One last 2016 Reading Challenge!

I wasn't sure I was going to finish this one, but I went to B&N and sat and read the last 2 volumes of a comic/manga series (The Complete Chi's Sweet Home).  So, woo hoo, finished this one too!

Book Riot Panels 2016 Challenge

• A self-published comic
• Saturday by Noah Kroese
• A feminist comic
• Bitch Planet Book 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Valentine De Landro
• Comic featuring one or more teenage protagonists
• Palefire by Mk Reed & Farel Dalrymple
• A superhero comic whose race or gender has been swapped from the original or traditional hero
• Spider-Gwen, Volume 0: Most Wanted? by Jason Latour & Robbi Rodriguez
• A complete run of a comic
• The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 1 by Konami Kanata; The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 2 by Konami Kanata; The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 3 by Konami Kanata; & The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 4 by Konami Kanata
• A comic based on a book and the book it's based on
• Monster: A Graphic Novel by Walter Dean Myers, Guy A. Sims, & Dawud Anyabwile & Monster by Walter Dean Myers
• A graphic biography
• The Story of My Tits by Jennifer Hayden
• A comic that was originally published in a language different than your own
• Ariol: Top Dog by Emmanuel Guibert & Marc Boutavant
• A comic set in space
• Space Dumplins by Craig Thompson
• A collected webcomic
• Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton
• A comic with at least one creator of color
• Feathers by Jorge Coronoa & Jen Hickman
• A comic set in Asia by an Asian creator
• Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto #1 by Nami Sano
• A superhero comic NOT by one of the big two
• B.P.R.D. Volume 10: The Warning by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, & Guy Davis
• A slice-of-life comic not set in the US
• Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey by Ozge Samanci
• A comic that has been adapted from a TV show or movie (not vice versa)
• Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by Archie Goodwin, Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, Ron Frenz, & Tom Palmer
• A comic about a real life historical event
• First Man: Reimagining Matthew Henson by Simon Schwartz
• A black and white comic
• The Walking Dead Compendium One by Robert Kirkland, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, & Cliff Rathburn
• A watercolor comic
• How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman, Fabian Moon, & Gabriel Ba

2016 Reading Year in Review

My Goodreads 2016 challenge was 1000 books and I made that goal on November 26th!  Goodreads calculated that I read 1080 books this year (because I didn't have it count books I'd read before).

2016 total: 1136

Broken down by category:
649 picture books
119 graphic novels
98 manga
53 comics
50 adult fiction
49 youth non fiction
47 young adult fiction
46 youth fiction
25 adult non fiction

My month of the least reading was in June when I read 33 books.
My month of the most reading was in July when I read 148 books.

For comparison, my 2015 totals:
621 picture books
92 youth fiction
92 graphic novels
72 manga
69 adult fiction
65 youth non fiction
39 young adult fiction
28 adult non fiction
28 comics
3 young adult non fiction

books i've read december 2016

12.2.16

• A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars by Maria Birmingham & Josh Holinaty (Y-NF)
• Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky (Y-NF)

12.3.16

• Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington & Shane W. Evans (PB)
• Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kendard Pak (PB)
• Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales (PB)
• Where, Oh Where, Is Rosie's Chick? by Pat Hutchins (PB)
• Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, & Joe Cepeda (PB)
• 1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book by Juana Medina (PB)
• Playtime? by Jeff Mack (PB)
• Aliens Love Dinopants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort (PB)
• One More Acorn by Don Freeman & Roy Freeman (PB)
• The Secret Loves of Geek Girls edited by Hope Nicholson (A-NF)

12.7.16

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (A-NF)
• The Mighty Asparagus by V. Radunsky (PB)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Nancy Willard, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon (PB)
• Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story by Tom Willans (PB)
• Coco All Year Round by Sloane Tanen & Stefan Hagen (PB)
• Sparky's Rainbow Repair by Max Haynes (PB)
• All Year Round by Susan B. Katz & Eiko Ojala (PB)

12.9.16

• Undead and Unwary by MaryJanice Davidson (A)
• One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bern Strom & Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Bear Dreams by Elisha Cooper (PB)
• The Blushful Hippopotamus by Chris Raschka (PB)

12.10.16

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Y)
• Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz & Miriam Klein Stahl (Y-NF)

12.11.16

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Y)
• Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed (YA)

12.13.16

• Bunny Slopes by Claudia Rueda (PB)
• Cleonardo: The Little Inventor by Mary GrandPre (PB)
• Penguin's Christmas Wish by Salina Yoon (PB)
• I'll Wait, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony (PB)
• Plenty of Love to Go Around by Emma Chichester Clark (PB)
• The Magic Word by Mac Barnett & Elise Parsley (PB)

12.15.16

• You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero (A-NF)

12.16.16

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (A)
• Moon Glows by Bethea verDorn & Thomas Graham (PB)
• Dino-Hockey by Lisa Wheeler & Barry Gott (PB)
• George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell (PB)
• Joey and Jet in Space by James Yang (PB)
• Jump Into January: A Journey Around the Year by Stella Blackstone & Maria Carluccio (PB)
• I Am an Aspie Girl: A Book for Young Girls with Autism Spectrum Conditions by Danuta Bulhak-Paterson & Teresa Ferguson (Y-NF)

12.19.16

• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (A)

12.22.16

• The Sellout by Paul Beatty (A)

12.24.16

• Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmondson & Phil Noto (GN)

12.25.16

• Champion by Marie Lu (YA)

12.26.16

• The Devil You Know by Mike Carey (A)

12.28.16

• The Friend Ship by Kat Yeh & Chuck Groenink (PB)
• The Secret Life of Squirrels: A Love Story by Nancy Rose (PB)
• Wherever You Go by Pat Zietlow Miller & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• What Do You Love About You? by Karen Lechelt (PB)
• Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich (A)
• The Walking Dead Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, & Cliff Rathburn (GN)

12.29.16

• Marta! Big & Small by Jen Arena & Angela Dominguez (PB)
• The Curvy Tree by Chris Colfer & Brandon Dorman (PB)
• Happy by Emma Dodd (PB)
• Wish by Emma Dodd (PB)
• Presents Through the Window by Taro Gomi (PB)
• Monster & Son by David LaRochelle & Joey Chou (PB)
• A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Little Red Gliding Hood by Tara Lazar & Troy Cummings (PB)
• Maple & Willow's Christmas Tree by Lori Nichols (PB)
• The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora (PB)
• Quick, Little Monkey! by Sarah L. Thomson & Lita Judge (PB)
• A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (PB)
• Gleeful Goats by Colleen Dolphin (Y-NF)

12.30.16

• A Child's First Book of Trump by Michael Ian Black & Marc Rosenthal (A)
• ToastHampton: How to Summer in Style by Katie Sturino (A-NF)
• F*ck That: An Honest Meditation by Jason Headlet (A-NF)
• The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 3 by Konami Kanata (M)
• The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 4 by Konami Kanata (M)
• Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg! by Steven Weinberg (PB)
• Next to You: A Book of Adorableness by Lori Haskins Houran & Sydney Hanson (PB)
• Table Manners by Chris Raschka & Vladimir Radunsky (PB)
• Hello, Hippo! Goodbye, Bird! by Kristyn Crow & Poly Bernatene (PB)
• Snail and Slug by Denys Cazet (PB)
• The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan (Y)

12.16 total: 77

5 youth non fiction; 51 picture books; 5 adult non fiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 2 young adult fiction; 2 graphic novels; 2 manga