2004 at Stray Talk
an archive of my forays into fact and fiction

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I'm Love, a thirty-something Swede who reads too little these days, but hopes to change that in 2016. I work as a pharmacist and love cats and tea more than most.

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2004

Statistics:

Books by month
January 22 April 12 July 19 October 14
February 22 May 10 August 6 November 11
March 13 June 8 September 3 December 12
Books by genre
Fiction 45 Science fiction 2 Plays/scripts 1
Non-fiction 13 Comics/manga 23 Mystery 8
Children’s/youth 30 Fantasy 30 Poetry –
Totals & averages
Books in Swedish 83 Pages in Swedish 23,791
Books in English 59 Pages in English 22,035
Books in French 10 Pages in French 2,164
Books total 152 Pages total 47,990
Books/month 12.7 Pages/month 3,999
Pages/book 316

Top five most read authors:

  1. Robert Rankin (9 books)
  2. Matsuri Akino (8 books)
  3. Diana Gabaldon (7 books)
  4. Diana Wynne Jones (7 books)
  5. Lucy Maud Montgomery (6 books)

Booklist 2004:
In italics means it’s a re-read.
Underlined means a book recommended to me.

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

  1. Bored of the Rings; the Harvard Lampoon, eng, 228
  2. Good Omens; Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, eng, 383
  3. Ranma 1/2: Volume 2; Rumiko Takahashi, swe, 194
  4. Hocus Pocus; Kurt Vonnegut, eng, 302
  5. Complete Shorter Fiction; Oscar Wilde, eng, 271
  6. Nemi: del 1; Lise Myhre, swe, 142
  7. My So-Called Life; Catherine Clark, swe, 191
  8. Howl’s Moving Castle; Diana Wynne Jones, eng, 212
  9. Scarlett; Alexandra Ripley, swe, 879
  10. Lord John and the Private Matter; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 305
  11. Fool’s Errand; Robin Hobb, eng, 661
  12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; JK Rowling, eng, 766
  13. Ask & Embla; Per Nilsson & Daniel Ahlgren, swe, 203
  14. My Date With Satan; Stacey Richter, eng, 223
  15. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 4; Matsuri Akino, eng, 208
  16. Ranma 1/2: Volume 1; Rumiko Takahashi, swe, 183
  17. Ranma 1/2: Volume 2; Rumiko Takahashi, swe, 194
  18. Ranma 1/2: Volume 3; Rumiko Takahashi, swe, 184
  19. Artemis Fowl; Eoin Colfer, eng, 280
  20. My Year of Meat; Ruth L Ozeki, eng, 367
  21. The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived; Robert Rankin, eng, 318
  22. The Merlin Conspiracy; Diana Wynne Jones, eng, 473

February

  1. Archer’s Goon; Diana Wynne Jones, swe, 278
  2. The Lives of Christopher Chant; Diana Wynne Jones, swe, 288
  3. Charmed Life; Diana Wynne Jones, swe, 208
  4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Stephen Chbosky, swe, 187
  5. Castle in the Air; Diana Wynne Jones, swe, 260
  6. The Wrong Boy; Willy Russell, swe, 397
  7. High Fidelity; Nick Hornby, swe, 250
  8. Fever Pitch; Nick Hornby, swe, 292
  9. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People; Toby Young, swe, 458
  10. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 4; Matsuri Akino, eng, 208
  11. Girls in Tears; Jaqueline Wilson, swe, 159
  12. Monstrous Regiment; Terry Pratchett, eng, 352
  13. Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Richard Bach, swe, 95
  14. Du och jag, Marie Curie; Annika Ruth Persson, swe, 175
  15. Ranma 1/2: Volume 4; Rumiko Takahashi, swe, 186
  16. One Piece: Volume 1; Eiichiro Oda, swe, 208
  17. One Piece: Volume 2; Eiichiro Oda, swe, 195
  18. The Princess Diaries; Meg Cabot, swe, 251
  19. One Piece: Volume 3; Eiichiro Oda, swe, 204
  20. One Piece: Volume 4; Eiichiro Oda, swe, 204
  21. Princess in the Spotlight; Meg Cabot, swe, 229
  22. De Profundis; Oscar Wilde, swe, 240

March

  1. The Fingersmith; Sarah Waters, swe, 543
  2. Sandra vill bli jockey; Heddi Böckman, swe, 160
  3. Knappt lovlig; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 225
  4. Juliane och jag; Inger Edelfeldt, swe, 169
  5. Diktskola: Författarens guide till galaxen; Marcus Birro, swe, 143
  6. I väntan på liv; Marika Kolterjahn, swe, 138
  7. Inga bomber över Skärholmen; Hans Olsson, swe, 317
  8. Spelar roll; Hans Olsson, swe, 317
  9. Christine/Léviathan; Julien Green, fr, 40
  10. Traveller in Time; Alison Uttley, swe, 302
  11. Jurassic Park; Michael Crichton, swe, 508
  12. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 5; Matsuri Akino, eng, 212
  13. Men At Arms; Terry Pratchett, eng, 381

April

  1. Ranma 1/2: Volume 5; Rumiko Takahashi, fr, 182
  2. Strata; Terry Pratchett, eng, 285
  3. Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Just the Words: Volume 1; Graham Chapman, eng, 337
  4. Fruits Basket: Volume 2; Natsuki Takaya, fr, 190
  5. The Golden Fool; Robin Hobb, eng, 632
  6. Outlander; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 851
  7. Dragonfly in Amber; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 789
  8. Voyager; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 1043
  9. Drums of Autumn; Diana Gabaldon, swe, 917
  10. The Fiery Cross; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 1443
  11. The Witches of Chiswick; Robert Rankin, eng, 436
  12. Moll Flanders; Daniel Defoe, eng, 376

