{"id":17483,"date":"2016-09-07T07:46:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T12:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=17483"},"modified":"2016-09-06T22:57:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T03:57:34","slug":"ten-years-and-two-days-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2016\/20160907-17483.htm","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years and Two Days Ago…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten years and two days ago, I began my own personal reading project<\/a>: to read every book in my local branch library. <\/p>\n

A lot has changed since then, but I’m still busy reading – and writing down each book I’ve read and closing categories as I go.<\/p>\n

TOTALS as of Sept 5, 2016 (10 years or 3653 days)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>\nItems Complete<\/th>\nCategories Closed<\/th>\nItems\/day<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile Picture <\/td>\n1394<\/td>\n442<\/td>\n0.38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile, Board Books <\/td>\n125<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile, First Readers<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile, Chapter<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile Fiction<\/td>\n310<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n0.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile Nonfiction<\/td>\n213<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tTeen Fiction<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0.01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tTeen Nonfiction<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Fiction<\/td>\n454<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n0.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Nonfiction<\/td>\n839<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n0.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAudio CD<\/td>\n639<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n0.17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile DVD<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Fiction DVD<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Nonfiction DVD<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tPeriodicals<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tTotal<\/i><\/td>\n4421 items<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\t\t<\/td>\n1.21 items per day<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Looking at the “items per day” column, I see that the numbers are rather unimpressive – certainly nothing compared to what the numbers were when I first started. Perhaps I will knock that column off the next accounting. I’ve also determined that there’s information I’m interested in that isn’t captured by the above table (which I’ve been filling out since I first blogged about my challenge): how many items am I completing annually (on average and in the past year) and how quickly am I closing categories?<\/p>\n

Last year’s reading (and the annual average completed)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>\nCategories Completed<\/th>\nItems Completed<\/th>\nAnnual Average Items Completed<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile Picture <\/td>\n9<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile, Board Books <\/td>\n30<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n12.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile, First Readers<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile, Chapter<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile Fiction<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile Nonfiction<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n21.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tTeen Fiction<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tTeen Nonfiction<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Fiction<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n45.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Nonfiction<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n83.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAudio CD<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n63.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tJuvenile DVD<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Fiction DVD<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n9.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tAdult Nonfiction DVD<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tPeriodicals<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\tTotal<\/em><\/td>\n110<\/em><\/td>\n358<\/em><\/td>\n442<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n