2011 has been a fairly good year, despite a couple of lulls in the middle. Over the past four months, I've been getting more visits and page views than ever, the numbers steadily increasing each month. Obviously, I'm doing something right (or I'm checking out my blog myself in my sleep...). Thanks to all who regularly visit and comment :)
I'll be doing my traditional yearly awards at the start of January, so I won't be doing any big retrospective today. However, I will (as usual) be giving you the low down on what happened this month - one last time...
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Total Books Read: 6
Year-to-date: 123
New: 4
Rereads: 2
From the Shelves: 3
From the Library: 2
On the Kindle: 1
Novels: 5
Novellas: 0
Short Stories: 1
Short Stories: 1
Non-English Language: 4 (2 Japanese, 1 Spanish, 1 Swedish)
In Original Language: 0
Books read in December were:
1) The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
2) Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Books read in December were:
1) The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
2) Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Reread and reviewed this month:
Reviewed (but not read) this month:
Aussie Author Challenge: 1 (20/12)
Victorian Literature Challenge: 1 (32/15)
Japanese Literature Challenge 5: 2 (8/1)
Japanese Literature Challenge 5: 2 (8/1)
Tony's Recommendation for December is: Haruki Murakami's 1Q84
Just six books to choose from, and for a Murakamiphile like me, it was really an easy decision. Yes, 1Q84 is flawed (and I will be debating the pros and cons of the book more in the New Year), but it's still a fascinating book, and one which all fans of the Japanese maestro should read. You're not a fan? Well, that's a different story...
Drop by again in a few days then, to see my look back at 2011, including a few interesting numbers and my choices for both Turkey of the Year (self-explanatory, surely!) and Book of the Year - don't miss it ;)
