My Year in Reading

 Here are my Goodreads reading stats for 2022:

80,461

pages read

278

books read

Jamie Ghione

Shortest Book

18

pages

Longest Book

1,059

pages

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Can't wait to begin again tomorrow! I'm still waiting for some challenges to post so I can sign up. I decided to skip a few I had done for the last few years. There was one I had been doing whose blog has been down for a while now.

I was only two books short of tying my 2021 total. 

My least popular book of 2022 was this one, by someone from my hometown. Another I read that also had no other reviews was this, also by someone in my home town, who was originally from New Jersey.

Staying Home for New Year's Eve

 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.

Feminist Reading Challenge 2023

 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

2023 Book to Movie (and TV) Reading Challenge

 

Doing this one again.

My books:

1. They Both Die at the End--Adam Silvera
2. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman--Ernest J. Gaines
3. Drums of Autumn--Diana Gabaldon
4. Dear Edward--Ann Napolitano
5. 8 Sandpiper Way--Debbie Macomber
6. 1022 Evergreen Place--Debbie Macomber
7. The Long Winter--Laura Ingalls Wilder [re-read]
8. 50 Harbor Street--Debbie Macomber
9. The Da Vinci Code--Dan Brown
10. One of Us is Lying--Karen M. McManus
11. Maid--Stephanie Land
12. One of Us is Next--Karen M. McManus
13. Dune--Frank Herbert
14. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow--Washington Irving
15. The Midnight Club--Christopher Pike
16. Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York--Gail Parent

Calling challenge complete on December 24

The Nerd Daily’s 2023 Reading Challenge

 Doing this one again.

1. Recommended by the Nerd Daily: Carrie Soto is Back--Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. 2023 adaptation: Dear Edward--Ann Napolitano
3. A sequel: Tokyo Dreaming--Emiko Jean
4. Illustrated cover: Jackie & Me--Louis Bayard
5. Debut author: The Astonishing Color of After--Emily X.R. Pan
6. Title starts with K or N: Kiss & Tell--Adib Khorram
7. Translated book: Tomb of Sand--Geetanjali Shree 
8. Romance or Horror: 50 Harbor Street--Debbie Macomber
9. Quoted by an author you like: The City We Became--N.K. Jeminsin
10. Coming-of-age story: Homegoing--Yaa Gyasi
11. Protagonist starts with S: Yerba Buena--Nina LaCour
12. Surname could be a first name: Three Sisters, Three Queens--Philippa Gregory
13. Standalone: Verity--Colleen Hoover
14. Book you know nothing about: A Long Way Gone--Ishmael Beah
15. Thrifted or gifted: The Undertaker's Assistant--Amanda Skenandore
16. Award-winning book: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry--Mildred D. Taylor
17. Orange spine: The Gift of Asher Lev--Chaim Potok
18. Guilty pleasure: Tell Me Lies--Jennifer Crusie
19. Set in a small town: Tending Roses--Lisa Wingate
20. Author you love: Beach House Reunion--Mary Alice Monroe
21. Between 380-430 pages: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs--Steve Brusatte
22. Released in August 2023: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six--Lisa Unger
23. 2022 release you neglected: The Hotel Nantucket--Elin Hilderbrand
24. Opposite side of the world: Lost Roses--Martha Hall Kelly
25. Sun, moon or stars on the cover: The Magic in Changing Your Stars--Leah Henderson
26. Recommended by bookstore: The Midnight Club--Christopher Pike
27. Book with illustrations inside: The Green Ember--S.D. Smith
28. Told from three perspectives: The Reunion--Meghan Quinn
29. Sports or space: Aurora Burning--Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
30. Two-word title: Queerly Beloved--Susie Dumond
31. Silver on cover: Eyes of Wynter--Emmy R. Bennett
32. A bilingual character: The House of Broken Angels--Luis Alberto Urrea
33. Set in the summer: Summer on the Bluffs--Sunny Hostin
34. From our #readwithpride series: All Boys Aren't Blue--George M. Johnson
35. Indie author: The Deal--Elle Kennedy
36. Chapters have titles: Seven Days in June--Tia Williams
37. Selected by family or friend: Dune--Frank Herbert
38. Romantic interest starts with M: 1022 Evergreen Place--Debbie Macomber
39. Author new to you: The Ex Talk--Rachel Lynn Solomon
40. Dual timelines: Lost Autumn--Mary-Rose MacColl
41. Author starting with L: Meet Cute Dairy--Emery Lee
42. Title without "The": On Ocean Boulevard--Mary Alice Monroe
43. Middle grade or nonfiction: So-Called Normal--Mark Henick
44. Flora on cover: This is Where We Live--Janelle Brown
45. Released in March 2023: The London Seance Society--Sarah Penner
46. #ownvoices author: The Black Kids--Christina Hammonds Reed
47. Holiday that isn't Christmas: Calypso, Corpses and Cooking--Raquel V. Reyes
48. #booktok recommendation: I Kissed Shara Wheeler--Casey McQuiston
49. Anthology: Matchup--Lee Child (ed.)
50. Historical or fantasy: The Personal Librarian--Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
51. Book more than 15 years older than you: Dombey and Son--Charles Dickens
52. Features an animal: Claws For Alarm--Cate Conte

Challenge completed on December 12

Fairytale Reading Challenge

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. 

JAN: Snow White and the Seven Robots--Stewart Ross

FEB:  The Twelve Dancing Princesses--Jane Werner Watson

MARCH: Six Crimson Cranes--Elizabeth Lim

APRIL:  Abby in Wonderland--Sarah Mlynowski

MAY: Diamonds and Toads (from Fairy Tales, Volume 1, at Project Gutenberg)

JUNE: Pinocchio--Margaret Hillert

JULY:  Tales From the Arabian Nights--Anonymous

AUG: Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince--Megan Morrison

SEPT: Bad Hair Day--Sarah Mlynowski

OCT:  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow--Washington Irving

NOV: Sleeping Beauty--Mahlon F. Craft

DEC: Cold As Ice--Sarah Mlynowski

Challenge completed on December 2

Happy Holidays

 Hope you have a happy holiday season. Only one week till the new year!