Statistics:
| Books by month | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 | April | 2 | July | 31 | October | 1 |
| February | 18 | May | 40 | August | 12 | November | – |
| March | 14 | June | 31 | September | – | December | – |
| Books by genre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | 30 | Science fiction | 15 | Plays/scripts | 4 |
| Non-fiction | 35 | Comics/manga | 5 | Mystery | 7 |
| Children’s/youth | 68 | Fantasy | 8 | Poetry | – |
| Totals & averages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books in Swedish | 78 | Pages in Swedish | 14,764 |
| Books in English | 94 | Pages in English | 25,560 |
| Books in French | – | Pages in French | – |
| Books total | 172 | Pages total | 40,324 |
| Books/month | 14.3 | Pages/month | 3,360 |
| Pages/book | 234 | ||
Top five most read authors:
- Tove Jansson (8 books)
- Dorothy L Sayers (6 books)
- Pia Hagmar (5 books)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (4 books)
- KM Peyton (4 books)
Booklist 2008:
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
- His Majesty’s Dragon; Naomi Novik, eng, 356
- Flambards; KM Peyton, eng, 220
- The Edge of the Cloud; KM Peyton, eng, 181
- Flambards in Summer; KM Peyton, eng, 188
- Flambards Divided; KM Peyton, eng, 283
- An Assembly Such as This; Pamela Aidan, eng, 256
- Some Danger Involved; Will Thomas, eng, 302
- The Princess Diaries V: Give Me Five; Meg Cabot, eng, 166
- Who Moved My Cheese?; Spencer Johnson, swe, 92
- Boy Meets Boy; David Levithan, eng, 185
- Twilight; Stephenie Meyer, eng, 434
- A Tale of a Tub; Jonathan Swift, eng, 132
- Duktig pojke; Inger Edelfeldt, swe, 208
- Whose Body?; Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 212
- Som jag vill vara; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 282
- Det fattas en tärning; Johanna Thydell, swe, 211
- The Smiths: The Early Years; Paul Slattery, eng, 159
- The Giver; Lois Lowry, eng, 179
- Cliffs Notes on Lowry’s The Giver; Suzanne Pavlos, eng, 60
- Gathering Blue; Lois Lowry, eng, 218
- Messenger; Lois Lowry, eng, 186
- The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl; Shauna Reid, eng, 408
- New Moon; Stephenie Meyer, eng, 595
February
- Eclipse; Stephenie Meyer, eng, 628
- Sickened; Julie Gregory, eng, 259
- Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Just the Words: Volume 2; Graham Chapman, eng, 371
- Dream Boy; Jim Grimsley, eng, 195
- By a Lady; Amanda Elyot, eng, 372
- Clouds of Witness; Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 279
- A Countess Below Stairs; Eva Ibbotson, eng, 383
- The Gum Thief; Douglas Coupland, eng, 277
- Murder Must Advertise; Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 356
- By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept; Elizabeth Smart, eng, 112
- Duty and Desire; Pamela Aidan, eng, 304
- Profile of a Criminal Mind; Brian Innes, eng, 256
- Den hemlösa sexualiteten: en antologi; various, swe, 286 &
- The World According to Clarkson: And Another Thing…; Jeremy Clarkson, eng, 340
- Standish; Erastes, eng, 215
- Britta och Silver på ridskolan; Lisbeth Pahnke, swe, 132
- Postcards from No Man’s Land; Aidan Chambers, eng, 312
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Tom Stoppard, eng, 77
March
- När kommer du tillbaka?; Marika Kolterjahn, swe, 202
- Tenderness; Robert Cormier, eng, 229
- Dragon’s Bait; Vivian Vande Velde, eng, 196
- True Stories of Pirates; Lucy Lethbridge, swe, 143
