This year, I'm trying to make sure the data for each of the books I finish is as accurate as I can make it. On LibraryThing, that usually means double-checking the dimensions, which always seem to import from Amazon wrong. I also make sure the e-books I finish don't include physical data.

Here's the stack of things I've read so far this year: taller than a tennis net, shorter than a hobbit. Last year, my stack grew to be higher than Stonehenge, but I'm pretty sure my data was way off - from what I can tell, LibraryThing usually incorrectly records Amazon's height measurements as "thickness," resulting in stacks that are far taller than they should be.

This is how my February looked like in terms of reading. How about yours?

I don't know how much the numbers have changed since 2011, but they make me sad. Not just because fewer people read a lot of books, but because even those of us who want to read more feel like we have to direct so much of ourselves elsewhere. If I read less than 50 books a year (which is true-I've averaged about 40 for the last two years), it isn't for lack of trying. However, I do still believe it should be quality over quantity, always.