January 2010 Group Book Count

[kindlencoffee]

I'd like to join in next month.  Do you write all this information down (when you start reading, finish, etc.) or is this info accessible on the Kindle somewhere?

[Annalog]

I'd like to join in next month.  Do you write all this information down (when you start reading, finish, etc.) or is this info accessible on the Kindle somewhere?

Welcome Kindlencoffee! Looking forward to you joining in. While it is fun to track the dates started, finished, etc., it is not necessary to add all of that information in order to participate.  

When you look at a post that you have created on KindleBoards there is an option in the upper right corner of the post to Modify the contents of the post. Many of us use the Modify option when we start and finish reading a book. That way we do not need to write down the information elsewhere. However some of us track the information elsewhere as well.  

Some of us create a note in the Kindle book, usually at the beginning or on the title, identifying when we started the book and then update that note when we finish the book. However books that are not read on the Kindle are also valid for listing in these threads. Paper, Kindle, Sony, PDF, and audio books have all been listed. I would expect to see Nook books listed soon, if not already.

Notes, bookmarks, and highlights you make in your Kindle books are saved in a file for each book (used by the Kindle) and are also copied with a book location, date and time in the My Clippings.txt file on your Kindle. If one of these Notes or Marks is made when starting and finishing a book, then it is possible to determine from the contents of My Clippings.txt what books have been read.

It is also possible to tell from the Date Modified on the .mbp (for .azw, .mobi, .prc, .txt), .pdr (for .pdf), or .tan (for .azw1) files the last time the associated document was opened. This might help you determine when a book was finished (if you did not open it afterwards) but not when it was started.

I hope this helps. (I recently used, for another thread, some of the above information saved by the Kindle to determine the first books I read on my Kindle when I received it last year.)

EDIT: I hope to post the statistics for January on the 7th of February.

[cagnes]

1. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - finished 01/03
2. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - finished 01/04
3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - finished 01/06
4. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - finished 01/07
5. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski - finished 01/10
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - finished 01/13
7. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - finished 01/16
8. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - finished 01/18
9. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See - finished 01/20
10. The Endless Forest (Wilderness #6) by Sara Donati - finished 01/25
11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - finished 01/27
12. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - finished 01/31

[Luvmy4brats]

January 2010

1. Babysitting with the Baumgartners by Selena Kitt - 3,676 locations - finished 1/11 ***
2. Voyager (Outlander, Book 3) by Diana Gabaldon (re-read) - 22,114 locations - finished 1/14 ****
3. Under Mr. Nolan's Bed by Selena Kitt - 4,204 locations - finished 1/17 *
4. A Baumgartner Reunion by Selena Kitt - 3,830 locations - finished 1/18 **
5. The Sybian Club by Selena Kitt - 2,741 locations - finished 1/19 *
6. Drums of Autumn (Outlander, Book 4) by Diana Gabaldon (re-read) - 23,459 locations - finished 1/28 ***
7. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks - 4,432 locations - finished 1/30 **
8. Taming Groomzilla by E.N. Holland - 813 locations - finished 1/30 *****
9. Ur by Stephen King - 1,751 locations - finished 1/31 ***
10. The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris - 1,601 locations - finished 1/31 ***

January Total: 68,621 locations  

[akagriff]

Black Sea Affair-  Don Brown  -  Loc: 6393   
Treason-   Don Brown -  Loc:  6269 
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid-  Bill Bryson - Loc 3910 
I Heart Bloomberg- Melody Carlson  Loc 2686 
The Pawn - Steven James  Loc:  3896 
Wishin and Hopin'  Wally Lamb  Loc: 2384 
The Last Detective- Peter Lovesey Loc: 3814 
Get out of That Pit - Beth Moore Loc: 1907 
Monday Night Jihad - Jason Elam/Steve Yohn   

Currently reading:
Consiracy in Kiev - Noel Hynd

[Leslie]

I have unstickied this thread since we have the February book count at the top of the board for the new month.

L

[Annalog]

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.

[chipotle]

Here are my exceedingly fluffy Kindle books for January in my first time reporting:

1. The Vineyard, Barbara Delinsky ***
2. The Diva Takes the Cake - Krista Davis - too many characters **
3. Grand Passion - Jayne Ann Krentz (I may have read this one before?) ****
4. Can You Keep a Secret? - Sophie Kinsella - loved it, very funny *****
5. This Heart of Mine - Susan Elizabeth Phillips, the best of the SEP's I read this month ****
6. The Husband Trap - Tracy Anne Warren - very good *****
7. It Had to Be You - Susan Elizabeth Phillips ***
8. Incognito - Suzanne Allain ****
9. Nobody's Baby But Mine - Susan Elizabeth Phillips ****
10. Chasing Life: New Discoveries - Sanjay Gupta - non-fiction, was FREE ***
11. Daring to Dream - Nora Roberts - great, can't wait to read the rest of the series *****
12. Letters of A Woman Homesteader - Elinore Pruitt Stewart - FREE ****
13. Gilding Lily - Tatiana Boncompagni - just like the Real Housewives NYC reality show ****
14. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella ****
15. The Venetian's Midnight Mistress - Carole Mortimer - Harlequin **

There were also four I decided not to finish for various reasons - The Crossroads Cafe, Can't Stand the Heat, Faking It, and What's Cooking.

