It looks like I read 171 titles in 2015 with another 7 re-read which were previously read in other years and 2 re-read which were also first read in 2015. There were, of course, titles skimmed, put on pause and given up on.
This year I have been tracking my reading in a Google Sheet and at Goodreads. Still working out workflow for this mess of an activity; i.e., tracking book reading.
The first grouping will be data from my Google Sheet, followed by some from Goodreads, links to previous 2015 reading-related posts, and a list of titles read in 2015 by gross categories.
Google Sheet
This data consists of total entered in Sheet, breakdown of reading status of titles brought forward from 2014, titles entered in 2015 and their breakdown of reading status, reading challenges, books re-read, ebooks, “genre” breakdowns, and sources for the books.
Total
198 [all are in Goodreads]
Brought forward from 2014:
Total 7
Finished 3
On pause 3
Currently Reading 1
Entered in 2015:
Total 191
Read 171
Gave up 4
Skimmed 3 [skimmed many I did not enter in Sheet; 34 in 2015 according to Goodreads]
On pause 11
Currently reading 8 + 1 started in 2016
Reading Challenges
My own reading goals for 2015: 9 Read [of 12 committed to] + 2 currently reading + 3 on pause. I may post on this separately but calling it met, if barely.
2015 Reading Challenge: 35* of 50 categories. I may’ve accomplished some of the others but I have no good way of knowing re a couple categories. Not concerned. I may post on this separately. Calling it met; had no real criteria in mind so 35 seems fair.
2015 8th Annual Graphic Novel/Manga Challenge: 52. Completed on 25 April 2015. In total, I read 99 graphic novels or manga [does not include rereads: 2015 2 + previous years 2 + 1 gave up] but did not post & link reviews for the challenge.
2015 Nonfiction Reading Challenge: 20. Completed 20 April 2015 [includes 1 reread from previous year + 3 in graphic novel challenge also; does not include 3 on pause or 1 I never reviewed]. I finished 68 nonfiction books but clearly did not review or link then to the challenge.
Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge: Goal of 75, reached 29 April 2015. Recorded 166 books for 221% of goal. These totals do not include ~3 books re-read nor those titles read and re-read in 2015.
Books Re-read
Total 11
Read 1st in previous year 8 [Nonfiction/Beer, NF/Literature & Language, 2 Graphic Novels, 4 Lit]
Read 1st & 2nd in 2015 3 [Nonfiction/Beer, 2 Graphic Novels]
Titles Re-read
Saunders – Dinner in the Beer Garden
Doyle – Through the Magic Door
Dingess, et al. – Manifest Destiny, Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna $
Folio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City (Girl Genius 13) $
Vaughan & Staples – Saga, Volume One
Vaughan & Staples – Saga, Volume Two
Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Adams – The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Adams – Life, The Universe and Everything
Adams – So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Boak & Bailey – Gambrinus Waltz $
[$ = read & re-read in 2015]
Ebooks
Total 36 + 2 on pause (1 each)
Kindle 3 finished (2 Beer, Erotica)(incl. 1 re/read 2015 Beer) + 1 on pause (Tech)
PDF 34 (2 Assorted, 30 Graphic Novels + 1 on pause (Tech)
I read so many PDF graphic novels as they are all from either the Girl Genius series via a Kickstarter or from a Dungeons & Dragons Humble Bundle I bought earlier in 2015. I have done a couple Humble Bundles and have read few of them; I tend to forget them. So I wanted to get to work on that and chose these first.
Genre
NF [includes 6 graphic novels, 1 of which is of war poetry + memoir]
Total 92
Finished 68
On pause 11
Currently Reading 7
Gave up 3
Skimmed 3
Fiction
Total 104
Graphic Novels 93 + 1 gave up
Erotica 2
Lit 8
Poetry 1 + 1 currently reading
Other Breakdowns
Photo 6
Beer 26 + 2 currently reading
Graphic novel 99 + 1 gave up [includes 11 manga & 6 nonfiction]
Erotica 2
Poetry 3
Memoir 3 + 1 gave up
Central OR 4 + 1 currently reading
History 10 + 1 currently reading
Translations 21
Together
Read 1
On pause 1
Switch to ind. reading 1
Currently reading 1
Sources
Own 92 + 3 more bought after getting from a library
DPL 77 + 1 gave up + 3 on pause + 1 skimmed + 3 then bought (1 of which still reading) + lots more skimmed. 85 total.
