2018 Reading Year in Review

2018 Goodreads challenge: 1000
Total books read in 2018 according to Goodreads: 1205
2018 Goodreads challenge completed on: November 16, 2018
3 book challenges completed: 2018 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge (12/4/18); 2018 PopSugar Reading Challenge (12/14/18 (but not the advanced section)); Reading Women Challenge 2018 (12/22/18)

2018 total (from this blog & my notebook): 1214
Broken down by category:
431 picture books
254 manga
200 graphic novels
116 youth nonfiction
52 young adult fiction
45 adult nonfiction
44 comics
37 adult fiction
30 youth fiction
3 fanfiction
2 young adult nonfiction

My month of the least reading was in October when I read 63 books.
My month of the most reading was in November when I read 146 books.

For comparison, my 2017 totals:
Total: 1041
580 picture books
135 graphic novels
96 youth nonfiction
59 comics
45 youth fiction
41 manga
33 adult fiction
27 young adult fiction
23 adult nonfiction
2 zines

For comparison, my 2016 totals:
Total: 1136
649 picture books
119 graphic novels
98 manga
53 comics
50 adult fiction
49 youth non fiction
47 young adult fiction
46 youth fiction

books i've read december 2018

12.1.18

• How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery (ANF)

12.2.18

• Monster Mayhem by Christopher Eliopoulos (GN)
• Spider-Gwen: Predators by Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez, Rico Ranzi, & Hannah Blumenreich (GN)

12.3.18

• Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (YA)

12.4.18

• Blind Goddess by Anne Holt (A)
• Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal (GN)
• Dodo by Felipe Nunes (GN)
• Cursed Pirate Girl: The Collected Edition Volume 1 by Jeremy A. Bastian (GN)
• Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (YA)

12.7.18

• Archie and the Bear by Zanni Louise & David Mackintosh (PB)
• Building Books by Megan Wagner Lloyd & Brianne Farley (PB)
• Don't Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller (PB)
• Stand Beautiful by Chloe Howard & Deborah Melmon (PB)
• A Prayer for the Animals by Daniel Kirk (PB)
• Thank You, Omu! by Oge More (PB)
• Felix's New Skirt by Kerstin Brichzin & Igor Kuprin (PB)
• Balance the Birds by Susie Ghahremani (PB)
• Gloria's Voice: The Story of Gloria Steinem--Feminist, Activist, Leader by Aura Lewis (YNF)
• Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy & Katie Cleminson (PB)

12.8.18

• I Look Up to...Michelle Obama by Anna Membrino & Fatti Burke (YNF)
• Be Bold, Baby!: Michelle Obama by Alison Oliver (YNF)
• I Lost My Tooth! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling (A)
• The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith & Katz Cowley (PB)
• Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses by Susan Patterson, James Patterson, & Hsinping Pan (YNF)

12.9.18

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #10 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #11 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Renegades by Marissa Meyer (YA)

12.12.18

• Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson (ANF)

12.13.18

• Silk: Sinister by Robbie Thompson, Stacey Lee, Veronica Fish, & Tana Ford (GN)

12.14.18

• No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas by Tonya Bolden & Don Tate (YNF)
• Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Moonstruck: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #12 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Faith and the Future Force by Jody Houser, Stephen Segovia, Barry Kitson, Diego Bernard, & Cary Nord (GN)
• When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid (YA)
• Soulless #1 by Gail Carriger & REM (M)

12.15.18

• Cosmic Commandos by Christopher Eliopoulos (GN)
• My Heart Is a Compass by Deborah Marcero (PB)
• Octopus Escapes! by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer & Frank W. Dormer (PB)
• Did You Eat the Parakeet? by Mark Iacolina (PB)
• What Can a Citizen Do? by Dave Eggers & Shawn Harris (YNF)
• Night Play by Lizi Boyd (PB)
• Made for Me by Zack Bush & Gregorio De Laurentis (PB)
• Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting, Shelli R. Johannes, & Vashti Harrison (PB)
• Chew: International Flavor by John Layman & Rob Guillory (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #13 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Black Canary: Kicking and Screaming by Brenden Fletcher, Annie Wu, Pia Guerra, & Lee Loughridge (GN)
• Chew: Just Desserts by John Layman & Rob Guillory (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #14 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Star Wars: Be More Vader: Assertive Thinking from the Dark Side by Christian Blauvelt (ANF)
• Star Wars: Be More Yoda: Mindful Thinking from a Galaxy Far Far Away by Christian Blauvelt (ANF)

12.16.18

• Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again by Norah Vincent (ANF)
• Chew: Flambe by John Layman & Rob Guillory (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #15 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)

12.17.18

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #16 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Major League Chew by John Layman & Rob Guillory (GN)
• Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #17 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)

12.18.18

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #18 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)

