Books and Other Miscellaneous Tidbits

Books and Other Miscellaneous Tidbits Jaden

Genres I like: fantasy, magical realism, fairy tale/mythology retellings, supernatural, science-fiction, contemporary, young adult fiction

I can read over 600 words (sometimes over 800 words) per minute. Most people read around 300 words per minute.

How many books I read in ...

2014 - 354 books

2015 - 300 books

2016 (as of May 3rd) - 61 books

In 2007, the average British Columbian read an average of 33 books.

Comparatively, those living in Atlantic Canada read an average of 22 books in 2007, those who lived in Ontario read an average of 19, Albertans read an average of 18, and people in Quebec read an average of 16.Lastly, those in Manitoba and Saskatchewan read an average of a mere 15 books.

Learn more here

"B.C. Leads the Country in Average Number of Books Read." B.C. Leads the Country in Average Number of Books Read. Postmedia Network Inc., n.d. Web. 06 May 2016. <http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c6f6b86a-07b9-490d-928e-46acb19fbaf4>.

What I read in April 2016: Passenger, Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, Everything,Everything, Landline, Ice Massacre, What I Came to Tell You, Graceling, Fire, Demigods & Magicians: Percy Jackson and Annabeth Meet the Kanes, Teen Frankenstein, and The Raven King What I read in April 2015: Tokyo Ghoul, The Unidentified, The Walled City, White Space, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, Erebos, Seraphina, and Attachments What I read in April 2014: The Diviners, Hollow City, The House of Hades, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Insurgent, Raven's Gate, Speak, Being Henry David, Red Glove, The Rule of Three, Between the Lines, Clockwork Angel, Peter and the Sword of Mercy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Insurgent, Raven's Gate, Speak, Being Henry David, Red Glove, The Rule of Three, Between the Lines, Clockwork Angel, Peter and the Sword of Mercy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ...

Some of my favourites in no particular order

Favourite series:

The Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer

Percy Jackson and the Olympians -Rick Riordan

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

I first read the Harry Potter Series when I was in grade 2, although I never completed reading the rest of the series until I was in grade 6.

Some of my favourite (stand alone) books:

More Than This - Patrick Ness

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A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness

Because You'll Never Meet Me - Leah Thomas

We Are the Ants - Shaun David Hutchinson

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz

Some of my favourite authors:

Patrick Ness

Rainbow Rowell

Rick Riordan

Marissa Meyer

Sarah J. Maas

Maggie Stiefvater

Books (I've read) that take place in Canada:

Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna) - Kendare Blake
Ice Massacre (Mermaids of Eriana Kwai) - Tiana Warner
The Prince of Neither Here Nor There (Chronicles of the Misplaced Prince) - Seán Cullen
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables) - L. M. Montgomery
Ultraviolet (Ultraviolet) - R. J. Anderson
The Sky is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy) - Kit Pearson
Hatchet (Hatchet) - Gary Paulsen
An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling (Dear Canada) - Gillian Chan
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables) - L. M. Montgomery

Books or series (I've read) that are written by Canadian authors

Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery
The Potion Diaries - Amy Alward
Dustlands - Moira Young
Ice Massacre - Tiana Warner
We Are All Made of Molecules - Susin Nielsen
An Inheritance of Ashes - Leah Bobbet
The Fallen Queen - Miriam Fontayne
A Walk Through a Window - Kc Dyer

Currently reading:

Underwater - Marisa Reichardt
We Are the Ants - Shaun David Hutchinson
Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore

Will soon be reading:

The Year We Fell Apart - Emily Martin
Lady Midnight - Cassandra Clare

Recently finished reading:

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets - Evan Roskos
The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater
Teen Frankenstein - Chandler Baker
Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes - Rick Riordan
Anna and the Swallow Man - Gavriel Savit
The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan

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