2023 in Books
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starladyHappy New Year! I have hopes that 2024 will be better overall.
2023 Reading Stats
…versus 2023 Resolutions
My reading fell off a cliff for the last two months of the year because I was devoting almost all of my time to book revisions. Book revisions are still taking up a large chunk of my time but I have hope that I will be free to read more books soon. I'm pleased that I made a real dent in the physical TBR stack and I think I can continue to do so this year. Similarly, I need to get a handle on the comics situation. It doesn't help that Amazon finally killed the Comixology app and has now shuffled everything into Kindle. I still have more than 100 comics to read in it and I don't love that but there's nothing to be done.
Best of 2023
2024 Reading Resolutions
2023 Reading Stats
- Books read: 113, of which 1 was a reread
- By gender: 35 (31%) by men, the rest by women and other genders
- By race: 36 (32%) by people of color
- By language: 16 (14%) in Japanese, 13 (12%) in translation
- New books: 46 (41%) published in 2023 or 2024
- New-to-me authors: 32
…versus 2023 Resolutions
- Read 125 books ==> Failed, but I came close
- Read 25 physical books owned since 2021 or earlier ==> Success! 34!
- Read 35 books by authors of color ==> Success!
- Read 10 books in translation ==> Success!
- Read a volume of manga a week in Japanese ==> Failed.
- Read all the comics bought before 2023, both physical and digital ==> Failed. Ugh.
My reading fell off a cliff for the last two months of the year because I was devoting almost all of my time to book revisions. Book revisions are still taking up a large chunk of my time but I have hope that I will be free to read more books soon. I'm pleased that I made a real dent in the physical TBR stack and I think I can continue to do so this year. Similarly, I need to get a handle on the comics situation. It doesn't help that Amazon finally killed the Comixology app and has now shuffled everything into Kindle. I still have more than 100 comics to read in it and I don't love that but there's nothing to be done.
Best of 2023
- Kate Elliott, Furious Heaven
- Margaret Owen, Little Thieves and Painted Devils
- Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent
- Cliff Chiang, Catwoman: Lonely City
- Kristin Cashore, Seasparrow
- Mark Oshiro, Into the Light
- Terry Bisson, Fire on the Mountain
- M.A. Carrick, Labyrinth's Heart
- Sarah Monette, A Theory of Haunting
- Sin Blaché and Helen Macdonald, Prophet
- Yamada Murasaki, Talk to My Back
2024 Reading Resolutions
- Read 125 books
- Read 25 physical books owned since 2022 or earlier
- Read 35 books by authors of color
- Read 10 books in translation
- Read a volume of manga a week in Japanese
- Read all the comics bought before 2024, both physical and digital
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