12.19.18

• Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda (PB)
• Kaya's Heart Song by Diwa Tharan Sanders & Nerina Canzi (PB)
• Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna (PB)
• The Epic Adventures of Huggie & Stick by Drew Daywalt & David Spencer (PB)
• Our Celebracion! by Susan Middleton (PB)
• The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (PB)
• Mousie, I Will Read to You by Rachael Cole & Melissa Crowton (PB)
• The Snow Lion by Jim Helmore & Richard Jones (PB)
• You're Snug With Me by Chitra Sounder & Poonan Mistry (PB)
• Geraldine by Elizabeth Lilly (PB)
• Star Wars: Search Your Feelings by Calliope Glass, Caitlin Kennedy, & Katie Cook (PB)
• Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor (YA)

12.20.18

• A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor (A)

12.21.18

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #19 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)

12.22.18

• A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (ANF)
• 4 Beloved Tales: Snow White: Stories Around the World by Jessica Gunderson (Y)

12.23.18

• Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr (Y)
• Soulless #2 by Gail Carriger & REM (M)
• Black Canary: New Killer Star by Brenden Fletcher, Sandy Jarrell, Moritat, & Annie Wu (GN)
• Black by Kwanza Osajyefo & Tim Smith 3 (GN)

12.24.18

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #20 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Dreamers by Yuyi Morales (PB)
• An Unlikely Ballerina by Krystyna Poray Goddu & Cosei Kawa (YNF)
• Bear Moves by Ben Bailey Smith & Sav Akyuz (PB)
• Contrary Creatures: Unique Animal Opposites by James Weinberg (YNF)
• The Boy and the Giant by David Litchfield (PB)
• Horse Meets Dog by Elliott Kalan & Tim Miller (PB)
• The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & the Life of H. Tracy Hall by Hannah Holt & Jay Fleck (YNF)
• Melia and Jo by Billy Aronson & Jennifer Oxley (PB)
• Max and the Superheroes by Rocio Bonilla & Oriol Malet (PB)

12.25.18

• Evangeline of the Bayou by Jan Eldredge (Y)
• Capture Creatures by Frank Gibson & Becky Dreistadt (GN)
• America #4 by Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones, Ming Doyle, Joe Rivera, Jose Villarrubia, & Jordan Gibson (C)
• America #5 by Gabby Rivera, Kelly Thompson, Ramon Villalobos, & Tamra Bonvillain (C)
• America #6 by Gabby Rivera, Kelly Thompson, Ramon Villalobos, Walden Wong, & Tamra Bonvillain (C)
• America #7 by Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones, Jen Bartel, Ming Doyle, Aud Koch, & Annie Wu (C)
• America #8 by Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones, Joe Rivera, & Jordan Gibson (C)
• America #9 by Gabby Rivera, Flaviano, & Jordan Gibson (C)
• Hellboy and the B.R.R.D. 1953: The Witch Tree and Rawhead and Bloody Bones by Mike Mignola, Ben Stenbeck, & Dave Stewart (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 12: The Reckoning #1 by Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, Georges Jeanty, & Karl Story (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 12: The Reckoning #2 by Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, Georges Jeanty, & Karl Story (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 12: The Reckoning #3 by Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, Georges Jeanty, & Karl Story (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 12: The Reckoning #4 by Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, Georges Jeanty, & Karl Story (C)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #21 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #22 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon (Y)

12.26.18

• Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (YA)

12.28.18

• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (YA)
• American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures edited by America Ferrera (ANF)

12.29.18

• Houndsley and Catina and Cousin Wagster by James Howe & Marie-Louise Gay (Y)
• Ella: Queen of Jazz by Helen Hancocks (YNF)
• Night Job by Karen Hesse & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• Robyn Boid: Architect by Maree Coote (PB)
• How Tickles Saved Pickles: A True Story by Maddie Johnson (YNF)
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: My Best Friend's Squirrel by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, & Rico Renzi (GN)

12.30.18

• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: I've Been Waiting for a Squirrel Like You by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, & Rico Renzi (GN)
• The Wicked + the Divine: Imperial Phase Part 2 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, & Clayton Cowles (GN)
• Sex Criminals: Five-Fingered Discount by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky (GN)
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Y)
• The Ancient Magus' Bride #8 by Kore Yamazaki (M)
• Paper Girls Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, & Jared K. Fletcher (GN)

12.31.18

• The Ancient Magus' Bride #9 by Kore Yamazaki (M)
• Rat Queens: The Colossal Magic Nothing by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Owen Gieni, & Ryan Ferrier (GN)
• Saga Volume 9 by Fiona Staples & Brian K. Vaughan (GN)

12.18 total: 124

7 adult nonfiction; 25 graphic novels; 7 young adult fiction; 3 adult fiction; 37 picture books; 11 youth nonfiction; 17 manga; 6 youth fiction; 11 comics