{"id":450,"date":"2009-12-31T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T20:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2009-12-31T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T20:55:14","slug":"words-read-melodies-hummed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Words Read & Melodies Hummed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[because one of my more neurotic routines is that I keep a small notebook with the books I\u2019ve read arranged by date.]<\/p>\n

\nBooks read in 2009: 91
\nComics and graphic novels included in reading total: 12
\nBooks of poetry included in reading total: 5
\nBooks reread included in reading total: 6
\nEducation related books included in reading total: 28
\n\u201cYA\u201d books included in reading total: 7<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clearly, a significant chunk of the books I read this year were related to school and to school. The thing about grad school is that there are often a whole bunch of articles and papers I\u2019ve read that aren\u2019t reflected on this list (they become part of the collective flotsam that is my EndNote library \u2013 itself another haphazard list of materials read). Why do I keep such a list? Most practically, because I\u2019ve come to accept that I have a terrible memory: flipping through the notebook, there are several titles I don\u2019t even remember (I read this<\/a>? And this<\/a>? Really?).
\nA few highlights in my year of reading:<\/p>\n