#reading challenge 2022

[kru-sader]

Hello- SOS - This is an emergency...

So my reading goal for this year was to be 56 books (it was supposed to be 52 but some things happened and I accidently created slots for 4 more books in my physical reading journal so it became 56...if it makes sense?)

Now i know it shows that I've already read 54 but actually I've read 53 thoroughly and one is just there because I've completed it but in a skimming way. So I have to read like 3 more to reach my reading goal. And it's already the 23rd of December.

But the biggest issue is that I'm on a trip with my family and while we'll be going back home on Christmas we'll be leaving the next day on another trip (My father is bad at planning but I'll be quiet -the man's trying) and come back after New Year.

And I'm internally panicking cause how am I going to to do this? Do yall (please excuse the AAVE i dont know how else to say this right) think I could finish Shadow and Bone trilogy in three days? Is it engaging enough? Or should I just edit my Reading goal to a number I've already accompalished?

Also if anyone has any books recs that got you engaged right off the bat, my upcoming generations will hear your legends dear friend GIVE ME THE NAMES////!

Also Storygraph is a lifesaver. I can't mend my rocky relationship with Goodreads for the life of me.

[tolive1000lives]

Pretty much all of my 2022 reads! I read 66 books this year and I can’t wait to start on next years list!

[lairn]

Book 22/24: Golden Kamuy by Noda Satoru

Rating: 4.75/5 

Wow, this comic was something else! At times it’s a 5/5 experience. I love the blend of historical fiction, nature education, and adventure storytelling going on as Sugimoto the Immortal and Asirpa, “the future of the Ainu,” explore Hokkaido and beyond looking for lost gold.

All the characters have unique designs and their stories are so engaging. Arguably, there are no “villain” characters, and they often switch sides to create some odd but entertaining bedfellows. Every character has a touch of the goofy or silly about them, which makes them endearing.

Noda has a great sense of humor, so the series is often very funny, but he’s just as good at the tragic and the grotesque. There are a lot of amazing visual callbacks and metaphors, and old themes will crop up in new surprising and rewarding ways. Because I am a fool my favorite character is Ogata, and Noda really shows his chops with him in regards to a narrative coming full circle.

I didn’t give the comic a 5/5 despite being a truly excellent story. I’m a little torn about it, but I think there’s a pacing lull about halfway through. The things that happen during that period are all very interesting, but as soon as that section ended I felt much more engaged. I also think Noda faced a challenge to communicate some of his characters’ motivations. Many of the characters are reserved, and when they change their mind about something or reveal what they really think, it can seem a little sudden. Mostly I am thinking of Koito. That said, I read the EH Scans version, which is how the comic was published in the weekly magazine. Noda apparently cleaned up and re-wrote many scenes and significant dialogue prior to the volumes being published, so I suspect that version gives some characters clearer through lines. And really, the writing is already quite good.

[swden-bookelves]

"And this? It is a date."

With that, she tugged Brooke's hand to bring her forward, reaching her other hand out to cup Brooke's jaw, simultaneously bending slightly as she lightly urged Brooke to her tiptoes. Their lips met and this time, for the first time, it was utterly soft.

In The Long Run - Haley Cass

[shinymetagross]

Mockbeggar Woods confirmed as a messy bitch who lives for drama

[babygray-dam]

Reading Challenge 2022 (7/20):

Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect by Priest

“A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.“

[shoku-and-awe]

Not food, but I finished 9 books (out of my goal of 90) in January! My favorites were Ninth House and Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (but truly the best was comfort re-reading The Likeness while I was sick).

Coincidentally, these were my second reads by most of these authors! The Twisted Ones was great, but so similar to The Hollow Places that it was distracting. Earthlings had many of the same themes as Convenience Store Woman, but was much weirder and bloodier. All's Well and Bunny were feverish and full of momentum in similar ways, while Calamity Physics was so different from Night Film that I'd never have guessed they were the same author!

A Wind in the Door was a childhood favorite that didn't stand up to re-reading (though A Wrinkle in Time did, don't worry), but still very comforting while I had COVID. Andrea Lawlor, Tananarive Due (who's been on my list for a while), and Leigh Bardugo were all firsts for me and I'm excited to have discovered them all!

[the-wonder-in-his-eyes]

i started this year with the goal of reading 24 books. 2 books a month; seemed easy enough. nothing too stressful. well, i almost met that goal within the first month lol. will i change my reading goal? no. i'm keeping my goal where it is, but that doesn't mean i won't try and read as many as possible. could it be 30? 50? 100? who knows, only time will tell