Thursday, January 24, 2008
TT #84
Nichtszusagen: the Year in Review
or
Thirteen Statistics About Nichtszusagen
from 2007
or
Thirteen Statistics About Nichtszusagen
from 2007
note: click on the links to see the categories
- Books: 286. Not nearly as many as in previous years. Here's how they stacked up:
*****+ 4 1.4% ***** 72 25.2% ****½ 88 30.8% **** 92 32.2% ***½ 28 9.8% *** 23 8.0% **½ 13 4.5% ** 3 1.0% *½ 1 0.3% * 0 0.0% action/adventure 2 0.7% chick lit 5 1.7% contemporary fantasy 12 4.2% erotica 8 2.8% fantasy 28 9.8% general fiction 5 1.7% graphic novel 1 0.3% historical fiction 7 2.4% horror 5 1.7% humor 2 0.7% mystery 31 10.8% nonfiction 8 2.8% science fiction 5 1.7% women's fiction 8 2.8% YA 8 2.8% contemporary romance 58 20.3% erotic romance 10 3.5% gothic 2 0.7% historical romance 22 7.7% paranormal romance 28 9.8% romantic suspense 26 9.1% western historical romance 2 0.7% - Movies: 81.
***** 16 19.8% ****½ 19 23.5% **** 24 29.6% ***½ 7 8.6% *** 8 9.9% **½ 3 3.7% ** 3 3.7% *½ 1 1.2% action/adventure 15 18.5% adult 5 6.2% comedy 28 34.6% documentary 2 2.5% drama 16 19.8% fantasy 2 2.5% horror 1 1.2% musical 4 4.9% romantic comedy 3 3.7% science fiction 5 6.2 - Quizzes: 41. They show up on Tuesdays. Some are still filed under"about me"
- Weekend Updates: 6.
- Memes: 9. Other than Thursday Thirteen, that is. They're mostly found on Mondays.
- Booking Through Thursdays: 23. I stopped doing these at the end of June--I just got too busy.
- Flashbacks: 6. This is a new thing, to try to move all my old reviews onto the blog. They show up on Fridays.
- Links of the Week: 25. Interesting, funny, or useful sites I want to pass on. I try to post one every Sunday.
- Reading Challenge: 4. They're quarterly, and in the sidebar.
- TBR Challenge: 10. Odd, April and September seem to be missing. Maybe I just didn't put them on del.icio.us. Monthly, also in the sidebar.
- Smart Bitches Day: 4. SBD is on Mondays, but I seldom have a) the time or b) a good idea for a post.
- Theories: 6. And here I'd intended to write down dozens. Ah, well.
- Thursday Thirteen: 47. Happy Thursday!
Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
- Melody: Booking Through Thursday
- Julia: songs from movie musicals
- Susan Helene Gottfried: Trevor & co. look at vacation pix
- Doug: insomnia
- Jennifer Shirk has been shopping
- Renee Lynn Scott: a mystery about ships
- Ellen B.: oldest operating McDonald's
- why Joely Sue Burkhart hasn't been TT-ing
- Lara Angelina: dead or alive?
- You're next!
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Darla, your themes for TTs always amaze me!!! I always find it refreshing to read your TT posts. Keep all those cool ideas coming. ;)
Fascinating to see your genre stats. Obviously you have favorites, but my word. You truly have breadth!
You have been SO busy, it's amazing. Who cooks and cleans around your place? How do you do it all? 286 books? I'm jealous!!!
Glad you liked having Trevor and the boys back. A lot of people who've stopped by this week have been rather... confused by who they are and what they're doing there!
Glad you liked having Trevor and the boys back. A lot of people who've stopped by this week have been rather... confused by who they are and what they're doing there!
So not only do you speed-read your way through libraries, but you're a statistics junkie, too :)
# posted by 
: 1/24/2008 5:29 PM
: 1/24/2008 5:29 PM
Cool statistics but 1) you need to read more humor and 2) you need to see more romantic comedies.
**wink**
**wink**
I was thrilled to get 52 books in last year!! Great breakdown -- it's so interesting to see what people are reading!
