equivalent to 100 books (or 27,865 pages) per year. Or 76 pages per day, actually.

Typical number of books in progress simultaneously: 0.

Fiction books: 82 (82%)
Non-fiction books: 18 (18%)
Books not marked in db as fiction or nonfiction: 0 (0%)

Last meaningful update to site: 24 September, 2011