In January, I wrote that my goals this year were to read more diversely. It was something I’d started to do after attending Wiscon 33. Well, how am I doing so far?
I’ve been reading less, mostly due to caring for my grandparents in the last months before they died. I’m still averaging a book a week (26 total), which surprises me.
- Racial breakdown:
- 17 white caucasian authors
- 7 black authors
- 2 asian authors
- Gender breakdown:
- 8 female authors
- 18 male authors
- What I’m currently interested in is the intersection of the two previous sets.
- White males: 11
- Others: 15
My goal is to get my reading of
others
above 50%. So far, success! I do that by using a rule of thumb. If I finish a book by a white male, I start a book by someone not in that category. Yes, these are somewhat arbitrary categories, as race is a nebulous cultural construction. - Nationality breakdown:
- 21 United States authors
- 5 foreign authors
- How acquired breakdown:
- 6 borrowed from library or friends
- 11 purchased
- 4 free downloads
- 5 review copies
That one I think is somewhat of an anomaly. I’ve gotten LibraryThing Early Reviewers books four months in a row, bumping up my percentage of review copies.
- Book categories:
- 2 Biography
- 1 economics
- 2 literary fiction
- 3 popular fiction
- 4 crime fiction
- 3 fantasy
- 1 horror
- 5 science fiction
- 3 young adult (all science fiction)
- 1 a mixture
I’ve definitely been trending toward more fiction lately, and toward more genre fiction. I’d like my non-fiction fraction to be somewhat higher, but I don’t want to muddy my diversity goals, so I’m not going to make a specific effort here. Nevertheless, now that it’s sitting in the back of my mind, I might spread the love a bit more in this area.
- Total pages: 7746
That one is just for kicks. I don’t really care how many pages I read anymore.