# posted by : 1/24/2008 7:20 PM
: 1/24/2008 7:20 PM
My gosh...you put me to shame! My act clearly isn't together :-) I'm hoping to read more this year, but I'll never get close to you! Congrats -- great stats!
Happy TT and thanks for visiting!
Happy TT and thanks for visiting!
Thanks, Melody! I think this is the last of my 2007 recap posts. It's been fun, though.
Julia, I do tend to like variety, and to challenge myself once in a while.
Susan, ah, you've discovered my secret: nobody cooks or cleans. :)
Doug--well, yeah. Accounting degree. I've got to do something with it besides the income taxes and balancing the checkbook. :)
Jennifer, I agree. I was surprised I'd seen so few romantic comedies. The humor books, though, is deceptive: a large number of the contemporary romances I read were romantic comedies, and quite a lot of the books in general had humor, but I tried to stick to one genre per book.
Renee, maybe that's why I read fewer books this year--by about 100.
Thanks, Ellen! It does look like a lot all in a list like that.
Joely, I wish I could remember where I stole this idea from, but I can't. I saw somebody post their statistics last year and I enjoyed it so much I thought I'd do it too.
Julia, I do tend to like variety, and to challenge myself once in a while.
Susan, ah, you've discovered my secret: nobody cooks or cleans. :)
Doug--well, yeah. Accounting degree. I've got to do something with it besides the income taxes and balancing the checkbook. :)
Jennifer, I agree. I was surprised I'd seen so few romantic comedies. The humor books, though, is deceptive: a large number of the contemporary romances I read were romantic comedies, and quite a lot of the books in general had humor, but I tried to stick to one genre per book.
Renee, maybe that's why I read fewer books this year--by about 100.
Thanks, Ellen! It does look like a lot all in a list like that.
Joely, I wish I could remember where I stole this idea from, but I can't. I saw somebody post their statistics last year and I enjoyed it so much I thought I'd do it too.
Thanks for the breakdown. It'll be interesting to see where my own 2008 breakdown comes to. I definitely need to read more despite having to fight for the time away from writing. My head needs the recharge and I shouldn't put it off anymore.
Thanks for the boost. :)
~X
Thanks for the boost. :)
~X
# posted by : 1/24/2008 10:31 PM
: 1/24/2008 10:31 PM
My goodness! You're so ORGANIZED! That's very cool!
And you read a lot of contemporary romance this year.
Very interesting statistics.
And you read a lot of contemporary romance this year.
Very interesting statistics.
You read almost 300 books in 2007?? Boy does that put my 35 to shame (we won't even talk about how many I've read so far this year!).
Great post, Darla!
Great post, Darla!
Cool list. You're a busy gal!
Contemporary Romance must be your absolute fave!
Have a great TT!
~Harris.
Contemporary Romance must be your absolute fave!
Have a great TT!
~Harris.
What a clever 13.
Wish I had some of your imagination and talent.
Thanks for stopping by mine
Wish I had some of your imagination and talent.
Thanks for stopping by mine
# posted by : 1/25/2008 12:00 AM
: 1/25/2008 12:00 AM
I am completely fascinated by your list. Who else writes in Romantic suspense besides Nora Roberts? Amazing that you like paranormal and mystery almost as much as the romances..... Just fascinating!
Happy TT
Happy TT
Cool stats, I should try to do that, see how my reading breaks down by genre (although if I were to count YA, I should probably also count the Js and picture books- to be accurate). :)
286! WOW that lot, and even if it less than the previous year for you...for me that still seem lot. I"m always impressed with what you come up with for TTs....it would be great if you give me some of your zingers *grin*....great job!
Happy TTs! I'm not doing one this week but maybe next week...
Happy TTs! I'm not doing one this week but maybe next week...
Wow you're organized. I can't even manage to keep track of what number TT I'm on, let alone the rest of it.
Nice list! I wonder how you find the time to blog with all those books, movies, etc. Chapeau!
Thanks for visiting my 13 books TT. Actually I've read Eaters of the Dead, but I didn't know the other title! :-)
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Thanks for visiting my 13 books TT. Actually I've read Eaters of the Dead, but I didn't know the other title! :-)
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