Lili's 2022 Reading Challenge

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

This year I am going to attempt to read 85 books. Not quite ready for 100, but I'm getting there! Lol.

January:



February:



March:



April:



May:



June:



July:



August:



September:



October:



November:



December:



85/85

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Mount TBR Reading Challenge

The challenge: To read books you have owned prior to January 1, 2022.

I have not been doing terribly great at reading books I own, so if I can get to 36 I'll be happy. Lol.

Level chosen: Mt. Vancouver — Read 36 books from your TBR pile.



24/36

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Virtual Mount TBR Reading Challenge

The challenge: To read books from your virtual TBR/wish list.

This year I decided to do this one because the number on my Want to Read shelf keep going up and up and up and I really need to get it under control 😅

Level chosen: White Plume Mountain — Read 48 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library.



50/48

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Finish the Series Reading Challenge

The challenge: To finally finishing those series that you’ve started but not yet completed. Series can be already completed as well as still ongoing. For ongoing series, the goal is to catch up to the most recent book published by the end of 2022.

My never ending quest to finish series. Lol. I'm attempting to finish at least 9 once again in 2022. I did pretty good in 2021, so let's hope I get a couple more done this year.

Level chosen: A-List Series Finisher — Finish 9+ Series







3/9

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

New Release Reading Challenge

I'm not the best at reading new releases, hence this challenge. Lol. In 2021 I read 13 new releases, which is pretty great for me! However, I don't trust myself reading any more than that this year, so I'm gonna go for a nice, round 10 to aim for in 2022.



25/10

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Non-fiction Reading Challenge

This challenge I added very last minute. Last year I ended up reading 4 non-fiction books, which is 3 more than my usual annual number 😅 The reason why I decided that I want to read more non-fiction books this year is because I really want to pick up more Japanese language learning books, and I'm hoping this challenge will push me to do just that. My goal is to read 5 non-fiction books in 2022 of any subject (but preferably of the language learning variety.)



6/5

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

52 Books in 52 Weeks

I attempted this challenge in 2021 and I almost completed it, except I missed 2 weeks in August 😩 I am hoping that in 2022 I actually manage to read one book a week.

(view spoiler)[1. The Rings of Grissom
2. Maniac of New York: The Death Train
3. Aurora's End
4. Hide
5. Avalon
6. Write Your Own Cake: A Worldbuilding Essay
7. Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films
8. Planetary Spin Cycle
9. Waxing the Moon of Lewei
10. Dirt the Vacu-bot Missed
11. Christmas Cookie Crumbs
12. Heartless
13. Cinder's Adventure: Get Me To the Wedding!
14. Japanese Demystified
15. Gilded
16. Wretched Waterpark
17. See You Yesterday
18. Flirting with Fate
19. Daughter of the Deep
20. My Lady Jane
21. The Girl in the Steel Corset
22. The Rules
23. The Hunt
24. Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess
25. Life Is Short and Then You Die
26. Career Day
27. Beautiful Demons
28. Game
29. The Night Shift
30. Outlaw Rising
31. Luna City Limited: The Phoenix and Katie Li
32. Sugar Plum Spies
33. Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies
34. Spider's Bite
35. Venom
36. Tangled Threads
37. Thread of Death
38. Carniepunk: Parlor Tricks
39. Heart of Venom
40. Vampiric Vacation
41. Maniac of New York: The Bronx Is Burning
42. Into the Drowning Deep
43. Mere Mortals
44. Black Widow
45. The Earth Concurrence
46. Six Wakes
47. The Do-Over
48. Better Than the Movies
49. Crazy Foolish Robots
50. Wrong Place Wrong Time
51. Four Found Dead
52. My Secret to Tell (hide spoiler)]

52/52

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Oct-Dec 2022 Reading Challenge: 16/24

July-Dec 2022 Book Bingo: 24/25

2022 Genre Bingo: 22/25

2022 Find That Trope Bingo: 23/25

2022 Manga/Graphic Novel/Comic Book Mini Bingo: 4/16

2022 A-Z Challenge - Character Names: 25/26

[Brittany]

Looks great Lili! You'll have to share any good language learning books! Japanese would be a cool thing to start learning.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

I've been learning Japanese for just over two years now and it has been a lot fun! It is a very difficult language to learn, but I've been enjoying the challenge.

