{"id":2962,"date":"2011-01-07T17:07:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T22:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2011-01-07T18:04:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T23:04:41","slug":"2010-reading-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2962","title":{"rendered":"2010 reading accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"

I told no one that I hoped to read 50 books this year. I don’t think I ever even said the words aloud, but they were there, all year long, inside my head. I hadn’t counted until today.<\/p>\n

Books read in 2010 (in roughly the order I read them):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Let It Snow<\/em> by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle (352 pages)<\/li>\n
  2. When You Reach Me<\/em> by Rebecca Stead (199 pages)<\/li>\n
  3. The Complete Persepolis<\/em> by Marjane Satrapi (352 pages)<\/li>\n
  4. Life, the Universe and Everything<\/em> by Douglas Adams (240 pages)<\/li>\n
  5. Marcelo in the Real World<\/em> by Francisco S. Stork (320 pages)<\/li>\n
  6. The Help <\/em>by Kathryn Stockett (451 pages)<\/li>\n
  7. Austenland <\/em>by Shannon Hale (208 pages)<\/li>\n
  8. Circles of Confusion <\/em>by April Henry (368 pages)<\/li>\n
  9. Island Sting <\/em>by Bonnie J. Doerr (280 pages)<\/li>\n
  10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog <\/em>by Muriel Barbery (325 pages)<\/li>\n
  11. Savvy<\/em> by Ingrid Law (342 pages)<\/li>\n
  12. The Invention of Hugo Cabret <\/em>by Brian Selznick (533 pages)<\/li>\n
  13. Kwa\u00c3\u00afdan <\/em>by Jung and Jee-Yun (144 pages)<\/li>\n
  14. City of Ember <\/em>by Jeanne DuPrau (288 pages)<\/li>\n
  15. Astrid & Veronika <\/em>by Linda Olsson (288 pages)<\/li>\n
  16. An Abundance of Katherines <\/em>by John Green (227 pages)<\/li>\n
  17. The Sorceress <\/em>by Michael Scott (483 pages)<\/li>\n
  18. The Painted Garden: A Story of a Holiday in Hollywood <\/em>by Noel Streatfeild (320 pages)<\/li>\n
  19. Shades of Grey <\/em>by Jasper Fforde (390 pages)<\/li>\n
  20. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World <\/em>by Eric Weiner (352 pages)<\/li>\n
  21. The Necromancer<\/em> by Michael Scott (389 pages)<\/li>\n
  22. Queen Zixi of Ix; or The Story of the Magic Cloak<\/em> by L. Frank Baum (108 pages)<\/li>\n
  23. A Midsummer Night’s Dream <\/em>by William Shakespeare (re-read) (256 pages)<\/li>\n
  24. Making Toast: A Family Story <\/em>by Roger Rosenblatt (176 pages)<\/li>\n
  25. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone <\/em>by J.K. Rowling (re-read) (309 pages)<\/li>\n
  26. The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda<\/em> by Christianna Brand (300 pages)<\/li>\n
  27. The Red Pyramid <\/em>by Rick Riordan (516 pages)<\/li>\n
  28. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy<\/em> by Jeanne Birdsall (272 pages)<\/li>\n
  29. Stargirl <\/em>by Jerry Spinnelli (188 pages)<\/li>\n
  30. Frindle <\/em>by Andrew Clements (112 pages)<\/li>\n
  31. Greenwitch <\/em>by Susan Cooper (144 pages)<\/li>\n
  32. The Wizard of Oz <\/em>by Frank Baum (267 pages)<\/li>\n
  33. Blockade Billy <\/em>by Stephen King (112 pages)<\/li>\n
  34. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets <\/em>by J.K Rowling (re-read) (341 pages)<\/li>\n
  35. Gone-Away Lake <\/em>by Elizabeth Enright (re-read) (272 pages)<\/li>\n
  36. Matilda <\/em>by Roald Dahl (240 pages)<\/li>\n
  37. James and the Giant Peach <\/em>by Roald Dahl (160 pages)<\/li>\n
  38. Heat <\/em>by Mike Lupica (240 pages)<\/li>\n
  39. Major Pettigrew\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Last Stand <\/em>by Helen Simonson (358 pages)<\/li>\n
  40. The Last Olympian <\/em>by Rick Riordan (400 pages)<\/li>\n
  41. Practice Makes Perfect <\/em>by Julie James (304 pages)<\/li>\n
  42. Pippi Goes On Board<\/em> by Astrid Lindgren (144 pages)<\/li>\n
  43. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake <\/em>by Aimee Bender (293 pages)<\/li>\n
  44. Love, Rosie <\/em>by Cecelia Ahern (512 pages)<\/li>\n
  45. Fat Vampire <\/em>by Adam Rex (324 pages)<\/li>\n
  46. A Tale Dark and Grimm <\/em>by Adam Gidwitz (192 pages)<\/li>\n
  47. Visions of Sugar Plums <\/em>by Janet Evanovich (240 pages)<\/li>\n
  48. The Case of the Missing Marquess<\/em> by Nancy Springer (208 pages)<\/li>\n
  49. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor<\/em> by Lisa Kleypas (211 pages)<\/li>\n
  50. Miracle on 34th Street<\/em> by Valentine Davies (136 pages)<\/li>\n
  51. A Christmas Carol<\/em> by Charles Dickens (audio) (it looks like print versions of this run an average of 100 pages)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    51 books including one audio book, one re-read play, and three re-read novels, three books that probably qualify as graphic novels, and two works of non-fiction. I was more balanced than I expected in terms of audience and gender: Twenty of the books would probably be classified as intended for adults, while the rest were children’s or young adult novels. Twenty-four were written by men, 25 by women, and two were authored by two or more people. And, in case you were wondering, these 51 books total up to 14,286 pages, give or take a few.<\/p>\n

    Stay tuned this weekend when I add a few last reviews and reveal what were the best reads of 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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