#reading away

[angel-bubbles]

I RAISE YOU

booky milo?????

zo… you are so right… i have such a vivid image of milo sitting up on the headboard of their bed with reading glasses on looking like an old dad reading his book before bed while aggro is curled up in his lap and i just. i love him.

[whilereadingandwalking]

Let's jump back in to my reading log statistics breakdown. Reminder: I read 252 books in 2021, or one book every 2.15 days, or around 21 books a month. 

As my reading world continues to expand, some of these numbers continue to improve. I read 66.67% books by women and 2.17% nonbinary authors, and only 30.80% books by men. I had one of the most balanced author vs. protagonist ratios I ever have had when it comes to POC: 50.79% of my books were by POC authors or artists, and 51.19% of my books had POC protagonists. My ratio for queer authors/protagonists didn't do so well: 19.05% queer authors, 34.52% protagonists. 

Only 1.98% of my reads this year were rereads. I would like to up that slightly this year. I enjoy rereading old favorites a lot, and I missed that somewhat in 2021. 

And, of course, 38.49% of the 252 books I read in 2021 were books in translation! How far we've come: at the beginning of 2020, I pledged to go from 6% to 10%. And now look at me! Writing an entire column on books in translation for Book Riot! Almost at 40%! 

25.77% of those translated books were originally in Spanish (including novels from Argentina, Spain, Mexico, and more), and 20.62% were in French (between France and Central Africa). 14.43% were in Japanese, 7.22% in Catalan, 5.15% in Croatian, 5.15% in Portuguese. I also reads books translated from Chinese, Korean, Russian, Dutch, German, Greenlandic, Ukrainian, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Arabic, Sierra Zapotec, Romanian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Lingala, and a range of indigenous Mexican languages. I'm so proud of how far I've come in this category—and don't worry, there are more lists coming throughout 2022.

[rustic-space-fiddle]

A Davey sketch from my Newsies collage!! I love Davey more than myself and that will never change

[whilereadingandwalking]

Reading about writing, under a tree on a sunny day = heaven.

[annadownsouth]

The amount of fairytales and mythology I’ve bought and read recently is absurd but I love it so much. 

[shanteyouregay]

Reading… One day until adulthood! It’s been so long since I’ve posted a selfie, so here goes it…!

[foreverlostinparis]

All these hug Henry fics are really getting the best of me and my happiness. Dare I say, a sleepless night is coming...

[bliss-fully-unaware]

Being a bookworm tonight..