Gord's 2022 Randomness

[Gord]

I don't have specific reading goals for 2022 such as a page count or a book count but there are somethings I want to get cleaned up or finished this year.

[Gord]

Some series I need to finish up and I remember things or start new things

Kate Daniels 10/10
Toriko 43/43
Fairy Tail 38/63
Rurouni Kenshin 6/28
Alex Rider 7/12
Monster Hunter International 1/8
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? 7/16
Didn't I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! 8/13

The Wandering Inn
I'll update this later. This a monster undertaking. I'm currently on book 6 of 8 which doesn't sound bad but book 6 is 6,400 pages, book 7 is 8,000 pages, and book 8 is still being published weekly. Considering the page count goes up every book I'm assuming book 8 will be another monster.

[Gord]

I've also got a bunch of challenges with a handful of tasks left to complete that I want to complete.

March Scavenger - 1 task
August Scavenger - 1 task
May Scavenger - 1 task
September Scavenger - 1 task
October Scavenger - 1 task
November Scavenger - 1 task
May Spell - 1 tasks
September Spell - 1 tasks
October Spell - 2 tasks
November Spell - 2 tasks
Fall 2021 Spell - 4 tasks
Wyoming - 1 task
Montana - 1 task
Utah - 3 tasks
Olympics #22 - 1 task
Olympics #25 - 1 task
Olympics #28 - 1 task
Ice Cream - 1 task
Summer Scavenger 2021 - 1 task
Coral Reefs - 2 tasks
Frida - 1 task
Winter Scavenger 2020 - 3 tasks
Gardens - 1 task
2021 Remembering Them - 3 tasks
Ancient Ruins - 4 tasks
Fall 2021 Scavenger - 5 tasks
Advertising - 5 tasks
2021 Book Covers - 4 tasks
2019 Theme - 5 tasks
2020 Theme - 4 tasks
Pandas - 4 tasks
Celebrations - 16 tasks
2021 New Authors - 4 tasks
Strange Medicine - 3 tasks
License Plates - 2 tasks
Reading Rut - 1 tasks
Highway - 8 tasks
Cable TV - 4 tasks
Soccer - 25 tasks
Hurricane - 7 tasks
Castle - 4 tasks
Elephant - 2 tasks

Aug -2

[Gord]

Alright, that is a lot of tasks to clean up. There will be some overlap, but still, that is a lot of reading.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Good luck on your challenges, Gord! You're gonna do great, I know it! And yikes! The Wandering Inn books have an insane page count! You got this though!

[Gord]

I added some more series today

Monster Hunter International 0/8
I fell off with this series years ago. Lately I wanted to read a book with monster getting shot in the face and this series is perfect for just that.

A couple of light novel series that fell to the side this year.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? 7/16
Didn't I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! 8/13

[Gord]

Liliana wrote: "Good luck on your challenges, Gord! You're gonna do great, I know it! And yikes! The Wandering Inn books have an insane page count! You got this though!"

It's a webnovel series that I discovered. Each chapter of the book is essentially a novella unto itself and two of these chapters come out a week.

[Brittany]

Good luck with the series catch up! Especially Wandering Inn. I still think that sounds interesting but its so big its just too intimidating.

[Gord]

Ha, totally unplanned but I crossed off some of those above tasks

[Gord]

My grand plans kind of got sidetracked this month but I'm not really complaining a whole lot. I did read a couple of books from my series I wanted to finish and I crossed off a couple of the challenges to clean up. Most of the month was spent cleaning up all my library requests that I made over the holidays. It felt good though to return to some longer books and I even tackled a couple of books outside of normal bubble. This month I am going to try tackling more challenge books and try to knock some of that stuff down. That and try not to get to distracted by new stuff I want to read.

[Elena]

That's a great amount of books!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

it's always tough with the new shiny things lol. good luck!

[Brittany]

Nothing wrong with getting a bit distracted with new things!
Best book of the month?

[Gord]

I'd probably say Fist of the North Star for new reads but there are a lot of good books in there.

Dark Days, Berserk, and Ruins of Gorlan are all fantastic books that I'm rereading.

Frankie and Bug as well as Be not Far From Me were both books outside of my normal bubble that ended up being great reads.

Solo Leveling, My Dress Up Darling, and Intrigues were also just solid reads.

It's not an easy decision.

