1120 books

Well, that was more like it. Another year tracking my literary diet, and this time it was 28 books. More than a book per fortnight. Which totals up to an expected lifetime read of 1120 more books. Even including the fact that 5 of those books were read for my PhD, and I kind of rushed reading two of them (to finish them in December instead of the first week of January) this is closer to what I'd been hoping for. Still less than half Danny's rate of reading, but comparing my (mere mortal) literary intake to his would always be unreasonably ambitious.

A very pleasing outcome.

This coming year I don't expect to get through quite as many books; I'm getting into the serious literature review part of my PhD, over the next six months or so, and will be reading research papers. With any luck, several per week, and when possible (like, not now, when I'm too sleepy) one per night. And also re-reading a bunch of them, to mash more of their knowledge juices into my all-too-flimsy brain.