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Alphabet Souphttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
A- Airhead
B- Best Actor's Life: Take Two
C- Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile
D- Doing Crime
E- Elven Blood
F- (The) Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales
G- Girl at Heart
H- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I- I Heard You Like Me Too
J- Jiang Hu's Road is Curved
K- (The) Kingfisher Treasury of Princess Stories
L- Love in Focus (volume 1)
M- My Dad is the Galaxy's Prince Charming
N- Northanger Abbey
O- One Punch Man Volume 1
P- Prince Freya (volume 1)
Q- (A) Question of Magic
R- Reborn as My Love Rival's Wife
S- Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (Volume 1)
T- Trueish Crime
U- Unravel the Dusk
V- Vampire Debt
W- Winter Crime
X- Exodus
(it more or less counts; it's a hard one)Y- You're My Glory
Z-
Bookopolyhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Roll 1 = 10
Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Choice: Stain by A.G. Howard (to read)
A Book A Week with The Booklist Queen1. Book Becoming Movie in 2020
2. Goodreads Winner in 2019
3. Less Than 200 Pages
4. Published in 1920s
5. By an Author of Color
6. A Love Story
7. History Book
8. Title with Five or More Words
9. 2019 Bestseller
10. Clever Title
11. Short Story or Essay Collection
12. More Than 400 Pages
13. Makes You Laugh
14. Famous Author You’ve Never Read
15. Set in Asia
16. Reread a Childhood Favorite
17. Celebrity Memoir
18. New York Times #1 Bestseller
19. Based on a True Story
20. Genre You Don’t Usually Read
21. About a War
22. Bottom of Your To-Read List
(at the bottom of my Books to Read This Year list)23. A Beach Read
24. A Book Everyone Is Talking About
25. Recommended by a Family Member
26. From the 50 States Reading List
(Midwest - Illinois)27. About a Controversial Topic
28. By an Indie Author
29. A Book About Sports
30. A Play
31. An Audiobook
32. The Next Book in a Series
33. Nonfiction Topic You Love
34. Middle Grade Fiction
35. Recommended by a Local Librarian
36. Debut Novel
37. A Book That Will Make You Smarter
38. A Modern Classic
39. A Book You Haven’t Read by an Author You Love
40. With a Color in the Title
41. Translated from Another Language
42. With a Hideous Cover
43. A Mystery
44. A Book About Politics
45. By a Local Author
46. With Two Authors
47. You Own But Haven’t Read
48. Reread a Favorite Book
49. 2020 New Release
50. A Book You Saw Someone Reading
51. Borrowed From a Friend
52. A Self-Improvement Book
(more or less, and I'm running out of time in the year, so...)
Anti-Alphabet Soup Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Finished March 10th, 2020
No A- Trueish Crime
No B- I Heard You Like Me Too
No C- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
No D- In Crime
No E- Coiling Dragon
No F- Doing Crime
No G- The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave
No H- Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (Volume 1)
No I- Northanger Abbey
No J- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
No K- Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile
No L- One Punch Man
No M- Prince Freya
No N- Best Actor's Life: Take Two
No O- Tweet Cute
No P- Not Your Idol (Volume 1)
No Q- My Dad is the Galaxy's Prince Charming
No R- Love in Focus (volume 1)
No S- Magic Forged
No T- Pumpkinheads
No U- Notes From a Totally Lame Vampire
No V- Hatsu*Haru (volume 1)
No W- Blood Trial
No X- Spin the Dawn
No Y- Vampire Debt
No Z- Death Game
Abi wrote: "As I did last year, I'll be using this thread to keep track of my overall reading statistics and of the challenges that I choose to participate in. I am also doing the Mount TBR challenge in a sepa..."I LOVE how you have done the statistics. Would you mind if I copy and also use your breakdown?
Go for it! I got it off of someone’s challenge a couple years ago actually, and then tweaked it a bit. Happy reading!
January Progress:8/209 books read (3.8% into goal)
Books Read
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. I Heard You Like Me Too
4. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile
5. My Dad is the Galaxy's Prince Charming
6. Trueish Crime
7. The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave
8. Coiling Dragon (DNF)
Thoughts: I need to step it up. College is busy, and I'm reading way less than I thought I would due to all the school reading. That said, I've read some fun books this month. The best was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and the worst was Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile (which really wasn't very bad, just not as good as the others). My Dad is the Galaxy's Prince Charming was definitely the funniest. Mary Prince was hands down the saddest and hardest to read.