[Brittany]

Totally fair! And having that many good reads that the decision is so difficult is a good problem to have.

[Gord]

It most definitely is.

[Gord]

On the challenge front this has been a good month. I've managed to finish off 7 challenges this month which feels pretty good. I've also been chipping away at some of the other ones as well. I still have a lot to go but it's a start. I can't say I'm doing as well with the series though. About the only one I have been working on has been the Toriko series which I've finished 15 of the 43 manga so far.

I'll be back in a couple days to post my books for the month as I'm still reading and the month isn't over yet.

[Brittany]

That is impressive! Finishing 7 challenges in a month is nothing to scoff at. We all struggle with the series problem and manga series can be so long.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Nice job on the 7 challenges though! Especially because it's still the beginning of the year!

[Gord]

Here is what I completed this month

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Your wrap-ups are always impressive! And a great variety too!

[Brittany]

Lots of manga! Looks like a good list of books

[Gord]

Here is what I read this month. As usual it's a fair amount of manga because I like reading manga.

As for the clean up I finished up 6 more challenges this month. Not much progress on the series front outside of Toriko again

[Brittany]

Nice month Gord.
Have a favourite?

[Gord]

There really wasn't anything bad. The overly good was In Death, Death Bringer, Berserk, Open Season, XXXholic, Sweep of the Blade

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

I always love looking at what you read in a month because you always have a wide range of things. Lol. And great job on completing more challenges!

[Gord]

I just completed one of my big challenges that needed 84 books that I started in 2020. It feels so good to knock that one off my list.

[Brittany]

Woo! That's awesome Gord! Which one was that?

[Gord]

It was one about elephants from another group

[Gord]

Another month of reading behind me. As usual it's this weird smattering of things that somehow all equals up to being me.

As for my goals for the year I completed 5 more challenges this month. Probably added double that to my list but shhhhhhh. As for series completion again the only one I'm really working on currently is Toriko but I am nearly done that. Depending on how things go I'll either have that done this month or next at the latest.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

What did you think of Dead Silence Gord? A friend has just recommended that one to me.

[Gord]

Overall it was a great book. I loved the creepy atmosphere that the book created and the unsure narrative really helped that feeling. The ending might be the only issue. It's not a bad ending in any way but for me it just didn't hit the highs I wanted it to. Others that I've talked to though have loved the ending.

[Brittany]

Looks like another good month Gord!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I'll definitely need to pick it up soon.

[Gord]

With one book I finished up a couple of old and big challenges today. On was from late 2019 and one from early 2020. It feels good to get them cleaned up.

[Gord]

Another month and another pile of books. I completed 8 challenges this month and read some more Toriko. It's weird though, I'm here at the end of the month and I just don't feel like I read as much as I could/should. Maybe it's because I've been busy trying to keep up with new library books and challenge books instead of me books?

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Regardless, it's not a bad month! And it's awesome that you completed so many challenges this month!

[Brittany]

Woo!! Always a good feeling cleaning up those challenges well done!

Also still a rather excellent looking month.

[Gord]

This was not the best month of reading I've had. Work kept me tired/occupied most of the time and my entire schedule was filled with library books. I only finished two challenges but I did finish Toriko. That is one of the series off my list which is kind of nice. Hopefully next month is better.

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

Hey, Gord. This wasn't my best month either but we got some things read! That's all that matters.

[Gord]

There is that. As long as I can read things are good

[Brittany]

Best book of the month Gord?

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Not bad at all Gord. Hopefully work will calm down a bit for you so you can get more reading done lol

[Gord]

Brittany wrote: "Best book of the month Gord?"

You can never go wrong with the Rangers Apprentice or Tamora Pierce. Best new read though would probably be Book of Cold Cases with Talking to Canadians as a close second.

[Gord]

Not much progress on my goals this month but I did get a fair bit read this month.

[Brittany]

Still a pretty great looking month Gord. Favourite?

[Gord]

Ohhhhh man that is hard. For something that is a not a reread I'd probably go with Legends & Lattes but there are some just great books there.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Hurray for more reading! I always love seeing the variety of things you read. I always end up adding things to my tbr lol

[Brittany]

Totally fair! You've got a lot of reads in there and some favourite rereads.

[Gord]

Liliana wrote: "Hurray for more reading! I always love seeing the variety of things you read. I always end up adding things to my tbr lol"

Thanks!