[Annalog]

It will be a couple more days before I finish the statistics for this month as I spent yesterday working on family computers.

[BTackitt]

Bumping so I can get some info from this more easily.

[Annalog]

January 2010 Results - Includes some record numbers!

74 people posted in the thread. Of those:

70 people recorded opening 788 titles for an average of 11.26 titles/person (median 8.5).

70 people recorded finishing 695 titles for an average of 9.93 titles/person. (Range from 1 to 36 books finished in Jan. Median 8 books.)

23 people started the month in the middle of 42 books (in progress on Jan. 1).
27 people ended the month in the middle of 50 books (in progress on Jan. 31).
71 people started 729 books during the month of January for an average of 10.27 books started per person in Dec. (median 8 ).
 
10 people reported abandoning books started. 16 books abandoned.
25 people added ratings or comments concerning the books. (6 more than in December.) 252 books had either ratings or comments.

47 people reported reading locations for a total of 2,284,016 locations (average of 48,596 locations/person, median 32,285 loc.) for 448 books (average 5098 loc/book, largest 26,915 (collection), smallest read 205 loc.).

24 people reported page numbers for a total of 56,161 pages (average 2340 pages/person, median 1981) for 168 books (average 334 pages/book, median 288, largest 4341, smallest amount read in a book 19 pages).

6 people reported audio book hours for a total of 216.5 hours (average 36 hours, median 43.25) for 18 books (average 12 hours/book). 8 people reported listening to audio books (23 books).

3 people reported reading samples (10, 9, and 6).

Of the 788 titles reported, 502 were identified as Kindle (54 people, median 6.5 books.), 23 were identified as audio (9 people, median 2 books), 91 as DTV (13 people, median 3 books), 6 as Sony, 1 as PDF, 4 as Mobi, and 25 as samples. I could not identify 136 by type (no size, only page numbers, or no statement about book type).

Last month:

December Results

46 people recorded opening 479 titles (included a collection of 9 books and a collection of 2 books) for an average of 10.4 titles/person (median 7.5).

46 people recorded finishing 444 titles for an average of 9.7 titles/person. (Range from 1 to 41 books finished in Dec. Median 6.5 books.)

13 people started the month in the middle of 23 books (in progress on Dec. 1).
16 people ended the month in the middle of 29 books (in progress on Dec. 31).
45 people started 456 books during the month of December for an average of 10.1 books started per person in Dec. (median 7).
 
5 people reported abandoning books started. 6 books abandoned.
19 people added ratings or comments concerning the books. (4 more than in November.) 173 books had either ratings or comments.

30 people reported reading locations for a total of 1,393,925 locations (average of 46,464 locations/person, median 33,304 loc.) for 305 books (average 4570 loc/book, largest 37,177 (collection), smallest read 10 loc. [book carried over]).

25 people reported page numbers for a total of 53,845 pages (average 2153.8 pages/person, median 2098) for 146 books (average 369 pages/book, median 333.5, largest 2452, smallest amount read in a book 18 pages).

2 people reported audio book hours for a total of 100.9 hours (47.4 and 53.5) for 10 books (average 10.09 hours/book). 4 people reported listening to audio books (15 books).

2 people reported reading samples (8 and 1).

Of the 479 titles reported, 357 were identified as Kindle (37 people, median 7 books.), 15 were identified as audio (5 people, median 3.5 books), 56 as DTV (16 people, median 2.5 books), 4 as Sony, 1 as PDF, 1 as Mobi, and 9 as samples. I could not identify 36 by type (no size, only page numbers, or no statement about book type).

[ElaineOK]

Annalog, thanks for all your time and effort.

Elaine
Norman, OK

[Annalog]

Elaine, you are very welcome.

Since several records were set last month, I thought I would highlight some of the ones I find interesting. If anyone wants me to identify the current records not listed below, just post which categories you want to see.

Category	Record	Month Holding Record	Runner-up Record	Runner-up Month
People Reporting (Not just posting)	70	January 2010	29	October 2009 - first month
Books/Samples Reported	778	January 2010	566	November 2009
Books Finished	695	January 2010	529	October 2009 - first month
Average Finished (Median Finished)	10.2 (8 )	November 2009	9.93 (8 )	January 2010
People Abandoning Books (Books Abandoned)	10 (16)	January 2010	8 (9)	November 2009
People Adding Ratings/Comments	25	January 2010	19	December 2009
Books with Ratings/Comments	252	January 2010	173	December 2009
Locations Reported	2,284,016	January 2010	1,448,418	November 2009
Pages Reported	110,874	October 2009	91,898	December 2009

[Neekeebee]

Thank you, Annalog.  I love looking at these numbers every month!

N

[Annalog]

You are welcome, Neekeebee. I could not do it without the people who post in the Group Book Count threads. I enjoy reading peoples comments about the books they read. I have found some good books to read by reading the entries each month.

Leslie, thank you for creating the Monthly Book Group Count Statistics thread! I have added it to my signature.

[Leslie]

My pleasure, Anna. I think as we keep going with this, we'll have a very impressive database of information, so I wanted to keep it all in one place, easily accessible.

L