Books I might have read

I noticed, the other year, that I'd been reading a little bit. So, I thought I'd make a quick count and see how many words I'd read, and perhaps keep some sort of log.

Numbers for previous years can be found for 2005, 2006 and 2007. Results were 160/21.5m, 119/14m, and 119/10.4m, roughly, where books are "any sort of reading matter I could be bothered to log" and the number of words is based on, well, where I kept track of them.

I suspect that being made admin of the CWM forum might have something to do with it - I spend a fair bit of time keeping track of all the threads on the forum, so... Also, I've had a few other tasks running on in the background - a certain amount of coding that happens, etc. And, of course, there's always work to soak up time. And, finally, and most importantly, there's family life. Reading gets to be somewhere way down the bottom.

Here would be the results:

Word Count	Title	Author	Start date	End date
130,368	Use of Weapons	Iain M Banks	01/01/08	02/01/08
152,346	Excession	Iain M Banks	02/01/08	06/01/08
119,690	Inversions	Iain M Banks	06/01/08	10/01/08
112,224	Making Money	Terry Pratchett	05/01/08	06/01/08
44,167	The Woods	Happygun	08/01/08	08/01/08
47,971	The Lycanthrope Club	Happygun	08/01/08	08/01/08
3,548	A Nurse in Wolf's Clothing	Happygun	08/01/08	08/01/08
10,925	A Kitsune Tail	Happygun & Alsaria	08/01/08	08/01/08
229,432	Gust Front	John Ringo	08/01/08	09/01/08
119,843	Look To Windward	Iain M Banks	10/01/08	13/01/08
72,005	ST:TNG - The Last Stand	Brad Ferguson	14/01/08	14/01/08
142,226	Bahzell 01: Oath of Swords	David Weber	31/01/08	03/02/08
158,122	Bahzell 02: The War God's Own	David Weber	03/02/08	03/02/08
190,929	Bahzell 03: Wind Rider's Oath	David Weber	07/02/08	09/02/08
281,944	In Fury Born	David Weber	18/02/08	21/02/08
129,854	Honor 01: On Basilisk Station	David Weber	22/02/08	24/02/08
133,132	Honor 02: The Honor Of The Queen	David Weber	24/02/08	25/02/08
117,883	Honor 03: Short Victorious War	David Weber	25/02/08	26/02/08
117,776	Honor 04: Field Of Dishonor	David Weber	26/02/08	28/02/08
143,237	Honor 05: Flag In Exile	David Weber	28/02/08	03/03/08
172,011	Honor 06: Honor Among Enemies	David Weber	05/03/08	06/03/08
176,828	Honor 07: In Enemy Hands	David Weber	06/03/08	08/03/08
256,337	Honor 08: Echoes of Honor	David Weber	08/03/08	10/03/08
232,420	Honor 09: Ashes of Victory	David Weber	10/03/08	13/03/08
328,088	Honor 10: War of Honor	David Weber	13/03/08	26/03/08
293,689	Honor 11: At All Costs	David Weber	26/03/08	29/03/08
191,494	Crown of Slaves	David Weber	29/03/08	30/03/08
90,098	Honor SS 01: More Than Honor	David Weber	30/03/08	01/04/08
145,300	Honor SS 02: Worlds of Honor	David Weber	01/04/08	03/04/08
133,195	Honor SS 03: Changer of Worlds	David Weber	03/04/08	05/04/08
186,989	Honor SS 04: The Service Of The Sword	David Weber	05/04/08	08/04/08
279,506	The Shadow Of Saganami	David Weber	08/04/08	13/04/08
122,377	A Wizard In Rhyme 01: Her Majesty's Wizard	Christopher Stasheff	15/04/08	16/04/08
150,214	A Wizard In Rhyme 02: The Oathbound Wizard	Christopher Stasheff	16/04/08	16/04/08
149,917	A Wizard In Rhyme 03: The Witch Doctor	Christopher Stasheff	16/04/08	17/04/08
138,227	A Wizard In Rhyme 04: Secular Wizard	Christopher Stasheff	17/04/08	18/04/08
111,333	A Wizard In Rhyme 05: My Son, The Wizard	Christopher Stasheff	18/04/08	18/04/08
125,354	A Wizard In Rhyme 06: Haunted Wizard	Christopher Stasheff	18/04/08	18/04/08
78,849	Warlock 01: Escape Velocity	Christopher Stasheff	19/04/08	19/04/08
102,495	Warlock 02: The Warlock In Spite Of Himself	Christopher Stasheff	20/04/08	20/04/08
78,828	Warlock 03: King Kobold Revived	Christopher Stasheff	20/04/08	20/04/08
81,883	Warlock 04: The Walock Unlocked	Christopher Stasheff	20/04/08	21/04/08
