I bought 8 books at a used bookstore today. I had ‘stopped by quickly.’ Shaking my head as the lady rang me up, I told her when it came to bookstores I’m like an alcoholic walking by a bar. I’m going in. And I’m getting drunk. In this case drunk on literature 😬😂
At the start of 2022, I had 63 physical books on my TBR shelf. I vowed not to buy any new books until I cleared the shelf. I read 70 books in 2022 and am starting 2023 with ... 57 books on my TBR shelf. Every time I say I'm going to buy fewer books it turns out that I'm a damn liar.
(But also I think buying books is an objectively good thing to do in the world, so I'm not really trying that hard, I suppose)
I love stats! The 19th c historian in me just loves a bit of empiricism. Thanks for sharing. I’ve decided to keep better track of my own reading this year so I have a 🤓 question. How do you record your data?
This is so interesting, Kate, thanks for sharing! So, it appears you read ~22 client manuscripts in 2022. I tabulated my 2022 leisure reads (no day job books here) and have read 21 books. This gives me a point of comparison, and also a deeper appreciation of agents' bandwidth, and why it's such a big thing for an agent to request a full. It's certainly a big commitment of their time! Which means agents have to be picky. Sucks from the PoV of us authors :( but it makes perfect sense, and now I think I understand it better.
Those are quite the charts!. Thanks for sharing. I also can't stop buying new books :)
I bought 8 books at a used bookstore today. I had ‘stopped by quickly.’ Shaking my head as the lady rang me up, I told her when it came to bookstores I’m like an alcoholic walking by a bar. I’m going in. And I’m getting drunk. In this case drunk on literature 😬😂
At the start of 2022, I had 63 physical books on my TBR shelf. I vowed not to buy any new books until I cleared the shelf. I read 70 books in 2022 and am starting 2023 with ... 57 books on my TBR shelf. Every time I say I'm going to buy fewer books it turns out that I'm a damn liar.
(But also I think buying books is an objectively good thing to do in the world, so I'm not really trying that hard, I suppose)
Ok I LOVE the nerd level analysis presented here!! I need to start doing this, haha! Read about the same amount but I don’t have this kind of data.
"lol/sob" is my new favorite
The Alice Network and Himawari House are among my favourite books ever! Going to check out the other books on your list.
Wow, 71 books??! That's amazing!
Appreciate this, Kate! 🙏🏽Stay gold!
I love stats! The 19th c historian in me just loves a bit of empiricism. Thanks for sharing. I’ve decided to keep better track of my own reading this year so I have a 🤓 question. How do you record your data?
This is so interesting, Kate, thanks for sharing! So, it appears you read ~22 client manuscripts in 2022. I tabulated my 2022 leisure reads (no day job books here) and have read 21 books. This gives me a point of comparison, and also a deeper appreciation of agents' bandwidth, and why it's such a big thing for an agent to request a full. It's certainly a big commitment of their time! Which means agents have to be picky. Sucks from the PoV of us authors :( but it makes perfect sense, and now I think I understand it better.