COCC 6
ILL 0 [acquired 2 : 1 gave up and 1 on pause]
Summit 6 + 2 currently reading
Friend 1
Goodreads
This data from my Goodreads account includes, 2015 Goodreads Challenge status, reading status breakdown, and some numbers from specific shelves (mostly used to verify same info from elsewhere).
2015 Challenge goal 75
Read 163 [does not include 7 re-reads]
Currently reading 8 + 1 from 2016
Gave up 2
Skimmed 34
On pause 6
Shelves
2015-gnc 61 [does not include rereads: 2015 2 + previous years 2]
2015nfc 21 [includes 1 reread from previous year; 1 review not written]
translation 21
together 1 + 1 currently reading + 1 on pause + 1 switched to individual reading
Other 2015 reading posts [re challenges, etc.]
List of 2015 Books Read by Category
Assorted
- Quadback-Seeger – World of the Elements: Elements of the World
- Attlee – Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight [on pause]
- Backes – Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana [on pause]
- Kondo – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- Stilgoe – Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places
- Stivers – Hair of the Dog: Irish Drinking and Its American Stereotype
- Scerri – The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
- Rubel – Bread: A Global History (The Edible Series)
- Jung – Man and His Symbols [gave up]
- Bishop – Living with Thunder: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of the Pacific Northwest [currently reading]
- Rothenberg, ed. – White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism
- Egan – The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest [on pause]
- Sahlins – Waiting for Foucault, Still
- Babauta – Focus: a simplicity manifesto in the Age of Distraction
Assorted Cookery
- Robertson – Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker
- Steen & Noyes – The Great Vegan Protein Book
- Scicolone – The Italian Slow Cooker
Assorted Memoir
- Nguyen – Stealing Buddha’s Dinner [gave up]
- Pollan – A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams
Beer & Brewing
- Boak & Bailey – Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer
- Yaeger – Oregon Breweries
- Allen and Cantwell – Barley Wine: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes
- Mallett – Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse
- Saunders – Dinner in the Beer Garden [re-read]
- Dunlop – Portland Beer: Crafting the Road to Beervana
- Amato – Beerology: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Beer … Even More
- Fix – Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues
- Coutts – The Perfect Keg: Sowing, Scything, Malting and Brewing My Way to the Best Ever Pint of Beer
- Mosher – Mastering Homebrew: The Complete Guide to Brewing Delicious Beer
- Barich – A Pint of Plain: Tradition, Change, and the Fate of the Irish Pub
- Alworth – The Beer Bible
- Nelson – The Barbarian’s Beverage: A History of Beer in Ancient Europe
- Beechum and Conn – Experimental Homebrewing: Mad Science in the Pursuit of Great Beer
- Acitelli – The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution
- Hornsey – Alcohol and Its Role in the Evolution of Human Society [currently reading]
- Boak & Bailey – Gambrinus Waltz: German Lager Beer in Victorian and Edwardian London [read & re-read this year]
- Palmer – How to Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Beer Right the First Time
- Bostwick and Rymil – Beer Craft: A Simple Guide to Making Great Beer
- Mosher – The Brewer’s Companion: Being a Complete Compendium of Brewing Knowledge … [skimmed]
- Foster – Pale Ale: History and Brewing Techniques, Recipes: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes
- Papazian – The Complete Joy of Home Brewing 4th ed
- Hughes – A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer
- Zainasheff & Palmer – Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew
- Oliver – The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food [currently reading]
- Shales – Brewing Better Beers
Central Oregon
- Dunegan – Best Hikes Near Bend (A Falcon Guide) [currently reading]
Central Oregon Memoir
- Waterston – Where the Crooked River Rises: A High Desert Home
Central Oregon Memoir & History
- Ramsey – New Era: Reflections on the Human and Natural History of Central Oregon
Erotica, Sex & Gender
- Williams – Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
- Christina – Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories about Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More
- Tyler, ed. – Luscious: Stories of Anal Eroticism
Graphic Novels
- Foglio, et al. – The Secret Blueprints For Volume One (Girl Genius 0)
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne & the Beetleburg clank (Girl Genius 1)
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City (Girl Genius 2)
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine (Girl Genius 3)
