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52 Books in 52 Weeks, 2010

The Exposition

2010 marks the sixth year of my 52 Books in 52 Weeks meme, where I challenge myself to read a minimum of 52 books in the coming calendar year, and then briefly review each book here on A Modest Construct.

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52 Books in 52 Weeks, 2009: a wrapup

For the full list of books, see here.

I’m afraid I lack the time for a full-featured wrap-up, but I’ve summarized the relevant information into a table of handy stats. In short, the general makeup of this past year’s books was about the same, with slightly fewer re-reads.

52 Books in 52 Weeks, 2009 statistics
Key Value
Books Read 65
Total Pages 22′564
Shortest Book 134
Longest Book 800
Average Length 347.14
Worst Book Twilight
Best Book Tie: Three Farmers On Their Way to a Dance; Death From the Skies!
Nonfiction Books 35
Fiction Books 30
New Reads 55
Re-reads 10

Friday Random Ten CLXXXIV

The “Philadelphia tomorrow” edition.

  1. Andrew Bird – [Weather Systems #02] I
  2. Farmakon – [A Warm Glimpse #05] Same
  3. The Polyphonic Spree – [The Fragile Army #06] Section 26 [We Crawl]
  4. Souvenir’s Young America – [An Ocean Without Water #03] Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground
  5. Tool – [Undertow #09] Flood
  6. The Smashing Pumpkins – [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness CD1 #12] Muzzle
  7. Spiritual Beggars – [Ad Astra #12] Mantra
  8. Sergei Rachmaninov – [24 Preludes, Sonata No. 2 CD1 #07] Prelude, op.23 no.6 in E flat major
  9. Ours – [Distorted Lullabies #01] Fallen Souls
  10. Oasis – [(What's the Story) Morning Glory? #05] Hey Now!

Friday Random Ten CLXXXIII

The “Windows 7″ edition.

  1. Radiation 4 – [Wonderland #06] John vs. The Elephant
  2. Stars – [Do You Trust Your Friends? #11] He Lied About Death (Metric)
  3. VAST – [Visual Audio Sensory Theater #11] Untitled
  4. Ulver – [Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven & Hell CD1 #10] A Memorable Fancy, Plates 12-13
  5. Té – [It Be The Thinking As 'the Song' Of Realistic Sound From The World Which Resounds #10] Human Being Is Doing The Ability That Destroys Self Oneself By Reason ‘有’
  6. Ben Folds – [Ben Folds Live #08] Fred Jones Part 2
  7. Atheist – [Piece Of Time #07] Why Brother?
  8. Grails – [Doomsdayer's Holiday #01] Doomsdayer’s Holiday
  9. Nine Inch Nails – [Purest Feeling #09] Down In It
  10. Tori Amos – [Scarlet's Walk #05] Carbon

Friday Random Ten CLXXXII

The “swing and a miss” edition

  1. Missy Higgins – [On A Clear Night #09] Peachy
  2. Mogwai – [Come on Die Young #02] Cody
  3. Opeth – [My Arms, Your Hearse #02] April Ethereal
  4. Joaquin Rodrigo – [Concierto de Aranjuez (Romero) #10] Invocation et danse: 2. Allegro moderato: Polo
  5. Nightingale – [I #02] Still In The Dark
  6. Foo Fighters – [There Is Nothing Left To Lose #09] Headwires
  7. Swarm Of The Lotus – [When White Becomes Black #09] Episode Infinity
  8. Jason Falkner – [Presents Author Unknown #05] She Goes To Bed
  9. Michael Jackson – [Bad #04] Liberian Girl
  10. Gustav Mahler – [The Complete Symphonies CD9 #01] Symphony No.7 in E Minor – 1a. Langsam (Adagio)

Friday Random Ten CLXXXI

The “Eastwood Charts” edition

  1. Nine Inch Nails – [The Downward Spiral #04] March of the Pigs
  2. Nine Inch Nails – [With Teeth [5.1] #12] Beside You In Time
  3. Virgos Merlot – [Signs of a Vacant Soul #12] Disregarding
  4. Beirut – [The Flying Club Cup #02] Nantes
  5. Sergio – [Swords #02] The Spendthrift
  6. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – [Nocturama #03] Right Out Of Your Hand
  7. John Vanderslice – [Pixel Revolt #09] Dear Sarah Shu
  8. Mogwai – [Happy Songs for Happy People #02] Moses? I Amn’t
  9. Mew – [And The Glass Handed Kites #05] Apocalypso
  10. Grails – [Doomsdayer's Holiday #01] Doomsdayer’s Holiday