- True Stories of the First World War; Paul Dowswell, swe, 138
- True Stories of the Second World War; Paul Dowswell, swe, 160
- Lost in Austen; Emma Campbell Webster, eng, 348
- Nu heter jag Nirak; Peter Pohl, swe, 240
- What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew; Daniel Pool, eng, 416
- Unnatural Death; Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 280
- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club;Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 243
- Hey Nostradamus!; Douglas Coupland, eng, 260
- Linas kvällsbok 2; Emma Hamberg, swe, 303
- Making History; Stephen Fry, eng, 556
April
- Dubbelspel; Max Lundgren, swe, 160
- Educating Rita; Willy Russell, eng, 123
May
- Rockabilly; Josefin Ekman, swe, 263
- 102 Minutes: The Story of the Fight to Survive inside the Twin Towers; Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn, swe, 427
- I Am America (And So Can You!); Stephen Colbert, eng, audio
- My War: Killing Time in Iraq; Colby Buzzell, eng, 358
- Hästen från Porten; Carina Burman, swe, 354
- Atonement; Ian McEwan, eng, 481
- Kometen kommer; Tove Jansson, swe, 150
- Bögslungan; Per Alexandersson, swe, 136
- KÃ¥rnulf Was Here; Josefine Adolfsson, swe, 167
- Allting som är trevligt är bra för magen; Tove Jansson, swe, 92
- Bananflugornas herre; Fredrik Eklund, swe, 152
- Does My Head Look Big in This?; Randa Abdel-Fattah, swe, 350
- Drakvinter; Elvira Birgitta Holm, swe, 186
- Ior och hästarna; Renata Wrede, swe, 133
- Lugn för dej, Gelika; Olga Wikström, swe, 204
- Marsmädchen; Tamara Bach, swe, 168
- Trollkarlens hatt; Tove Jansson, swe, 158
- Farlig midsommar; Tove Jansson, swe, 146
- Trollvinter; Tove Jansson, swe, 131
- Tjuvlyssnat; Damon Rasti & Gloria Hedman, swe, 140
- Det osynliga barnet; Tove Jansson, swe, 167
- Pappan och havet; Tove Jansson, swe, 203
- Den som inte tar bort luddet ska dö; David Batra, swe, 128
- Sent i november; Tove Jansson, swe, 164
- Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek; Gareth Roberts, eng, 106
- Daddy-Long-Legs; Jean Webster, eng, 160
- Dear Enemy; Jean Webster, eng, 192
- Knappt lovlig; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 230
- Strong Poison; Dorothy L Sayers, eng, 261
- Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned; Stephen Cole, eng, 254
- Heart of Darkness; Joseph Conrad, eng, 111
- Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride; Helen Halstead, eng, 310
- Språket; Lars-Gunnar Andersson & Anna Lena Ringarp, swe, 297
- Persepolis: volume 1; Marjane Satrapi, swe, 77
- Persepolis: volume 2; Marjane Satrapi, swe, 86
- Persepolis: volume 3; Marjane Satrapi, swe, 96
- Persepolis: volume 4; Marjane Satrapi, swe, 100
- Bögjävlar; Stefan Ingvarsson (ed.), swe, 126
- Han sa ja!; Bo R Holmberg, swe, 157
- Älskar han mig?; Bo R Holmberg, swe, 175
June
- En liten chock; Johanna Lindbäck, swe, 272
- Människohamn; John Ajvide Lindqvist, swe, 451
- Orgasmboken; Katerina Janouch, swe, 197
- Klaras dröm; Pia Hagmar, swe, 191
- Öya: en flicka liten som ett busfrö; Vladimir Oravsky, swe, 19
- A Christmas Carol; Charles Dickens, eng, 77
- Klaras vintersorg; Pia Hagmar, swe, 174
- Klara Andersson, hästägare; Pia Hagmar, swe, 158
- Doctor Who: The Stone Rose; Jacqueline Rayner, eng, 254
- Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket; Justin Richards, eng, 254
- Annika Larsdotter: barnamörderska; Inger Lövkrona, swe, 255