February Progress:18/209 books read (8.6% into goal)
Books Read:
9. Northanger Abbey
10. Doing Crime
11. In Crime
12. One Punch Man (volume 1)
13. Crossing Code (webtoon)
14. The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (volume 1)
15. Prince Freya (volume 1)
16. Not Your Idol (volume 1)
17. Best Actor's Life: Take Two
18. Tweet Cute
Thoughts: I read 10 books this month, so 2 more than last month, which is good. I really need to step it up, though. I'm on spring break this week, so hopefully that my reading will increase dramatically. Fingers crossed. My favorite manga this month were The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, because the art and story were really fun, and Best Actor's Life: Take Two, because it was so freaking cute and made me laugh and squeal and so on. It was awesome! My favorite novel was Tweet Cute, because it was such a breath of fresh air, with great humor and romance. My least favorite manga was One Punch Man, which was kind of boring and very meh, with art that didn't appeal to me. My least favorite novel was Prince Freya, because the main character cried so dang much. So lame!
March Progress:48/209 books read (22.9% into goal)
Books Read:
19. Love in Focus (volume 1)
20. Magic Forged
21. Hatsu*haru (volume 1)
22. Hatsu*haru (volume 2)
23. Notes From an Utterly Lame Vampire (DNF)
24. Love in Focus (volume 2)
25. Love in Focus (volume 3)
26. Skip Beat! (volume 1)
27. Takane & Hana (volume 1)
28. Takane & Hana (volume 2)
29. Takane & Hana (volume 3)
30. Pumpkinheads
31. Spin the Dawn
32. Blood Trial: Supernatural Battle
33. Vampire Debt: Supernatural Battle
34. Death Game: Supernatural Battle
35. Takane & Hana (volume 4)
36. Takane & Hana (volume 5)
37. Winter Crime
38. Magic Redeemed
39. Light and Shadow
40. Dragged
41. Takane & Hana (volume 6)
42. Takane & Hana (volume 7)
43. Takane & Hana (volume 8)
44. Takane & Hana (volume 9)
45. Takane & Hana (volume 10)
46. Can Someone Please Explain What's Going On?!
47. Screen Partner
48. Girl At Heart
Thoughts:
I've definitely upped my reading nicely this month, first with Spring Break, and now with returning home to start school online at the end of the month thanks to COVID-19 upending my university life, sadness. At any rate, I've read 30 books this month, which is great. In terms of manga, my favorite was Takane & Hana, which is both wildly hilarious and also very cute. In terms of high fantasy, Spin the Dawn was really great and I'm glad I finally finished it. I highly anticipate the sequel in the duology! In terms of urban fantasy, I'm tied between two awesome trilogies (one not yet completed, to be finished next month with book three), both with yummy vampire overlords and lots of humor, although one (KM Shea's) is clean and has an overall different tone, involving more supernaturals and a different dynamic between the main leads compared to the other trilogy (Supernatural Battle) which I devoured in two days and skipped class for, oops. That one had a dynamic involving practically never-ending betrayal and very hot sex scenes, as well as a human protagonist (versus Shea's wizard) and was a bit darker, although they both are to some extent. Anyway, both very good! I did DNF one book, which was boring and lame, and barely finished a disappointing light novel. The other graphic novels/manga I read were very sweet and easy reads (Pumpkinheads (graphic novel) and the Love in Focus (3 volume) manga series). And there was finally a new book in the Kat Makris series, which was an absolute riot, and answered a question I'd had since book one or two, yay! Another series I liked, with a gender-bent Loki, also released a new and highly entertaining book! And I read a fun fantasy romance webtoon on Tappytoon. All in all, great stuff.
