{"id":10941,"date":"2013-09-24T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2013-09-24T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T13:04:13","slug":"summer-2013-reading-program-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/10941","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2013 Reading Program Is OVER!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer is over, and so is the Summer 2013 Reading Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I fully admit that I fell down on the job for the past two months–I forgot to enter any books. But since I wasn’t eligible to win my own contest, it hardly mattered, since the total without my added books was 187. <\/p>\n

That means I’m going to donate $100 to the shack. I’ll let y’all know when I do so.<\/p>\n

The WINNER was Sherri Lewis who read 76 book. That’s more than I read this summer, and I read more than anyone else I know. Congratulations Sherry! (If you’re reading this, let me know if you prefer something that arrives in the mail or something that arrives via email.)<\/p>\n

The runner ups was Janiece who read 35 books. <\/p>\n

Prizes will go out soon!<\/p>\n

And now, a bit about what we read, because I LOVE information!<\/p>\n

The most commonly read genre was mystery, with general fiction as a runner up. I was honestly surprised that SF came in 4th, because although I don’t read it, I know many of you do.<\/p>\n

Mystery: 44
\nGeneral Fiction: 39
\nFantasy: 36
\nScience Fiction: 15
\nHistorical Romance: 12
\nGeneral Non-Fiction: 11
\nRomance: 6
\nBiography: 5
\nHistory: 3
\nYoung Adult \/ Kids: 2
\nReligion \/ Philosophy: 1
\nGraphic Novel: 1
\nNonfiction: 1<\/p>\n

The mostly commonly read authors were:
\nPhilippa Gregory: 8
\nTerry Pratchett: 5
\nNeil Gaiman: 5
\nDiana Gabaldon: 5
\nCandice Hern: 4<\/p>\n

Weirdly, I’ve read all those but Philippa Gregory, even though I HAVE at least two of her books. Those Diana Gabaldon? All me, as were the Candice Herns. But looking at my ratings, I wonder why I kept reading Candice Hern, since I didn’t apparently like her books very much. All the other authors were primarily 4 and 5 star authors.<\/p>\n

Out of all the books in the world, three were read by one or more of you.<\/p>\n

The Ocean at the End of the Lane<\/em>: 3
\nThe Last Word<\/em>: 2
\nThe Invisible Man<\/em>: 2<\/p>\n

The Ocean at the End of the Lane<\/em> doesn’t surprise me, since it was a Neil Gaiman new release. In fact, I’m kinda surprised more people hadn’t read it. (Yeah, I haven’t read it yet. It’s on The List.)<\/p>\n

And it looks like people most read books they enjoyed, which is a good thing!<\/p>\n

5 Stars: 51
\n4 Stars: 89
\n3 Stars: 30
\n2 Stars: 9
\n1 Star: 1<\/p>\n

Only a single one star rating is pretty good I think. I’m leaving the results up, so you’re free to peruse the list at your leisure<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But if you’re looking for some recommendations, here are the five star books that had comments (there were lots more 5 star books, they just didn’t have comments.)<\/p>\n

Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod<\/em> by Brian Kesinger; [genre: Graphic Novel] “I loved this.”<\/p>\n

The View From Penthouse B<\/em> by Elinor Lipman [genre: General Fiction] “I love a book that leaves you with a smile”<\/p>\n

The Privilege of the Sword<\/em> and The Privilege of the Sword<\/em> (audio) by Ellen Kushner (Swords of Riverside) genre: Fantasy “I love this book” and “Just wonderful”<\/p>\n

Justice for Sara<\/em> by Erica Spindler [genre: Mystery] “If you enjoy thrillers then this is definitely a must read!”<\/p>\n

This I Believe (II): The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women<\/em> by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds. [genre: General Non-Fiction] “Restores your faith in humanity”<\/p>\n

Wicked Prey<\/em> by John Sanford (Prey series) [genre: Mystery] “Minnesota author writing about Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension detective Lucas Sanford. These books are fun, fast reads.”<\/p>\n

Grimoire of the Lamb<\/em> by Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles) [genre: Fantasy] “I love The Iron Druid series. Truth be told, it’s the characters I love most. This is a novella, or possibly even a short story, but a fun read.”<\/p>\n

Coraline<\/em> by Neil Gaiman [genre: Young Adult genre: Kids] “A beautifully written, beautifully paced, beautifully balanced book.”<\/p>\n

The Ocean at the End of the Lane<\/em> by Neil Gaiman [genre: Science Fiction] “A crystalline novella of moments, memory and friendship.”<\/p>\n

The World of the End<\/em> by Ofir Touche Gafla [genre: Science Fiction] “A heart-breaking, bitterly funny, many-layered look at life, death, love and the afterlife.”<\/p>\n

Courting Greta<\/em> by Ramsey Hootman [genre: General Fiction] “I loved this book so very much.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer is over, and so is the Summer 2013 Reading Program. I fully admit that I fell down on the job for the past two months–I forgot to enter any books. But since I wasn’t eligible to win my own contest, it hardly mattered, since the total without my added books was 187. That means […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,965],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-reading","category-fun-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-2Qt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}