Here are my Goodreads reading stats for 2022:

Here are my Goodreads reading stats for 2022:
Even before the pandemic hit, I had pretty much given up on going out on New Year's Eve. And once again, I will be staying home this year. Fear of getting sick (This happened the last time I was out at a bar on New Year's Eve; though I have since gotten flu shots) and fear of excessively large crowds are just two factors in my decision. And it has been raining in my neck of the woods. That certainly puts a damper on going out. It's hard for me just to get to the store in the rain!
I don't feel I'm missing much by staying home. I don't even plan on watching the ball drop.
And here is some NYE humor. Have a good one, everyone, whatever you are doing.
Doing this one again, at Instagram.
1. Read a book for #JanuaryinJapan: Tokyo Dreaming--Emiko Jean
2. A book by Jamaica Kincaid: Annie John
3. A graphic nonfiction work: Almost American Girl--Robin Ha
4. A book by a writer from Oceania: Stories--Katherine Mansfield
5. Poetry by a woman of color: Black Girl, Call Home--Jasmine Mans
6. A feminist essay collection: White Women--Regina Jackson
7. About sex work: Bad Fat Black Girl--Sesali Bowen
8. A book inspired by a fairytale from a country that is not your own: Oh My Gods!--Stephanie Cooke
9. Historical fiction from a South-East Asian writer: Tomb of Sand--Geetanjali Shree
10. About mental health: How to Murder Your Life--Cat Marnell
11. A queer love story: I Kissed Shara Wheeler--Casey McQuiston
12. Fantasy by a woman of color: Parable of the Talents--Octavia E. Butler
13. A memoir by an African writer: The House at Sugar Beach--Helene Cooper
14. By an Arab writer: A Woman is No Man--Etaf Rum
15. Feminist work in translation: Whereabouts--Jhumpa Lahiri
16. A multi-generational family saga: Three Sisters, Three Queens--Philippa Gregory
17. A book under 150 pages: Katherine Johnson--Tamra B. Orr
18. A short story collection: Her Body and Other Parties--Carmen Maria Machado
19. By a disabled writer: The Pretty One--Keah Brown
20. By a Black British writer: Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems--Warsan Shire
21. About nature: The Girls of Atomic City--Denise Kiernan
22. Published by a Black female writer before 1980: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry--Mildred D. Taylor
23. By a trans author / with trans rep: Meet Cute Dairy--Emery Lee
Challenge completed on December 4
Doing this one again.
Doing this one again at Charity Rau.
This is a laid back challenge – you can read a retelling or the original fairytale. Some people also like to do the added challenge of watching a movie or tv show based on each fairytale.
Doing this one again at Enthralled Bookworm. Will read as many book and fill as many of the squares as possible.
Once again doing this one, and setting my level at Fortnightly. I will then see how much further I get with the list. Click above to see larger image of the graphic below.