How many books do we read a month?

[Annalog]

EDIT: The large size of this post is due to my compulsive nature and putting answers to all questions asked so far into a single post. Everything after the beginning is optional. 

For people who have not yet posted in the December book group count (or whatever the current book group count thread is), there are very few rules:

• Post information about what you read during the month named in the thread title.
• When you read more during the same month, use the Modify link on your post to update your post with additional book information. When there is only one post per person it is easier for the person doing the summary statistics to count the books as there are fewer posts to count. (However if it is not possible for you to update your post and you need to create another post in the thread, mention that in the second post.  )
• This is not a contest to see who reads the most. We each read as is appropriate for each of us and our lives. The range will go from less than one book during the month to more than a book a day.

Required information:

• Names of OR number of books read during the month. Listing the names of books read helps make the thread interesting. However it is NOT a requirement. Also, some of us might name most books but leave out the names of some books for various reasons (kids books, adult books, books read away from home and title not remembered, etc.).
• If the book was only partially read and you list it, please indicate that somehow. (See Optional information below.)

Optional information (include as much or as little as you want):

• Author of book. Most entries include book title followed by the author.
• Book started/book finished information or other reading status information. This could be dates or just identifying if book started in current month / finished in current month / continued to next month. Some people only list books finished in current month but statistics are done for books started/finished/continued if the information is available.
• Book type/Format: Kindle (including .mobi and .prc), DTV/DTB, hard cover, paperback, Audio, Sony, Nook, PDF, other digital, etc.
• Book length/size. This can be in pages, Kindle locations, hours (for audio), KB (for digital formats). It is not necessary to list all measurements, just what is most appropriate for the book listed. However some of us do enter the book length in multiple measurements.   (I can't help it if I am a geek.)
• Rating and/or comment about book. In addition to comments, a few different rating systems are being used (1-5 stars/smileys, -3 to +3 in smileys     ). Use what makes sense to you.
• If you abandoned reading the book. If so, why was the book abandoned? Boring, bad, lack of interest, not what expected, mood, etc.
• Genre of book
• Link to source of book
• Whatever else you want to write about the book or your reading for the month.

Other items to list if you want:

• Samples
• Text books (these could count as books above if you read the entire book)
• Reference books (these could count as books above if you read the entire book)
• Other items you do not think count as a book but you want to list.

Format: Use whatever format is best for you. It is more important to post what you read and update that post than it is to put it in a specific format.   However it is helpful to the person collecting the statistics if the information is clear.  

EDIT: I compiled the above from existing posts and question/answers I remembered. Let me know if I left anything out.  

[Annalog]

I am going to copy my post from the January Group Book Count thread along with part of my post from the February Group Book Count thread in order to not clutter those threads.    

EDIT: Scrolling banner removed since the statistics for January have been posted.

EDIT: There is still time for people to finish recording their reading for January. I have started organizing the data but captured the date/times updated. I will check for updates and new entries before I post the final statistics. 

A quick check shows 76 people posted with 70 reporting at least one book read. If you haven't updated your post, please do so with at least the number of books read. Of course, the titles, pages, locations, comments, etc. are a wonderful bonus. (These threads are a great place to check for books to add to our TBR lists!   [Or to not put on the TBR list.   ])

January is already a record month for Group Book Count with 24 more people reporting in January than in December (46), 15 more than November (55), and 12 more than October (58) which was the first month for the Group Book Count and the previous record month for number of people reporting their reading for the month.

[earthlydelites]

January was my first month with my kindle and the first time I counted how many books I read. I got through 15 of varying lengths.

[Annalog]

Earthlydelites, glad to see your posts on both the January and February Group Book Count threads. 

[drenee]

I took Heather's (luvmy4brats) idea and put a tally on the bottom of my profile information. 
I hesitate to make a goal for total number of books this year, but it will be nice to watch the number climb.  (I hope).
deb

[loca]

January was my first month with my kindle and the first time I counted how many books I read. I got through 15 of varying lengths.

That's an impressive number, although first month always gets you going.

[Annalog]

I took Heather's (luvmy4brats) idea and put a tally on the bottom of my profile information. 
I hesitate to make a goal for total number of books this year, but it will be nice to watch the number climb.  (I hope).
deb

Great idea. I added a tally to my signature. I had to trim the link text for the Group Book Count links in order to get everything to fit in the allowed length. If I decide to add much more, the KB banner will need to go.

[Maxx]

I like the idea too.  I think I'll do it.  Even though I don't read near as much as some of you kindleboards members.  For my own personal information I'd like to know.

[Neekeebee]

I like it too.  Will have to figure out how to do this...

N

[Annalog]

I added the following to my signature (defined in Profile / Forum Profile Information / Signature):

Code:

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19 Read in 2010 (11 text, 8 audio)[HR]

In the code above, the [ HR ] (without the spaces) makes the horizontal rule:

One way to find the codes is to use the Preview for post messages to create your signature the way you want it to look and then paste into the Signature section. The limit says 750 characters but I try not to go over 748 as it always seems to chop off the last two characters.

It is not necessary to put a Horizontal rule at the beginning as the Kindleboards software does that already.

EDIT: I see that you did not need the information above as your signature is changed already. 

[Neekeebee]

Thank you anyway!

N

[Annalog]

Still time to update your post in the February 2010 Group Book Count thread!

Because I was away from KB for the end of February, I might not get the statistics started until very late this weekend and I probably won't finish until the following weekend. There is still time for people to finish recording their reading for February. I will check for updates and new entries before I post the final statistics.  

Remember it is for fun and is a good source to discover more books to read.  It is not a contest.