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reading in 2018
Dec. 23rd, 2018 09:35 amEnd of year wrap-up posts are due soon! So I thought I'd start with some reading reflections, though I've got at least two more to power through before 2019 rolls around.
Book series I've read in their entirety this year:
Straight Guys by Alessandra Hazard (0.5-9)
Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (1-5)
Five Boroughs by Santino Hassell (1-5.5)
The Disgraceful Dukes by Lenora Bell (1-3)
Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews (1-10)
Also The Barons series (only two books) by Santino Hassell and Fake Boyfriend series (also only two books so far) by Eden Finley.
Favorite books I read this year? I dearly loved The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell (it deeply deserves a more mature sequel), The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (whose sequels I will have to impatiently await), and Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (whose sequels I will need to acquire as the library doesn't carry them). Catching up with the most recently published One Piece volumes were also great, even if we lag an arc or two behind the ongoing Japanese publications & scanlations. Rereading my favorite m/m manhwa (Boy Princess and Totally Captivated) was also an excursion into iddy delight. I read modern royalty romances in both m/f and m/m and though fun neither really charmed me. Also read a number of only mediocre m/m and m/f romances, largely regency/historical but some modern; some brilliant short stories that were too short (Zen Cho, Joanna Chambers, Stephanie Burgis); and as always some beloved Agatha Christie mysteries. I gotta branch out past her stuff -- for instance, Three Bags Full was a delightful departure, featuring detective sheep! Then there were also two Asian-American stories, kind of: To All the Boys I've Loved Before (adorable) and Sour Heart (not enjoyable, per se, but moving).
I'm in the midst of reading Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister now and though I often struggle with non-fiction, I'm glad to be reading this. It is both enraging and uplifting, as I'm sure a book about the revolutionary power of women's anger is meant to be. I want every woman I know to read it, because I think it will resonate.
Total books read so far this year: 88. Plus at least one to finish, so 89! Not bad. I may read one more just to make it to a round 90.
And according to my AO3 history, I've read 1466 fics (some more than once) but of course that doesn't count what I've read on FF.net because I made a few GW and Yugioh excursions over there this year.
Book series I've read in their entirety this year:
Straight Guys by Alessandra Hazard (0.5-9)
Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (1-5)
Five Boroughs by Santino Hassell (1-5.5)
The Disgraceful Dukes by Lenora Bell (1-3)
Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews (1-10)
Also The Barons series (only two books) by Santino Hassell and Fake Boyfriend series (also only two books so far) by Eden Finley.
Favorite books I read this year? I dearly loved The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell (it deeply deserves a more mature sequel), The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (whose sequels I will have to impatiently await), and Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (whose sequels I will need to acquire as the library doesn't carry them). Catching up with the most recently published One Piece volumes were also great, even if we lag an arc or two behind the ongoing Japanese publications & scanlations. Rereading my favorite m/m manhwa (Boy Princess and Totally Captivated) was also an excursion into iddy delight. I read modern royalty romances in both m/f and m/m and though fun neither really charmed me. Also read a number of only mediocre m/m and m/f romances, largely regency/historical but some modern; some brilliant short stories that were too short (Zen Cho, Joanna Chambers, Stephanie Burgis); and as always some beloved Agatha Christie mysteries. I gotta branch out past her stuff -- for instance, Three Bags Full was a delightful departure, featuring detective sheep! Then there were also two Asian-American stories, kind of: To All the Boys I've Loved Before (adorable) and Sour Heart (not enjoyable, per se, but moving).
I'm in the midst of reading Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister now and though I often struggle with non-fiction, I'm glad to be reading this. It is both enraging and uplifting, as I'm sure a book about the revolutionary power of women's anger is meant to be. I want every woman I know to read it, because I think it will resonate.
Total books read so far this year: 88. Plus at least one to finish, so 89! Not bad. I may read one more just to make it to a round 90.
And according to my AO3 history, I've read 1466 fics (some more than once) but of course that doesn't count what I've read on FF.net because I made a few GW and Yugioh excursions over there this year.
