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reading in 2019
Jan. 1st, 2020 11:48 amWrapped up my books read in the last three months, so now to reflect on 2019 as a whole:
Book series I've read in their entirety this year:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (1 & 2)
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend (1 & 2 but it's ongoing...)
Him & Us by Sarina Bowne and Elle Kennedy
Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue (1-31)
Series I finished this year:
To All the Boys I Loved trilogy by Jenny Han (2 & 3)
Fake Boyfriend series by Eden Finley (3-5)
Bridge of Birds trilogy by Barry Hughart (2 & 3)
Favorite books I read this year:
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid is the runaway winner for hitting me right in the id and being essentially fictionalized RPF (Red, White & Royal Blue and Public Relations were also in this camp). Eden Finley's series was fun the whole way through, and I liked Him and Us a lot too. Favorite YA was probably Descendant of the Crane by Joan He mostly because it evoked Nirvana in Fire so much, though Folk of the Air and To All the Boys I Loved Before were good series too, in different ways. I still don't love short stories or most of the modern Regency romances. Read a bunch of mysteries but nothing blew me away. New Ilona Andrews series were fun and I look forward to more! For a change of pace from my usual genres, City of Thieves by David Benioff, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, and Less by Andrew Sean Greer stood out and moved me. Shrill by Lindy West was my favorite memoir and non-fiction read, though The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL was also entertaining. Slam Dunk is still phenomenal. Probably no singular favorite.
Total books read so far this year: Counting my manga volumes separately, 103. (Thanks, Slam Dunk.) And, you know what, I'm just gonna leave that.
And according to my AO3 history, I've read 1738 fics (not counting repeats because god knows I've visited some fics multiple times). I had a lot of JJ/Yuri feelings to start off the year, then revisited some DCU, then visited BakuDeku and My Hero Academia out of boredom, before falling head over heels into Kent Parson feelings in May. Got back into hockey with the Canes being interesting, followed the draft and some of the new USNTDP kids (okay, Jack Hughes), and I guess that's where I've mostly lived. Oh, I briefly looked into Crooked Media RPF and Gallaghercest, lol. What a trip.
Book series I've read in their entirety this year:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (1 & 2)
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend (1 & 2 but it's ongoing...)
Him & Us by Sarina Bowne and Elle Kennedy
Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue (1-31)
Series I finished this year:
To All the Boys I Loved trilogy by Jenny Han (2 & 3)
Fake Boyfriend series by Eden Finley (3-5)
Bridge of Birds trilogy by Barry Hughart (2 & 3)
Favorite books I read this year:
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid is the runaway winner for hitting me right in the id and being essentially fictionalized RPF (Red, White & Royal Blue and Public Relations were also in this camp). Eden Finley's series was fun the whole way through, and I liked Him and Us a lot too. Favorite YA was probably Descendant of the Crane by Joan He mostly because it evoked Nirvana in Fire so much, though Folk of the Air and To All the Boys I Loved Before were good series too, in different ways. I still don't love short stories or most of the modern Regency romances. Read a bunch of mysteries but nothing blew me away. New Ilona Andrews series were fun and I look forward to more! For a change of pace from my usual genres, City of Thieves by David Benioff, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, and Less by Andrew Sean Greer stood out and moved me. Shrill by Lindy West was my favorite memoir and non-fiction read, though The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL was also entertaining. Slam Dunk is still phenomenal. Probably no singular favorite.
Total books read so far this year: Counting my manga volumes separately, 103. (Thanks, Slam Dunk.) And, you know what, I'm just gonna leave that.
And according to my AO3 history, I've read 1738 fics (not counting repeats because god knows I've visited some fics multiple times). I had a lot of JJ/Yuri feelings to start off the year, then revisited some DCU, then visited BakuDeku and My Hero Academia out of boredom, before falling head over heels into Kent Parson feelings in May. Got back into hockey with the Canes being interesting, followed the draft and some of the new USNTDP kids (okay, Jack Hughes), and I guess that's where I've mostly lived. Oh, I briefly looked into Crooked Media RPF and Gallaghercest, lol. What a trip.