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams (Girl Genius 4)
- Bendis & Maleev – Scarlet
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess (Girl Genius 5)
- B. and MacOrlan – The Littlest Pirate King
- Pham – Sumo
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite (Girl Genius 6)
- Abnett and Culbard – The New Deadwardians
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle (Girl Genius 7)
- Kerascoët and Hubert – Beauty
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones (Girl Genius 8)
- Vehlmann & Kerascoët – Beautiful Darkness
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm (Girl Genius 9)
- David and Lopez – Fallen Angel
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse (Girl Genius 10)
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell (Girl Genius 11)
- Mina, et al. – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Book 1
- Mina, et al. – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Book 2
- TenNapel – Ratfist
- Moon and Bá – De: Tales: Stories From Urban Brazil
- Tobin and Dewey – I Was The Cat
- Merveille and Tati – Hello, Mr. Hulot
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Siege of Mechanicsburg (Girl Genius 12)
- Cruse – Stuck Rubber Baby
- Pedrosa – Three Shadows
- Perlow, et al. – Watson and Holmes: A Study in Black
- Dingess, et al. – Manifest Destiny, Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna [read & re-read this year]
- Collins & Rayner – Road to Perdition
- Moning, et al. – Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha
- Lucke – The Lunch Witch (#1)
- Wilson and Alphona – Ms. Marvel: No Normal
- Wilson, et al. – Ms. Marvel: Generation Why 2
- Dingess, et al. – Manifest Destiny, Vol. 2: Amphibia & Insecta
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth Gun: Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth Gun: Book 2: Crossroads
- Greenberg – The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth Gun: Book 3: Bound
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth Gun: Book 4: A Town Called Penance
- Foglio, et al. – Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City (Girl Genius 13) [read & re-read this year]
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth Gun: Book 5: Winter Wolves
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth Gun: Book 6: Ghost Dance
- Bunn and Hurtt – The Sixth gun: Book 7: Not the Bullet, But the Fall
- Nolan – Hunters of the Great Forest
- Vaughan and Staples – Saga, Volume One [re-read]
- Vaughan and Staples – Saga, Volume Two [re-read]
- Vaughan and Staples – Saga, Volume Three
- Vaughan and Staples – Saga, Volume Four
- McCloud – The Sculptor
- Carey, Willingham, et al. – The Unwritten: The Unwritten Fables, vol. 9
- Carey & Gross, et al. – The Unwritten: War Stories, vol. 10
- Miller & Varley – 300
- Vance & Burr – Kings in Disguise: A Novel
- Hagio – A Drunken Dream and Other Stories
- Remender – Strange Girl Omnibus
- Fawkes – The People Inside [gave up]
- Moore & O’Neill – Nemo: Heart of Ice
- Ralph – Daybreak
- Kelso – The Squirrel Mother
- Selznick – The Marvels
- Doctorow and Wang – In Real Life
- Fleisher, Mishkin, et al. – Dungeon & Dragons Classics, Volume 1
- Grubb, Mishkin, et al. – Dungeon & Dragons Classics, Volume 2
- Mishkin, et al. – Dungeon & Dragons Classics, Volume 3
- Mishkin, et al. – Dungeon & Dragons Classics, Volume 4
- Salvatore, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms: Cutter
- Grubb, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics, Volume 1
- Grubb, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics, Volume 2
- Grubb, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics, Volume 3
- Grubb, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics, Volume 4
- Greenwood, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms, Volume 1
- Zub, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur’s Gate
- Salvatore, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt – Neverwinter Tales
- Salvatore, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, volume 1: Homeland
- Salvatore, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Exile
- Rogers, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Shadowplague
- Rogers, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: First Encounters
- Rogers, et al. – Dungeons & Dragons: Down
- Foglio, et al. – Girl Genius: Second Journey Book One: The Beast of the Rails
Graphic Novels Manga
- Mori – A Bride’s Story 1
- Mori – A Bride’s Story 2
- Mori – A Bride’s Story 3
- Yoshinaga – Ooku: The Inner Chamber, vol. 1
- Mori – A Bride’s Story 4
- Mori – A Bride’s Story 5
- Yoshinaga – Ooku: The Inner Chamber, vol. 2
- Mori – A Bride’s Story 6
- Yoshinaga – Ooku: The Inner chamber, vol. 3
- Yoshinaga – Ooku: The Inner chamber, vol. 4
- Anno – Sakuran: Blossoms Wild
Graphic Novel Nonfiction
- Redniss – Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love & Fallout
Graphic Novel Nonfiction History
