2022 Reading Final Totals: Books

2022 Reading Final Totals: Books

January

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes

Roseanna by Sjöwall and Wahlöö

Don’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine

bloodthirsty for marriage by Susannah Dickey

Total: 7


February

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

One D.O.A. One on the Way by Mary Robison

The Long Firm by Jake Arnott

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

Total: 6


March

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Galatea by Madeline Miller

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Total: 5


April

The Undying by Anne Boyer

This Brutal House by Niven Govinden

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Cygnet by Season Butler

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

Glasgow Edited by Ruthie Kennedy, Colin Herd, & Tommy Pearson

Total: 6


May

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Total: 1


June

None

Total: 0


July

None

Total: 0


August

None

Total: 0


September

None

Total: 0


October

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Tadhya Exordium by Quinn Howard

The Swarm by Frank Schatzing

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

The Righteous by Renee Ahdieh

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

Total: 10


November

Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Book fo Night by Holly Black

Total: 2


December

None

Total: 0


Grand Total: 37


WOW. I read about half the number of books that I read last year. Which is lowkey criminal for me. I am going to try to change that for 2023, but who knows what the future holds for me. All the same. I will probably be backdating and catching up with posts for August-December of last year, within the upcoming couple of weeks so don’t be surprised.

Also, I did a worse job at keeping track of my manga/webnovels lists than I did last year. As such, I think I’m not going to post about them. Instead I’ll just try to do better in 2023.

MM


The Gilded Ones Review

The Gilded Ones Review

Hello! Hello! I hope everyone is doing well! This was actually the last book I did for book club before I left for Scotland. So like, what a year ago now? Wow. Time flies.

I will say that my analysis of what I liked in the book is a bit sparse. It’s been forever since I read this, so I really can’t expand on my small notes that I did have. I was going to come back, and expand. I never did. Forgive me, for how little there is. Hopefully with my upcoming reviews for books I’ve read recently, I’ll be able to say a lot more.

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Top Ten Quotes of 2021

Top Ten Quotes of 2021

Alright! This is the moment you’ve been waiting for! My top 10 quotes from 2021! I did not read enough books, or collect enough quotes, this year to warrant a top 5 quotes. All the same I love these. Surprisingly there were at least 20 quotes that fought for these spots. I probably could have been more ruthless, but I decided to be kinder to myself this year.

Without further ado.

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2020 Reading Challenges Final Totals: You Read How Many Books

2020 Reading Challenges Final Totals: You Read How Many Books

January

Glass Kingdom by M. Lynn

Glass Princess by M. Lynn

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Total: 4


February

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Total: 3


March

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

Total: 6


April

The Plague by Albert Camus

Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston

Breach of Peace by Daniel B. Greene

Total: 3


May

The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyonns

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Blessed Monsters by Emily A. Duncan

Cursed Beauty by M. Lynn

Noble Thief by m. Lynn

The Life Below by Alexandra Monir

Song of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury

Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

The Bright & The Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski

Magic’s Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

Total: 12


June

Magic’s Promise by Mercedes Lackey

Magic’s Price by Mercedes Lackey

The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Total: 5


July

Stain by A.G. Howard

Fable by Adrienne Young

Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich

Total: 6


August

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Master of One by Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett

The Scourge by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Total: 7


September

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu

The Art of War (B & N Edition)

Tennis Lessons by Susannah Dickey

Total: 4


October

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Annotated it)

Lore & Lust  by Karla Nikole

Lore & Lust: The Vanishing  by Karla Nikole

Lore & Lust: The Awakening by Karla Nikole

Sho by Douglas Kearney

Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner

Total: 6


November

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Annotated it)

Ghost King by Valentyne

Phantasmal by Valentyne

Girls are Coming Out of the Woods by Tishani Doshi

Man Hating Psycho by Iphgenia Baal

Total: 5


December

Fateful by Claudia Gray

A Constellation of Roses by Miranda Asebedo

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson

Total: 7


Grand Total: 68

Comp Goal: 156 (YA)

Big Goal: 180

Completed Comp Goal: Y/N


And so here ends this challenge. We have more posts to come. See you soon.

MM


Stain Review

Stain Review

Okay. So hello. Wow. This has been a while. I know. I know. What is even happening. Book reviews? Turns out I had a lot just in my write up folders. That means I have stuff to give you. I figured, I might as well start now. Please forgive me as I get back into the swing of these. It is going to take me a minute to do so, as I have to get used to writing a lot again for these. I didn’t complete this one, before. So I will have to do that now.

The synopsis for this might be the longest synopsis I have written. I won’t lie. It is intimidating compared to what I say for likes and thoughts on it all. Basically. I wrote a long synopsis to give myself a clear picture of what to write later, and I’m too lazy to do that now. Just know I LOVED this book. I loved it. God I love this book. Yeah. That’s the whole review.

I loved this.

But if you want more, I guess you can keep going.

Ready?

Let’s go!

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