2002 at Stray Talk
an archive of my forays into fact and fiction

2002

Statistics (Aug – Dec):

Unfortunately, as this was the first year I decided to keep track of what I read, I didn’t have it all quite figured out yet and thus did not make notes of in which month I read the books. In addition, as I didn’t decide on doing this until August, the first six months of the year are missing.

Books by genre
Fiction 11 Science fiction Plays/scripts
Non-fiction 7 Comics/manga Mystery 1
Children’s/youth 7 Fantasy 9 Poetry
Totals & averages
Books in Swedish 21 Pages in Swedish 7,451
Books in English 14 Pages in English 5,746
Books total 35 Pages total 13,197
Books/month 5.8 Pages/month 2,200
Pages/book 377

Top five most read authors:

  1. Diana Gabaldon (7 books)
  2. Terry Pratchett (5 books)
  3. JK Rowling (2 books)
  4. Jane Austen (2 books)
  5. Lena Kallenberg (2 books)

Booklist 2002 (Aug – Dec):
In italics means it’s a re-read.
Underlined means a book recommended to me.

(title; author, language [eng = English, swe = Swedish], number of pages)

  1. Free the Animals : The Story of the ALF; Ingrid Newkirk, eng, 383 American
  2. Ett annat sätt att vara ung; Per Nilsson, swe, 280 Swedish
  3. Författarskolan; Göran Hägg, swe, 171 Swedish
  4. Gamla tanter lägger inte ägg; Mark Levengood & Unni Lindell, swe, 125 FinnishSwedish & Norwegian
  5. Thief of Time; Terry Pratchett, eng, 429 British
  6. The Complete Jack the Ripper; Donald Rumbelow, eng, 336 British
  7. Burning for Revenge; John Marsden, swe, 250 Australian
  8. Sourcery; Terry Pratchett, eng, 269 British
  9. Dragonfly in Amber; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 789 American
  10. Voyager Part I; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 475 American
  11. Voyager Part II; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 568 American
  12. Drums of Autumn Part I; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 494 American
  13. Drums of Autumn Part II; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 423 American
  14. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers; Michael Newton, eng, 397 American
  15. Outlander; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 850 American
  16. The Fiery Cross; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 992 American
  17. Innan frosten; Henning Mankell, swe, 502 Swedish
  18. Nostradamus Ate My Hamster; Robert Rankin, eng, 320 British
  19. The Truth; Terry Pratchett, eng, 443 British
  20. Pride & Prejudice; Jane Austen, eng, 399 British
  21. Persuasion; Jane Austen, eng, 272 British
  22. The Last Hero; Terry Pratchett, eng, 160 British
  23. Stockholmskärlek; Lena Kallenberg, swe, 360 Swedish
  24. Apelsinflickan; Lena Kallenberg, swe, 204 Swedish
  25. Ballongfararens morgon; Anita Eklund Lykull, swe, 302 Swedish
  26. Bad Girls; Cynthia Voigt, eng, 224 American
  27. Kattskorpor; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 132 Swedish
  28. The Fellowship of the Ring; J.R.R. Tolkien, swe, 482 British
  29. Vad hände med Sverige i Göteborg?; Mikael Löfgren & Masoud Vatankhah (editor), swe, 307 Swedish
  30. How to Be Good; Nick Hornby, swe, 296 British
  31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; J.K. Rowling, swe, 379 British
  32. Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets; J.K. Rowling, swe, 428 British
  33. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents; Terry Pratchett, eng, 272 British
  34. Världens dåligaste språk; Fredrik Lindström, swe, 225 Swedish
  35. Jordens smartaste ord; Fredrik Lindström, swe, 259 Swedish