[HeatherH]

I love the idea of setting a goal for non-fic. I own so many now that are unread.. May have to add that to my challenges!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

January stats! I read 5 novels, 1 comic book, and 2 novellas! A total of 8 books and 2091 pages!



7 were part of a series, and 1 was a standalone. I also started 1 series but also finished 1!

I read 2 ARCs and 6 finished copies. 2 were hardcovers and 6 ebooks.

3 were 5-star reads, and 5 were 4-star reads.

4 adult and 4 YA. 4 sci-fi, 3 horror, and 1 urban fantasy.

Publication year:
2022 - 2
2021 - 4
2020 - 1
2013 - 1

Authors:
Male - 2
Female - 4
Both - 2
New to me - 1
Previously read - 7

POV:
Male - 1
Female - 3
Both - 4
Single POV - 3
Multiple POV - 5
1st person - 4
3rd person - 4

[Elena]

I'm just going through your monthly updates and there are so many great books. I love your selection too!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

thanks! I'm pretty happy about that too lol

[Brittany]

Nice stats Lili!!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Thanks! 😊

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

So this month I read 4 books and 1 novella (and 1 was a re-read) and a total of 1151 pages (about 1000 pages less than last month 😅).



2 were part of a series and 3 were standalones. No new series were started OR finished

2 were ARCs and 3 finished copies.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: 2
⭐⭐⭐⭐: 2
⭐⭐⭐: 1

Publication year:
2022 - 2
2021 - 1
2014 - 1
2011 - 1

2 were self-published and 3 traditionally published

Authors:
Male - 1
Female - 4
New to me - 2
Previously read - 3

This one is a bit surprising: 2 were fiction and 3 nonfiction!
2 sci-fi, 2 horror, and 1 about writing

[Laura ☾]

Two 5 star reads our of five total is great!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Yeah! It wasn't a terrible month lol

[Brittany]

The nonfiction stat is super impressive!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Thanks 😅 It was pretty surprising lol

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

In March I read 6 books, 3 of them novellas. A total of 1509 pages, so about 400 more pages than last month!



I also did dnf one book 👀



5 were part of a series, 1 a standalone. I started 2 series but finished 1!

5 were finished copies, and 1 an ARC

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: 3
⭐⭐⭐⭐: 2
⭐⭐⭐: 1

All were by female authors I'd previously read 😅

3 were YA and 3 Adult, 5 fiction and 1 nonfiction
2 sci-fi, 1 UF, 1 about writing, 1 apocalyptic, and 1 fantasy

[Brittany]

Yay for more reading! DNfs happen!
Nice genre selection.
Best book?

[Laura ☾]

How did you like Chain of Gold?

Great month!

[HeatherH]

All your scifi reads every month end up on my tbr >.<

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Favorite read of the month was definitely Chain of Gold. I just love the Shadow World and I really enjoyed getting to know the new characters, which I loved. It was a little hard keeping them all straight in the beginning because there's so many characters, and especially a bunch of Lightwoods. Lol. Another favorite was Heartless! Wonderland is always fun to visit, and an origin story on the Queen of Hearts is something I didn't know I needed. Lol.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

HeatherH wrote: "All your scifi reads every month end up on my tbr >.<"

😅 I've been a sci-fi kick since last fall, and it doesn't seem to be slowing down yet. Lol. I do hope you enjoy at least some of them! Space Janitor is really fun! They're almost like cozy mysteries, but sci-fi!

[HeatherH]

Love the idea of a cozy mystery/sci-fi mash up haha! Was it you that I got the recommendation for series from? The first of that is on my get-to-it-asap tbr.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

No but I've heard great things about Becky Chambers!

[HeatherH]

Maybe a BR then??

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

That would be fun!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

In April I read 6 books!



4 were part of a series and 2 were standalone. I also started 2 series but finished none 🙈

3 were finished copies and 3 ARCs. 3 were physical books and 3 ebooks.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 4 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 2 books

Authors:
Male: 1
Female: 5
New-to-me: 2
Previously read: 4

Adult: 2, NA/upper YA: 1, YA: 2, MG: 1

5 fiction books & 1 nonfiction
1 fairy tale retelling, 1 adventure, 1 language learning, 1 high fantasy, 1 mystery, 1 contemporary

I've also already finished 2 challenges: the new release challenge and the nonfiction challenge!

