I count how many books I read in a year, but I think I forgot to do that for 2010. So I just did: 50 books. About average for me.

Then I counted the number for 2011–34 books. Way down. I was afraid of this. Since starting to work for The Writing Life section of Hunger Mountain, I have tremendously less time to read.

As they say on the news, let me break it down for you:

Of those 34, 6 were rereads and 4 were debuts.

Of those 34,

• 20 novels
• 3 books on the craft of writing
• 3 books of stories
• 3 books of essays
• 2 books of poetry
• 2 books of nonfiction
• 1 memoir

Anybody else count?