January Reading Statistics and Reviews

Here’s a snapshot of my reading in January. It was largely white and Western with a 50/50 split between female and male authors. Since I plan ahead, I know the list gets more diverse in coming months. But tracking reading this way can help make sure I don’t just read cozy mysteries by nice white ladies.

The full list is at the bottom along with links to reviews. My goal is to review every book I read this year. I’ll post all of them to the book’s page at LibraryThing along with my thread there. Some I’ll post here as well, either through reflective essays or reading roundups.

Number of Books: 10
Number of Pages: 3,183

Genres:

  • Fiction: 4
  • Travel Memoir: 2
  • History: 1
  • True Crime: 1
  • Historical Fiction:1
  • Mystery: 1

Gender:

  • Male: 5
  • Female: 5

Country:

  • US: 8
  • UK: 2

Race/Ethnicity:

  • White: 9
  • Black: 1

Origin:

  • My Library: 9
  • Public Library: 1

Format:

  • Kindle: 4
  • Softcover: 3
  • Hardcover: 3

Publication Date:

  • 21st Century: 9
  • 20th Century: 1

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
One Good Deed by David Baldacci
Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya by Jamaica Kincaid

I reviewed the first five books here.

The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
Midnight in Siberia by David Greene (Review)
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell (Review)
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

I also read Book 1 of John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World and reviewed it here.

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