[Brittany]

That's great Lili!!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Thanks!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

May stats! I read 5 books and 1 novella for a total of 2083 pages, which is about 200 pages less than last month 😅



4 were part of a series and 2 standalones. And I started 3 series and finished none 😅

All of them were library books this month.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 1 book
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 5 books

Authors:
Male: 1
Female: 5
New-to-me: 0
Previously read: 6

Genre:
YA: 5
MG: 1

Sci-Fi: 1
Adventure: 1
Contemporary: 1
Historical: 1
Steampunk: 2

[Brittany]

Nice Lili! Nothing wrong with 5 four star books and a 5 star one!

How did you like My Lady Jane?

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

It was fun! It was ridiculous and funny and I surprisingly enjoyed it. It's not the type of book I would usually pick up.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Almost forgot about June stats 😅 This month I read 4 books, 3 novellas, and 2 graphic novels. It sounds like a lot, but this is a total of 1532 pages, which is about 500 pages less than last month.



8 were part of a series, and 1 standalone

3 were physical books, and 5 ebooks

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 3 book
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 6 books

Authors:

Male: 5
Female: 3
Both: 1

New-to-me/Previously read: 1
Previously read: 8

Genre:

YA: 9

Sci-Fi: 1
Mystery/thriller: 4
Mythology: 2
Steampunk: 2

[Brittany]

Still nice stats Lili! Best of the month?
I haven't done my June ones yet... oops.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

I think my favorite book of June was The Hunt. I just like the idea of an alien/human hybrid basically running for her life lol. The ending was a little predictable, but I enjoyed it overall.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

I just got back from vacation, so July stats are a little late 😅 This month I read 5 books and 1 novella, and a total of 1797 pages, which is about 200 pages more than last month.



5 were part of a series, and 1 standalone. I started 4 series and finished 0 🤦‍♀️

5 were finished copies and 1 ARC. 2 were physical books, and 4 ebooks

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 3 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 0 books
⭐⭐⭐ - 2 books
⭐⭐ - 1 book

Authors:

Male: 2
Female: 4

New-to-me/Previously read: 4
Previously read: 2

Genre:

Adult: 3
YA: 3

Sci-Fi: 3
Urban Fantasy: 1
Mystery/thriller: 2

[Brittany]

Yay for vacation! How was it?

Which one was your favourite? Also nothing wrong with being a few days late on stats! I still haven't done mine for June lol so you're ahead of me!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

It was good! I went to Omaha for my cousin's wedding.

My two favorites are Game and Only Bad Options!

That's fair 😂

[Brittany]

I figured you were going to have two favourites!

Nice about heading to a wedding!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

I read 6 books this month (3 re-reads) for a total of 1894 pages, which is about 100 pages more than last month. Honestly, I loved all the books I read this month. But if I were to exclude re-reads (cause obviously they're favorites, otherwise I wouldn't have re-read them lol), then I'm gonna go with Sugar Plum Spies. Who's surprised that it's the Jennifer Estep book? 😆



5 were part of a series, and 1 standalone. No series started or finished this month

4 were finished copies and 2 ARC. 1 was a physical book, and 5 ebooks

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 2 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 4 books

Authors:

Male: 1
Female: 5

New-to-me: 1
Previously read: 5

All were adult books... wait, this is the first month this year I haven't read a YA book?! Who am I?? 😆 Anyway, 5 books were fiction and 1 nonfiction. 1 was sci-fi, 1 horror, and 4 urban fantasy.

[Brittany]

That is so weird for you, no YA? Are you sure you havent been abducted lol. Nice month though!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Right? Lol. Don't worry though, the first book I finished in September was YA lol

[Brittany]

Phew. You're still you :P

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

This month I read 11 books... well, 8 books and 3 novellas, and a total of 3117 pages, which is 1223 pages MORE than last month!! This is the most I have read in a month so far this year!



All of them were part of a series, and I finished ONE! Started no series, so I'm pretty proud. Lol.

9 of them were re-reads because I can't stop reading Elemental Assassin. Lol.

3 were physical books, and 8 ebooks

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 8 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 3 books

Authors:

Male & Female: 1
Female: 10

All were previously read authors lol.

And 9 were adult and 2 YA, 10 were urban fantasy and 1 was steampunk.

[HeatherH]

Damn girl!!! Get it!