- Wilson, Dickson, et al. – Fight the power!: A visual history of protest among the English-speaking peoples
- Stavans and Alcaraz – A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States
- Bagge – Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story
Graphic Novel Nonfiction Memoir
- Abirached – I Remember Beirut
Graphic Novel Nonfiction War Poetry
- Duffy, ed. -Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics
History
- Schivelbusch – Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
- Swaby – Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
History Memoir
- Coe – Frontier Doctor: Observations on Central Oregon & the Changing West
Literature & Language
- Ozecki – A Tale for the Time Being
- Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, #1) [re-read]
- Adams – The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #2) [re-read]
- Adams – Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #3) [re-read]
- Adams – So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker’s Guide #4) [re-read]
- Johnson – Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
- Brontë – Wuthering Heights
- King – Euphoria [2016 DPL A Novel Idea Selection]
- Harris – Integationist Notes and Papers 2009-2011
- Harris – Integationist Notes and Papers 2012
- Harris – Integationist Notes and Papers 2013
- Doyle – Through the Magic Door [re-read]
- Ramsey – Thinking Like a Canyon: New and Selected Poems, 1973-2010
- Gilbert – Collected poems [currently reading]
Literature & Language Graphic Novel War Poetry
- Duffy, ed. – Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics [also listed above]
Philosophy
- Wilson – Second-Hand Knowledge: An Inquiry into Cognitive Authority [on pause]
- Wellmuth – The Nature and Origins of Scientism
- Berlin – The Power of Ideas [currently reading]
Photography
- Atkeson – Oregon, My Oregon
- Atkeson & Miller – Ski & Snow Country: The Golden Years of Skiing in the West, 1930s-1950s
- Atkeson – Oregon II
- Atkeson & Ross – Oregon III
- Marbach and Pokarney – Oregon Harvest
- Curtis – The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios
Renewal
- Huang and Lynch – Thinking Body, Dancing Mind: Taosports for Extraordinary Performance in Athletics, Business, and Life [on pause]
- Kabat-Zinn – Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness [currently reading]
- Johnson – The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason [on pause]
- Segal – Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse [on pause]
- Levine – Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
- Farhi – The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work [currently reading]
- Frankl – Man’s Search for Meaning
- Smalley & Winston – Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness
- Krznaric – How To Find Fulfilling Work
- Black – More Anti-Inflammation Diet Tips and Recipes
- Wahls – The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine
- Gunaratana – Mindfulness in Plain English
- Krucoff – Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain: Easy, Effective Practices for Releasing Tension and Relieving Pain [on pause]
- Moore & Gillette – Lover Within: Accessing the Lover in the Male Psyche [on pause]
- Cooksley – Seaweed: Nature’s Secret to Balancing Your Metabolism, Fighting Disease, and Revitalizing Body and Soul [skimmed]
- Brantley & Millstine – Five Good Minutes in Your Body [skimmed]
- Fallon – Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
Tech & Software
- Kissell – Take Control of Automating Your Mac [on pause]
- Martinez and Stager – Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom [on pause]
- Rawlins – Slaves of the Machine: The Quickening of Computer Technology [gave up]
Final Comments
I think this slices and dices this data more than enough for me this year. I would not mind having a breakdown of authors by gender but that is loaded with many problems (multiple authors, determining gender of some, etc.) and I am not that concerned about it. I read fairly widely and try to read from a diversity of diversities, knowing that I can always do better.
I want to keep reading things in translation; I feel I did well this year. I should try to read a bit more poetry and erotica, sex & gender this year. I am satisfied with the amount of re-reading, the number of ebooks, and of nonfiction. I hope to read a few less graphic novels and more varied things in literature & language; e.g., more actual lit, more on language and more poetry as previously mentioned. Maybe some re-reading there. Poetry books are close at hand.
All in all, I’m calling 2015 a good year for me and reading. I met all of my goals, and only one of them I feel could have been more solidly met.
I am very happy to be ending some part of my 2015 with a great score for the year. Particularly happy to have the thought documented.
Here’s to your (and my) reading in 2016.
[Post(s) coming soon]
