June Reading Wrap-Up

June is done, and with that my China Rican reading challenge is complete. And only one measly temper tantrum about the whole thing. Last month all of the authors I read were white and from the US, so this month definitely fixed that. I wish I'd found some Puerto Rican authors that I really enjoyed but that didn't happen. I refuse to believe there are no good Puerto Rican authors out there. They're just doing an awesome job of hiding from me. That said I asked an English professor from Puerto Rico* and he couldn't come up with anything either. So apparently they're hiding from everyone.

Anyway, to the stats!

June
Number of books read
4
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
China Pop: How Soap Operas, Tabloids, and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Culture by Jianying Zha

Total pages read
1,518

Percentage of fiction reads
50%

Percentage of female authors
75%

Percentage of white authors
0%
25% Hispanic
75% Asian

Percentage of US authors
25%

Percentage of eBooks
50%

Percentage of re-reads
25%

Books written by decade
1980s - 25%
1990s - 50%
2000s - 25%

Take that, all white, all US authors from last month. I'm glad I did the challenge and read some authors I wouldn't have picked up, especially Ma Jian's. Plus I have a whole bunch of other Chinese authors suggested that I want to check out.

And since Q2 has ended, here are my Q2 stats...

Q2
Number of books read
14

Total pages read
4,541

Percentage of fiction reads
57%

Percentage of female authors
50%

Percentage of white authors
64%

Percentage of authors from the US
57%

Percentage of eBooks
43%

Percentage of re-reads
29%

I'm surprised by the low amount of US and white authors overall. They're still more than half of my reading, but it's not almost all of my reading. Go me.

*Or rather, I asked my mom's boyfriend, also from Puerto Rico, and he asked his friend the professor but see how much longer that took to explain?