April Progress:68/209 read (32.5% into goal)
Books Read:
49. One of the Girls
50. Playing the Enemy
51. Walking My Second Path in Life
52. The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP! (volume 1)
53. Der Werewolf: the Annals of Veight (volume 1)
54. Crypts & Crimes
55. Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (volume 11)
56. The Prince's Romance Gambit (volume 1)
57. The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales
58. The Kingfisher Treasury of Princess Stories
59. Knight of the Ice (volume 1)
60. Magic Unleashed
61. Airhead
62. Reborn as My Love Rival's Wife
63. Saint Young Men (volume 1)
64. Saint Young Men (volume 2)
65. Saint Young Men (volume 3)
66. Saint Young Men (volume 4)
67. The Prince of Tennis (volume 1)
68. Red, White, and Royal Blue
Thoughts:
Some good reads this month. I read 20 books. I had exams and COVID-19 was stressful (mostly exams, and also I was watching some anime) so I read less books this month than last month. My favorites were Crypts & Crimes (book 3 of Trixie Towers, with book 4 releasing in June!), Magic Unleashed (which finished K.M. Shea's new trilogy!), as well as The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP! and Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (volume 11). One of the Girls was also cute (sports romance, with a boy cheerleader), and The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales was pretty nostalgic. Reborn as My Love Rival's Wife was hilarious and very cute. On the not so good side, Airhead was rather juvenile and meh, unfortunately, and The Kingfisher Treasury of Princess Stories was a mixed bag. Saint Young Men and The Prince of Tennis were great finds, and I read all 379 chapters of the latter. Red, White, and Royal Blue was a satisfying reread.
May Progress: 93/209 read (44.49% done)
Books Read:
69. Marriage Concerto
70. Imitation
71. A Bride's Story (volume 3)
72. A Question of Magic
73. The Two Princesses of Bamarre
74. A Demon Bound
75. The Seven Chinese Sisters
76. The Philharmonic Gets Dressed
77. Satan's Sword
78. The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (volume 2)
79. Kiki MacAdoo and the Graveyard Ballerinas
80. Elven Blood
81. Devil's Paw
82. Imp Forsaken
83. Angel of Chaos
84. I Seem Unsuited for Dating
85. Princess Jellyfish (Omnibus 1)
86. Shinobi Life (volume 1)
87. The Princess Plan (DNF)
88. Jiang Hu's Road is Curved
89. Honey, Don't Run Away
90. Eat the Elephant
91. A World Ruled by Cats
92. Best Wedding
93. Stay With the CEO
Thoughts:
I didn't read much the first half of the month, but I did read a sweet web novel (contract marriage + childhood friends (but like, just friends back then, it's the shared past thing, okay?) + music careers as a singer and producer) and I finished a great manga on Tappytoon, which centered around an awesome main character and romance, plus showbiz. Can you see a trend, lol?
I read some manga I got for Easter, both of which were enjoyable, and a couple of picture books in my parents' bedroom at home. Also, a middle grade ARC about a ballerina and some fae which was cute, fun, and just a little bit spooky. And a TBR book, Princess Jellyfish, which was quite charming.
The real standout, to be honest, has been my reread of the Imp series, which I haven't read for about two years. They're really good, and at the time of writing this, I've reread six of them so far, with ten in the series, which did conclude (or so I thought, but a new book, more of a follow up than important for the overarching plot, I think, just released in April). Sam is wonderful, Gregory is my fave, and they're just downright hilarious!
In the last week of the month, I read lots of webtoons on WebComics, which ranged from decent enough to really enjoyable, as well as a good Chinese webnovel with an interesting plot and fun protagonist.
All in all, despite a slow start, some good reads this month. Nothing really disappointed me, which was great, and I got through some books on my list and from my piles. I read 25 books in total.
Note: added Tearmoon Empire but not fixing all my numbers since read in January so... yeah
June Progress:107/209 read (51.19% done)
95. Tearmoon Empire (volume 2)
96. The Lost Prince (DNF)
97. Pandora Gets Jealous
98. Kingdom of Lies
99. Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (volume 12)
100. Exodus
101. Queen of the Damned
102. The Morning Star
103. With This Ring
104. Adelaide
105. With the Fire on High
106. The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) (volume 3)
107. No Doubt in Us
Thoughts:
I read 13 books this month, and they were mostly good. I DNFed one ARC I couldn't get into, but other than that things went well. I finished the Imp series, which was a lot of fun, as well as finishing Tearmoon Empire (volume 2) on J-Novel Club. That was also very good. On Tappytoon, Adelaide (finally) finished. I reread No Doubt in Us (on WebComics) which was a hell of a lot of awesomeness, and quite enjoyed With the Fire on High, which was a book on my want-to-read list that I bought from a local bookstore to support black authors/small businesses. I read it in one sitting and really enjoyed it. My most anticipated read was The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) (volume 3) which got pushed back two months because of COVID-19, and it was really really good, so that was great! All in all, pretty good reads. I wish I'd read slightly more, but it wasn't too bad. I got a k-drama done, lol.