May

  1. Le Livre du Voyage; Bernard Werber, fr, 162
  2. Le Manoir de l’Horreur: 1; Ochazukenori, fr, 224
  3. Pride & Prejudice; Jane Austen, fr, 382
  4. L’Etranger; Albert Camus, fr, 186
  5. Howl’s Moving Castle; Diana Wynne Jones, eng, 302
  6. Vojna i mir; Leo Tolstoy, eng, 981
  7. Raiders of the Lost Car Park; Robert Rankin, eng, 350
  8. A Dog Called Demolition; Robert Rankin, eng, 318
  9. Far From the Madding Crowd; Thomas Hardy, eng, 355
  10. The Woman in White; Wilkie Collins, eng, 528

June

  1. Pölsan; Torgny Lindgren, swe, 221
  2. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse; Robert Rankin, eng, 342
  3. Sprout Mask Replica; Robert Rankin, eng, 351
  4. Apocalypso; Robert Rankin, eng, 365
  5. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 5; Matsuri Akino, eng, 212
  6. Bridget Jones’s Diary: the Edge of Reason; Helen Fielding, fr, 405
  7. The Happy Hooker; Xaviera Hollander, eng, 298
  8. Get Your English Right; Stewart Clark, eng, 269

July

  1. (Un)arranged Marriage; Bali Rai, swe, 302
  2. Esclave!; Pascale Maret, fr, 157
  3. Le petit prince; Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, fr, 101
  4. Who Sir? Me, Sir?; KM Peyton, swe, 200
  5. The Wild Boy and Queen Moon; KM Peyton, swe, 166
  6. Calvin & Hobbes: Tenth Anniversary; Bill Watterson, swe, 208
  7. Hur kär får man bli?; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 319
  8. Monster Mission; Eva Ibbotson, swe, 240
  9. Päivensäde ja menninkäinen; Johanna Sinisalo, swe, 268
  10. Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation; Olivia Judson, eng, 309
  11. Mr Midshipman Hornblower; CS Forester, swe, 221
  12. Lieutenant Hornblower; CS Forester, swe, 312
  13. Mannen med järnmasken; Sven Ulric Palme, swe, 157
  14. A Countess Below Stairs; Eva Ibbotson, swe, 302
  15. The End of Summer; Rosamunde Pilcher, swe, 165
  16. The Morning Gift; Eva Ibbotson, swe, 384
  17. The Day of the Storm; Rosamunde Pilcher, swe, 207
  18. The Gabriel Hounds; Mary Stewart, swe, 287
  19. En skridskobanan på skridskobanan; Lasse Åberg, swe, 75

August

  1. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers; Michael Newton, eng, 397
  2. Hornblower and the Hotspur; CS Forester, swe, 348
  3. The Book of Ultimate Truths; Robert Rankin, eng, 347
  4. Honeymoon; Amy Jenkins, swe, 307
  5. Funny Boy: a Novel in Six Stories; Shyam Selvadurai, swe, 293
  6. Moving Pictures; Terry Pratchett, eng, 333

September

  1. An Equal Music; Vikram Seth, swe, 434
  2. Mörkrumsteknik för fotografer; Björn Andersson & Erik Osvalds, swe, 130
  3. The Garden of Unearthly Delights; Robert Rankin, eng, 318

October

  1. Bränt barn; Stig Dagerman, swe, 260
  2. Midnight’s Children; Salman Rushdie, swe, 496
  3. Lord John and the Private Matter; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 305
  4. Girlfriend in a Coma; Douglas Coupland, swe, 492
  5. Duktig pojke; Inger Edelfeldt, swe, 208
  6. Morvern Callar; Alan Warner, swe, 303
  7. 11/9: 30 år sedan statskuppen i Chile; Fransisco Contreras (ed.), swe, 231
  8. Affinity; Sarah Waters, swe, 424
  9. En komikers uppväxt; Jonas Gardell, swe, 248
  10. Strong Poison; Dorothy L Sayers, swe, 331
  11. Unnatural Death; Dorothy L Sayers, swe, 301
  12. Emily of New Moon; Lucy Maud Montgomery, swe, 218
  13. Emily Climbs; Lucy Maud Montgomery, swe, 200
  14. The Scarlet Pimpernel; Baroness Orczy, swe, 316

November

  1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Betty Smith, swe, 448
  2. Anne of Green Gables; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 253
  3. Missne och Robin; Inger Edelfeldt, swe, 170
  4. Den jag är; Ingrid Sandhagen, swe, 130
  5. Anne of Avonlea; Lucy Maud Montgomery, swe, 267
  6. Anne of the Island; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 298
  7. Anne of Windy Poplars; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 259
  8. A Wizard of Earthsea; Ursula K LeGuin, eng, 203
  9. The Boy Who Lost His Face; Louis Sachar, eng, 198
  10. Tipping the Velvet; Sarah Waters, eng, 472
  11. A Song For Summer; Eva Ibbotson, eng, 282

December

  1. The Nine Tailors; Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 299
  2. Princess in Love; Meg Cabot, swe, 240
  3. Fool’s Fate; Robin Hobb, eng, 805
  4. Liemannen; Bo R Holmberg, swe, 238
  5. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 6; Matsuri Akino, eng, 212
  6. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 7; Matsuri Akino, eng, 212
  7. Azazel; Boris Akunin, swe, 227
  8. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 8; Matsuri Akino, eng, 197
  9. Pet Shop of Horrors: Volume 9; Matsuri Akino, eng, 220
  10. Eerie Queerie: Volume 1; Shuri Shiozu, eng, 211
  11. Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the World; Susan McCarthy, eng, 421
  12. Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Mary Roach, eng, 304