- Klara, färdiga, gå; Pia Hagmar, swe, 156
- The Age of Napoleon; Alistair Horne, eng, 235
- A Strong and Sudden Thaw; RW Day, eng, 333
- Cold Comfort Farm; Stella Gibbons, eng, 253
- Rebecca; Daphne du Maurier, eng, 410
- Med uppenbar känsla för stil; Stephan Mendel-Enk, swe, 128
- Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East; Brian Whitaker, swe, 230
- Ingen behöver veta; Christina Wahldén, swe, 139
- Ingen grekisk gud, precis; Katarian Kieri, swe, 217
- Throne of Jade; Naomi Novik, eng, 399
- Travels in the Scriptorium; Paul Auster, eng, 130
- The Rose and the Ring; WM Thackeray, swe, 174
- Drömponnyn; Pia Hagmar, swe, 165
- Teena går til filmen; Ria Tofft, swe, 107
- Sandman: The Kindly Ones; Neil Gaiman, eng, 335
- Lad: A Dog; Albert Payson Terhune, swe, 138
- Good Luck to the Rider; Joan Phipson, swe, 172
- Melka: The Story of an Arab Pony; Joan Penney, swe, 157
- The Uncommon Reader; Alan Bennett, eng, 121
- A Game of Thrones; George RR Martin, eng, 837
July
- Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island; Mike Tucker, eng, 255
- Doctor Who: The Art of Destruction; Stephen Cole, eng, 256
- Doctor Who: The Price of Paradise; Colin Brake, eng, 255
- The Underdog; Markus Zusak, swe, 128
- Tro, hopp och burnout; Johan Unenge, swe, 228
- Torchwood: Something in the Water; Trevor Baxendale, eng, 255
- Vadå feminist; Lisa Gålmark, swe, 188
- Torchwood: Trace Memory; David Llewellyn, eng, 256
- Homofamiljer; Sara Stenholm & Cecilia Strömberg, swe, 312
- Making Money; Terry Pratchett, eng, 480
- Castle Rackrent; Maria Edgeworth, eng, 171 –
- Moab is My Washpot; Stephen Fry, eng, 436
- Torchwood: The Twilight Streets; Gary Russell, eng, 256
- Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World; Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero, eng, 168
- Betong, fjäril, betong; Ingrid Olsson, swe, 251
- Torchwood: Border Princes; Dan Abnett, eng, 256
- Torchwood: Another Life; Peter Anghelides, eng, 256
- Torchwood: Slow Decay; Andy Lane, eng, 254
- Vegan Freak; Bob & Jenna Torres, eng, 187
- Skinny Bitch; Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin, eng, 224
- Vegan Virgin Valentine; Carolyn Mackler, eng, 225
- Emily of New Moon; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 341
- Emily Climbs; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 327
- Emily’s Quest; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 229
- The Blue Castle; Lucy Maud Montgomery, eng, 219
- A Great and Terrible Beauty; Libba Bray, eng, 422
- From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond; Morty Diamond (ed.), eng, 168
- The History Boys; Alan Bennett, eng, 143
- Life on the Refrigerator Door; Alice Kuipers, swe, 243
- The Commitments; Roddy Doyle, swe, 159
- Historier om ett brott; Lena Lennerhed, swe, 232
August
- Love All; Aidan Chambers (ed.), eng, 167
- Denial; David Belbin, eng, 184
- My Scary Fairy Godmother; Rose Impey, eng, 190
- Century; Sarah Singleton, swe, 187
- Spelar roll; Hans Olsson, swe, 319
- Tithe; Holly Black, eng, 312
- Ironside; Holly Black, eng, 323
- Substitute Father; Bonnie K Winn, swe, 270
- Eskort; Christina Wahldén, swe, 141
- Trylleslag; Charlotte Glaser Munch, swe, 201
- The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants; Ann Brashares, swe, 378
- The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life; Simon Goddard, eng, 272
October
- Whatever Happened to Janie?; Caroline B Cooney, swe, 202