Reading Post #51

[desertvixen]

 Some time ago, I did a breakdown of my book collection.  I was working a pretty boring nightshift exercise. 

 It's here: DV's Book Stats
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 There's a total of 1831 books (some titles are repeated).

 485 hardcovers
 969 paperbacks
 375 trade paperbacks
 2 "pocket" hardcovers

 The most represented authors: Nora Roberts (52, with 34 of those being JD Robb titles), Amanda Quick (32), and Georgette Heyer (24).

 There's a wide variety of royal women represented in the collection: the six wives of Henry VIII, with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn getting their own titles, Queen Victoria, Victoria's daughters, Victoria's granddaughters, and even a few of her great-granddaughters, Catherine de Medici, Elizabeth Wydeville (the mother of the Princes in the Tower), and the She-Wolf of France, Isabella II.  Russia's ruling women are also included - both Catherines and Elizabeth.  On the other side of the house, Madame de Pompadour, Diane de Poitiers, and the woman immortalized in lore as the "Protestant whore", Nell Gwynn.

 I still need more American history.  I've added two titles, for a total of 13.

DV