July Progress:Note: I'm not sure I'll get to 209 books, so I've brought it down to 179 as I'm not reading as many books as I thought I would. I'll increase it later in the year if I exceed this goal.
130/179 read (72% done)
108. Pandora Gets Vain
109. Kick the Bucket
110. Gorgeous
111. The Surface Breaks (DNF)
112. You're My Glory
113. Princess Jellyfish (omnibus 2)
114. A Slight Smile is Very Charming
115. Como agua para chocolate (DNF)
116. Very Happy
117. Saint Young Men (volume 5)
118. I Heard You Like Me Too
119. Saint Young Men (volume 6)
120. Doomed to Be Cannon Fodder (book 1)
121. Doomed to Be Cannon Fodder (book 2)
122. Love Hina (omnibus 1)
123. Love Hina (omnibus 2)
124. Love Hina (omnibus 3)
125. Love Hina (omnibus 4)
126. Love Hina (omnibus 5)
127. The CEO's Villainess Childhood Friend
128. The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (volume 3)
129. Doomed to Be Cannon Fodder (book 3)
130. Every Vicious Woman Needs a Loyal Man
Thoughts:
A bit of a mixed bag this month. There were some good webnovels (Very Happy; You're My Glory; A Slight Smile is Very Charming) and some more mediocre ones. Manga was overall quite enjoyable, for sure. I really enjoyed rereading Love Hina, and everything else was great, too. Gorgeous was a fun reread! Awesome book! There were a couple disappointing DNFs this month. That said, overall not too bad. I read 23 books, so quite a few!
August Progress:137/159
131. Who Invited You?
132. Lazarillo de Tormes
133. Le Morte d'Arthur
134. The Letters and Other Writings
135. The Song of Roland
136. Party Crime
137. Moll Flanders
Thoughts: Lowered my goal again. I always read loads less during the school year, anyway. Really enjoyed the webtoon (Who Invited You?); the cultural/language barrier stuff in it, plus the translator thing, plus the adorable romance and pretty art, all combined into something fantastic! Party Crime was also a treat. Ignoring the cliffhanger, everything went swimmingly: my ship won out (goodbye, Melas!) and Kat and Xander had sex. It was also super funny and a nice way to unwind. I was reading loads of classics for a class that I was supposed to take this semester (now dropped as i hated all of them haha) and they all sucked. I'm writing this in mid-September, and have read next to nothing so far, which is tragic!
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2020 Reading Statistics Tracker
Genre:
Fantasy: 86
Contemporary: 53
Science Fiction: 6
Historical: 7
Mystery: 6
Memoir: 2
Classic: 10
Non-fiction: 6
Manga: 64
Novel: 75
Web novel: 18
Anthology: 2
Picture book: 5
Poetry: 9
Non-fiction: 1
Children's: 6
Middle Grade: 7
Young Adult: 75
New Adult: 31
Adult: 56
Total: 175 books
Length:
0-100 pages: 13
101-200 pages: 49
201-300 pages: 34
301-400 pages: 43
401-500 pages: 10
501-600 pages: 7
601-700 pages: 1
701-800 pages: 1
801-900 pages: 1
901-1000 pages: 0
1000+ Pages: 0
n/a (webtoon/webcomic so idk): 16
Rating:
★★★★★: 84
★★★★: 64
★★★: 12
★★: 8
★: 7
Source:
Physically Bought: 19
Ebooks Bought: 26
TBR books: 5
Kindle Unlimited: 25
Library (online): 2
Library (physical): 19
ARCs: 4
Owned Rereads: 25
Web novel: 18
PDF (school): 9
Tappytoon: 8
WebComics: 6
Webtoon: 1
J-Novel Club: 8