2009 at Stray Talk
an archive of my forays into fact and fiction

2009

Statistics:

Books by genre
Fiction 6 Science fiction Plays/scripts 1
Non-fiction 5 Comics/manga Mystery
Children’s/youth 6 Fantasy 10 Poetry
Totals & averages
Books in Swedish 7 Pages in Swedish 1,502
Books in English 21 Pages in English 7,193
Books total 28 Pages total 8,695
Books/month 4.7 Pages/month 725
Pages/book 311

Booklist 2009:
In italics means it’s a re-read.
Underlined means a book recommended to me.
An asterisk (*) by the title means a book is one I read for school.

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

  1. När Findus var liten och försvann; Sven Nordqvist, swe, 24 Swedish
  2. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl*; Joyce Carol Oates, eng, 273 American
  3. Miracle in the Andes; Nando Parrado with Vince Rause, swe, 316 Uruguayan
  4. Falling Angels*; Tracy Chevalier, eng, 404 American
  5. The Fifth Child*; Doris Lessing, eng, 159 British
  6. The Crucible*; Arthur Miller, eng, 126 American
  7. The Turn of the Screw*; Henry James, eng, 87 American
  8. Den hemlige kocken; Mats-Eric Nilsson, swe, 280 Swedish
  9. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl*; Joyce Carol Oates, eng, 273 American
  10. Pervers?: om sex utöver det vanliga; Anna Bäsén & Niklas Långström, swe, 302 Swedish
  11. Falling Angels*; Tracy Chevalier, eng, 404 American
  12. Avklädd: en berättelse om brott vi tiger ihjäl; Andreas Harne, swe, 230 Swedish
  13. OK, Amen!; Nina Solomin, swe, 326 Swedish
  14. Stackars Pettson; Sven Nordqvist, swe, 24 Swedish
  15. Sex and the Single Vampire; Katie MacAlister, eng, 371 American
  16. Breaking Dawn; Stephenie Meyer, eng, 757 American
  17. The Demon’s Lexicon; Sarah Rees Brennan, eng, 329 Irish
  18. Rebel Angels; Libba Bray, eng, 549 American
  19. The Sweet Far Thing; Libba Bray, eng, 819 American
  20. Corambis; Sarah Monette, eng, 423 American
  21. A Separate Peace; John Knowles, eng, 203 American
  22. Dead Until Dark; Charlaine Harris, eng, 292 American
  23. Things Fall Apart*; Chinua Achebe, eng, 197 Nigerian
  24. Living Dead in Dallas; Charlaine Harris, eng, 291 American
  25. Club Dead; Charlaine Harris, eng, 292 American
  26. Dead to the World; Charlaine Harris, eng, 310 American
  27. Dead as a Doornail; Charlaine Harris, eng, 310 American
  28. Definitely Dead; Charlaine Harris, eng, 324 American