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GoodReads Reading Challenge 2018
Dec. 31st, 2018 08:30 pm2018 was, for the vast majority of it, a complete trash fire the likes of which haven't been seen by my eyes in a long time.
...But at least I read 71 books! I planned to read 70 (actually I started at 30 books I think, and kept making the goal higher because I kept reading so much), so that's pretty cool. Unlike 2017's Reading Challenge, I actually "won" this time.
And my prize is... the feeling of accomplishment maybe. I don't know. That said I have set down 2019's Reading Challenge for 100 books because I do not foresee this backfiring on me right now.
I was going to screenshot my 2018 Reading Challenge books and post them here, but then I remembered I don't actually remember how to upload images and I don't feel like searching at the moment.
Which, of course, means painstakingly typing book titles and author names!
In 2018, I read:
All seven Harry Potter books (Cursed Child? I don't know her)
Volumes 1-3 of Charles Soule's Poe Dameron comic series
Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
Before The Awakening by Greg Rucka
Cobalt Squadron by Elizabeth E. Wein
The Martian by Andy Weir
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Dishonored: The Corroded Man by Adam Christopher
The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Rain of the Ghosts by Greg Weisman (yes, that Greg Weisman, the Gargoyles and Young Justice guy)
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Books 1-2 of Lauren Jankowski's Shape Shifter Chronicles series
Influential Video Game Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto by Jennifer DeWinter
Harahpin by Sequoia the Storyteller
An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows
Books 8-12 of Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series
Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
Books 1-3 of Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass series
All four Wings of Fire: Winglets short stories by Tui T. Sutherland
Books 1-2 of Erin Hunter's Bravelands series
Captain Phasma by Kelly Thompson
Wings of Fire Legends: Darkstalker by Tui T. Sutherland
Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
Books 1-3 of Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Unicorn Quest by Kamilla Benko
All five books of Julie Kagawa's Talon series
N.K. Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy + The Awakened Kingdom novella
Books 1-2 of Sarah Raughley's Effigies series
Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari
The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
Strange Birds by Judith Heide Gilliland
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Books 1-3 of Seanan McGuire's October Daye series
Carry On by Rainbow Powell
Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
Dreamfall by Amy Plum
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Doctor Who: Molten Heart by Una McCormack
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Tried to put that in order of read as much as I could. So, Little Fires Everywhere was the 71st book. Good for it! So anyway, I followed Celeste Ng on Twitter immediately after reading it.
Highlights: Harry Potter, Wings of Fire, Talon, everything I read from Seanan McGuire, Fourth World, Inheritance Trilogy... I'll stop now. There's too many. Okay so basically if it's not under Disappointments assume it's a highlight. It probably is? I don't know I'm bad at sorting my opinions on books into "good, okay, bad" I only work in extremes.
Disappointments: The Martian, The Woman in Cabin 10. I guess I could put The Corroded Man here, but that implies I had hopes for that one.
I'm starting the new year off with Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend. I read books to distract myself from the trash fire surrounding me.
...But at least I read 71 books! I planned to read 70 (actually I started at 30 books I think, and kept making the goal higher because I kept reading so much), so that's pretty cool. Unlike 2017's Reading Challenge, I actually "won" this time.
And my prize is... the feeling of accomplishment maybe. I don't know. That said I have set down 2019's Reading Challenge for 100 books because I do not foresee this backfiring on me right now.
I was going to screenshot my 2018 Reading Challenge books and post them here, but then I remembered I don't actually remember how to upload images and I don't feel like searching at the moment.
Which, of course, means painstakingly typing book titles and author names!
In 2018, I read:
All seven Harry Potter books (Cursed Child? I don't know her)
Volumes 1-3 of Charles Soule's Poe Dameron comic series
Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
Before The Awakening by Greg Rucka
Cobalt Squadron by Elizabeth E. Wein
The Martian by Andy Weir
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Dishonored: The Corroded Man by Adam Christopher
The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Rain of the Ghosts by Greg Weisman (yes, that Greg Weisman, the Gargoyles and Young Justice guy)
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Books 1-2 of Lauren Jankowski's Shape Shifter Chronicles series
Influential Video Game Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto by Jennifer DeWinter
Harahpin by Sequoia the Storyteller
An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows
Books 8-12 of Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series
Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
Books 1-3 of Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass series
All four Wings of Fire: Winglets short stories by Tui T. Sutherland
Books 1-2 of Erin Hunter's Bravelands series
Captain Phasma by Kelly Thompson
Wings of Fire Legends: Darkstalker by Tui T. Sutherland
Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
Books 1-3 of Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Unicorn Quest by Kamilla Benko
All five books of Julie Kagawa's Talon series
N.K. Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy + The Awakened Kingdom novella
Books 1-2 of Sarah Raughley's Effigies series
Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari
The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
Strange Birds by Judith Heide Gilliland
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Books 1-3 of Seanan McGuire's October Daye series
Carry On by Rainbow Powell
Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
Dreamfall by Amy Plum
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Doctor Who: Molten Heart by Una McCormack
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Tried to put that in order of read as much as I could. So, Little Fires Everywhere was the 71st book. Good for it! So anyway, I followed Celeste Ng on Twitter immediately after reading it.
Highlights: Harry Potter, Wings of Fire, Talon, everything I read from Seanan McGuire, Fourth World, Inheritance Trilogy... I'll stop now. There's too many. Okay so basically if it's not under Disappointments assume it's a highlight. It probably is? I don't know I'm bad at sorting my opinions on books into "good, okay, bad" I only work in extremes.
Disappointments: The Martian, The Woman in Cabin 10. I guess I could put The Corroded Man here, but that implies I had hopes for that one.
I'm starting the new year off with Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend. I read books to distract myself from the trash fire surrounding me.
