Total: 146 (one more than last year)
Average per month: 12.16
Month with most completed books: October. (Also known as "almost died of pneumonia" month)
Month with fewest completed books: tie between September and November.
Favorite series fiction: Ladies' #1 Detective Agency books by Alexander McCall Smith. I read the entire series in '09.
Favorite series runner up: The Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd. (5 read in December)
Favorite novel: The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. Read in September. (Incidentally, the only book I asked for as a gift that I actually received for Christmas)
Favorite novel runner up: A Long Time Ago & Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka. Read in November.
Number of Dickens' novels completed: 5
Favorite Dickens: Barnaby Rudge. Read in December.
Favorite Dickens runner up: Nicholas Nickleby. Read in October.
Least Favorite Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop. Read in December.
Best Classic I've Been Meaning to Read: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read in February.
Most Difficult Classic I Finished: Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Undset (translated by Charles Archer & J. S. Scott), read in February.
Best Classic Re-Read: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Read whilst in Great Britain!
Best British fiction Grand Prize: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. Read in July.
Runner Up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winnifred Watson. Read in August
Runner Up #2: Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson. Read in November
Best Book / Movie Combo: Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Read in October.
Best Austenesque: An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan. Read in June
Worst Austen tie-in: Pemberley by the Sea by Abigail Reynolds. Read in April. Casual s*x replaces romance, conservative politicians replace Lady Catherine = bad idea.
Most Influential Non-fiction: Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris. Read in January (a great way to start a year!)
Best Christian / Theology Book: Miracles by C.S. Lewis. Read in January.
Thought provoking: Already Gone by Ken Ham & Britt Beemer. Read in July
Thought provoking runner up: NurtureShock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman. Read in October.
Thought provoking but annoying: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Read in June.
Most Important Political Work: Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin. Read in July.
Best Classic Non-fiction work: A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia Edwards. Read in April.
Best Biography: Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles. Read in October.
Books read as research for my novel: 16, most in latter half of the year.
Favorite research read: Since You Went Away, WW2 Letters from American Women by Judy Barrett Litoff & David Smith. Read in October.
Books about homeschooling or education: 13.
Best education book: The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. Re-read in March.
Diet books: Only 1. The Baby Fat Diet by Monica Bearden & Shara Aaron. Read in April.
I wish I would've read more non-fiction. And I wish I would have worked in a few more classics too (although my "read through every Dickens' novel got off to a good start). A few more numbers for you:
Books already completed in January: 3
Books waiting on my bedside table to be read: 9.
2010 is off to a great start!
*Reminder: I don't list books not completed, magazines, books I read aloud to the girls or, usually, books listened to on c.d. or tape.*
1. A Test of Wills. Fiction by Charles Todd. I saw another blog discussing this series of mysteries. They're set just after WW1. And - I freely admit it - I devour books set in Great Britain. Especially WW1, between the wars or WW2.
2. The Old Curiosity Shop. Fiction by Charles Dickens. I don't really understand why this one is considered to be a "classic". The narrator disappears after the third chapter and, well, I wasn't remotely curious or entranced about any of it, especially Little Nell.
3. Wings of Fire. Fiction by Charles Todd. Book 2 in the series. Stronger than the first, which had such novice writer problems as jumping POV and suddenly omniscient characters.
4. Of Sheep and Men. Non-fiction by R. B. Robertson. A memoir of living in Scotland in the 1950s. Quite funny at times.
5. Search the Dark. Fiction by Charles Todd. Book 3 in the series.
6. Barnaby Rudge. Fiction by Charles Dickens. The very first Dickens that I couldn't put down and ended up really enjoying. One of the lesser known works but maybe it's better because of it.
7. Legacy of the Dead. Fiction by - yes, you guessed it - Charles Todd (pseudonym for a mother-son writing team).
8. Watchers of Time. Fiction by Charles Todd. These books somehow leave me unsatisfied and still anxious for the next one.
9. Food Not Lawns. Non-fiction by Heather Flores. So 
10. Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon. Non-fiction by Mark DiVincenzo. Handy little guide for when to buy, sell, or do pretty much anything.
11. Let's Go Outside! Non-fiction by Jennifer Ward. Ideas and games for encouraging our children to spend more time in nature.
1. Endgame 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War 2. Nonfiction by David Stafford. This hefty tome was actually quite readable. Stafford balances individual stories with the "big picture" in a way that makes me somewhat envious (as a writer). Read as research.
2. A Long Time Ago & Essentially True. Fiction by Brigid Pasulka. I couldn't put this one down. At times brutal and haunting, this book is equally hopeful and charming. An admirable first novel.
3. Soldier From the War Returning. Nonfiction by Thomas Childers. This book deals with an aspect of human cost of warfare that we often skim over. Childers tells three distinct stories (one of them his own family). This approach is earnest but at times irritating because it feels like yet another Baby Boomer working out his own "issues". Read as research.
4. Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe. Nonfiction by Mark Mazower. Thorough, not to say tedious. Took me what seemed like an inordinately long time to read, but I think it was worth it. Read as research.
5. Miss Buncle's Book. Fiction by D. E. Stevenson. Charming and witty, this bit of vintage British fiction was a nice change of pace. I wouldn't mind owning this. (Hint, hint)
6. Miss Buncle Married. Fiction by D.E. Stevenson. Almost but not quite as good as the first. Still very funny.
7. Mr. Monk & the Dirty Cop. Fiction by Lee Goldberg. Did you know that there's a series of mystery novels inspired by the television show (one of the few enjoyed by my family)? Neither did I, until now. Funny but not quite as good as the show.
8. Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich. Nonfiction by Paul Garson. Pictures taken of and by Germans from 1939-1945. Haunting doesn't come close to describing them. Read as research.