Character names...

I'm listening to Oliver Twist at work today, and noticed something about the name of one of the secondary characters.

It's one of the young thieves, a boy named Charlie Bates. Combine that name with Dickens's habit of referring to his male characters as "Master Last-name," and you get a very unfortunate result.

I don't know if I would have noticed if I were reading the book instead of listening to it.

Character names...

I'm listening to Oliver Twist at work today, and noticed something about the name of one of the secondary characters.

It's one of the young thieves, a boy named Charlie Bates. Combine that name with Dickens's habit of referring to his male characters as "Master Last-name," and you get a very unfortunate result.

I don't know if I would have noticed if I were reading the book instead of listening to it.

100 Books!

I've reached 100 books entered over at LibraryThing. I've also been using LT for almost exactly 6 months, so now seems like a good time to look at my statistics.

I average 16 & 2/3 books a month.

78% of my reading is borrowed from the library.

75% of my reading is fiction.

56% of my reading is what I call speculative fiction. This includes science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history.

I read more non-fiction (27%) than I do fantasy (26%) or science fiction (24%). This surprises me.

Histories and historical fiction each make up 16% of my reading.

I have read at least one book from 22 different series in the last 6 months.

My average rating is 3.52 stars. I have rated 65 books with either 3 or 4 stars.

Any questions?

100 Books!

I've reached 100 books entered over at LibraryThing. I've also been using LT for almost exactly 6 months, so now seems like a good time to look at my statistics.

I average 16 & 2/3 books a month.

78% of my reading is borrowed from the library.

75% of my reading is fiction.

56% of my reading is what I call speculative fiction. This includes science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history.

I read more non-fiction (27%) than I do fantasy (26%) or science fiction (24%). This surprises me.

Histories and historical fiction each make up 16% of my reading.

I have read at least one book from 22 different series in the last 6 months.

My average rating is 3.52 stars. I have rated 65 books with either 3 or 4 stars.

Any questions?