Comments on: 2007 in Books

By: The Year in Reading: January 2008 « Charlottesville Words

The Year in Reading: January 2008 « Charlottesville Words — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:11:31 +0000

[...] 2008 was a pretty good reading year. I read forty-five books, of which twenty-two were fiction and twenty-three nonfiction. This is pretty similar to my tally for 2007, which you can read about here. [...]

By: Renew your metaphors at the Festival of the Book « Charlottesville Words

Renew your metaphors at the Festival of the Book « Charlottesville Words — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:55:50 +0000

[...] people never read fiction; others read almost nothing else. I read about equal parts fiction and nonfiction. As a writer I particularly enjoyed an anecdote in the introduction to Apollo’s Fire about [...]

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:06:10 +0000

And I’ve already finished 3 this year…

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:35:24 +0000

Were you using LibraryThing to track, R?

By: ruminator

ruminator — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:27:57 +0000

I came in at 59, assuming that audio books count…

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:50:18 +0000

I was suprised too. Guess I’ll resolve to read less this year

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:40:50 +0000

124?? I think that’s too many.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:52:13 +0000

Well, between three classes, two book groups, and plenty of outside reading, I managed 124!

From Claiming the Pen: Women and Intellectual Life in the Early American South to The Little Mexican Donkey Boy, it was a very full year.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:10:03 +0000

Hey, that’s right — I have a jump on 2008 and maybe 2009!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:57:05 +0000

Don’t forget about all those works in progress you read in 2007!