84,446	Warlock 05: The Warlock Enraged	Christopher Stasheff	21/04/08	21/04/08
88,080	Warlock 06: The Warlock Wandering	Christopher Stasheff	21/04/08	21/04/08
81,615	Warlock 08: The Warlock Heretical	Christopher Stasheff	21/04/08	23/04/08
69,472	Warlock 07: The Warlock Is Missing	Christopher Stasheff	23/04/08	23/04/08
80,975	Heirs 01: M"Lady Witch	Christopher Stasheff	23/04/08	24/04/08
61,860	Rogue Wizard 01: A Wizard In Absentia	Christopher Stasheff	24/04/08	24/04/08
68,227	Rogue Wizard 02: A Wizard In Mind	Christopher Stasheff	24/04/08	25/04/08
67,202	Rogue Wizard 03: A Wizard In Bedlam	Christopher Stasheff	25/04/08	25/04/08
64,082	Rogue Wizard 04: A Wizard In War	Christopher Stasheff	25/04/08	25/04/08
92,664	Rogue Wizard 05: A Wizard In Peace	Christopher Stasheff	25/04/08	25/04/08
75,698	Rogue Wizard 06: A Wizard In Chaos	Christopher Stasheff	26/04/08	26/04/08
70,750	Rogue Wizard 07: A Wizard In Midgard	Christopher Stasheff	26/04/08	27/04/08
60,707	Rogue Wizard 08: A Wizard And A Warlord	Christopher Stasheff	27/04/08	27/04/08
61,551	Rogue Wizard 09: A Wizard In The Way	Christopher Stasheff	28/04/08	28/04/08
60,826	Rogue Wizard 10: A Wizard In A Feud	Christopher Stasheff	28/04/08	29/04/08
69,541	Warlock 12: Warlock And Son	Christopher Stasheff	30/04/08	30/04/08
115,123	Temeraire 3: Black Powder War	Naomi Novik	20/08/08	22/08/08
119,925	Temeraire 4: Empire of Ivory	Naomi Novik	22/08/08	22/08/08
110,432	Temeraire 5: Victory of Eagles	Naomi Novik	22/08/08	22/08/08
	We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (I think)	Philip K Dick	27/08/08	28/08/08
	Falling Sideways	Tom Holt	29/08/08	29/08/08
	Barking	Tom Holt	29/08/08	30/08/08
	Earth, Air, Fire and Custard	Tom Holt	30/08/08	30/08/08
	The Ode Less Travelled	Stephen Fry	30/08/08	28/08/08
	The Innocent Mage	Karen Miller	31/08/08	01/09/08
	The Awakened Mage	Karen Miller	01/09/08	01/09/08
98,896	Get off the Unicorn	Anne McCaffrey	08/09/08	01/09/08
71,776	To Ride Pegasus	Anne McCaffrey	02/09/08	12/09/08
86,185	Pegasus In Flight	Anne McCaffrey	12/09/08	16/09/08
135,150	Pegasus In Space	Anne McCaffrey	16/09/08	17/09/08
71,739	The Ship Who Sang	Anne McCaffrey	17/09/08	18/09/08
96,745	Partnership	Anne McCaffrey	18/09/08	19/09/08
86,723	Werehunter	Mercedes Lackey	19/09/08	19/09/08
103,321	Hell's Faire	John Ringo	20/09/08	20/09/08
198,157	Lord of the Isles	David Drake	21/09/08	24/09/08
217,400	Mistborn	Brandon Sanderson	25/09/08	05/10/08
259,491	The Outstretched Shadow	Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory	06/10/08	10/10/08
199,846	Elantris	Brandon Sanderson	20/10/08	27/10/08
157,770	Midnight Falcon	David Gemmell	17/11/08	20/11/08
144,836	Oath of Swords	David Weber	24/11/08	01/12/08
160,934	The War God's Own	David Weber	01/12/08	03/12/08
190,929	Wind Rider's Oath	David Weber	03/12/08	04/12/08
96,131	Mutineer's Moon	David Weber	05/12/08	06/12/08
96,557	The Armageddon Inheritance	David Weber	06/12/08	07/12/08
165,718	Heirs of Empire	David Weber	07/12/08	08/12/08
281,944	In Fury Born	David Weber	09/12/08	13/12/08
104,505	The Excalibur Alternative	David Weber	17/12/08	18/12/08
167,196	Bardic Voices 01: The Lark and The Wren	Mercedes Lackey	19/12/08	20/12/08
75,284	The Bard's Tale 01: The Castle of Deception	Mercedes Lackey	20/12/08	20/12/08
97,889	The Bard's Tale 03: The Prison of Souls	Mercedes Lackey	20/12/08	21/12/08
111,122	Bardic Voices 02: The Robin and The Kestrel	Mercedes Lackey	21/12/08	21/12/08
119,151	Bardic Voices 03: The Eagle and The Nightingale	Mercedes Lackey	21/12/08	22/12/08
89,027	The Bard's Tale 02: Fortress of Frost and Fire	Mercedes Lackey	22/12/08	07/01/09

Total: 95 books, or parts thereof, roughly 6 million words.

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