2022 reading challenges part 2

 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2022
Finished 12/28/2022

• Read a biography of an author you admire
• Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
• Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi
• Read a book set in a bookstore
• We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• Good Night Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix & E.B. Goodale
• Read any book from the Women's Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Read a book in any genre by a POC that's about joy and not trauma
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
• Read an anthology featuring diverse voices
• Every Body Shines edited by Cassandra Newbould
• Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell
• You Don't Have to Be Everything edited by Diana Whitney
• Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Volume 2 edited by Joamette Gil
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! edited by Christie Yant
• Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Volume 1 edited by Joamette Gil
• Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy edited by Joamette Gil
• Read a nonfiction YA comic
• Good Girls Don't Make History by Elizabeth Kiehner, Kara Coyle, Michaela Dawn, & Mary Sanche
• Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel by Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, & Ally Shwed
• The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Alexander
• We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Ross Ishikawa, & Matt Sosaki
• Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• Read a classic written by a POC
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest
• Crafting the Body Divine by Yasmine Galenorn
• Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC or LGBTQUIA+)
• While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
• Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
• A-Okay by Jarad Greene
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Read an entire poetry collection
• The Complete Poems of Sappho translated by Willis Barnstone
• Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
• Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you've seen (but haven't read the book)
• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
• Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue (June 2014, Issue 49) edited by Christie Yant
• Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
• Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
• Love That Story by Jonathan Van Ness
• Read a "Best ___ Writing of the Year" book for a topic and year of your choice
• The Best American Food Writing 2021 edited by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author
• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• Fledgling by Octavia Butler
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Changeling by Victor LaValle
• Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hugo Award)
• Read a queer retelling of a class of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Beast by Brie Spangler
• Lost in the Never Woods by Adien Thomas
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant
• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
• A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
• Cinderelliot: A Scrumptious Fairytale by Mark Ceilley, Rachel Smoka-Robinson, & Stephanie Laberis
• Read a history about a period you know little about
• The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Alexander
• Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory by Julie Abery & Chris Sasaki
• Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators by Claudia Friddell & Elizabeth Baddeley
• The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones 
• Read a book by a disabled author
• Continuum by Chella Man
• Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal & Lee Durfey-Lavoie
• We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch (disabled), Anne McGuire (disabled), & Eduardo Trejos
• Always Only You by Chloe Liese
• The Way She Feels by Courtney Cook
• Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks
• Button Pusher by Tyler Page
• Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton
• What Happened to You? by James Catchpole (disabled) & Karen George
• Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
• Pick a challenge from any of the previous years' challenges to repeat
• Loveless (Romance by trans or nonbinary author from 2021) by Alice Oseman
• Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy (SFF anthology edited by POC from 2021) edited by Joamette Gil

2022 reading challenges part 1

This year, I started tracking any book I read that met the challenge prompts.  This lead me to completed the PopSugar challenge twice!  There were many categories that I ended up having several books for.  I know there were books I read that probably could have fit into categories, but these are the ones I figured out.  Books that meet the prompt are listed below it!

2022 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Finished 1st time on 8/18/2022
Finished 2nd time on 11/13/2022

• A book published in 2022
• Love That Story by Jonathan Van Ness
• Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
• Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee
• Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
• Osmo Uknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente
• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
• A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
• The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
• A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
• Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
• Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
• A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
• Wondering Around by Meg Fleming & Richard Jones
• Mako & Tiger: Two Not-So-Friendly Sharks by Scott Rothman & Mika Song
• Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings by M.H. Clark & Anna Hurley
• The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber & JooHee Yoon
• Today I'm Strong by Nadiya Hussein & Ella Bailey
• A sapphic book
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa
• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
• Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• A book by a Latinx author
• My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capo Crucet
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
• Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
• Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
• A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
• Chirp by Kate Messner
• Crunch by Kayla Miller
• A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
• Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau
• Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari & Patrice Barton
• Dancing with Daddy by Anitra Rowe Schulte & Ziyue Chen
• Always Only You by Chloe Liese
• Solar the Polar by Kim Constantinesco & Jessica Lynn Evans
• My Must-Have Mom by Maudie Smith & Jen Khatun
• What Happened to You? by James Catchpole & Karen George
• Ali and the Sea Stars by Ali Stroker & Gillian Reid
• A book about a "found family"
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
• Obit by Victoria Chang
• Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
• A #BookTok recommendation
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• A book about the afterlife
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Osmo Uknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• A book set in the 1980s
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
• A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
• Silver Spoon #3 by Hiromu Arakawa
• A book by a Pacific Islander author
• The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel
• Huia Short Stories 7 edited by James George & Kelly Ana Morey
• Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa
• A book about witches
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?! by Sarah Escabasse
• Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
• The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
• Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain
• A romance novel by a BIPOC author
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• A book that takes place during your favorite season
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler (end of school year) by Casey McQuiston
• Apple Crush (fall/Halloween/) by Lucy Knisley 
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches (Halloween) by Kate Scelsa 
• A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
• Here's To Us (after Fresh) by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• Crafting the Body Divine (after Deaf Republic) by Yasmine Galenorn
• A book about a band or musical group
• My Riot by Rick Spears & Emmett Helen
• Muted by Tami Charles
• Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
• Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
• Anonymous Noise #1, #2, & #3 by Ryoko Fukuyama
• A book with a character on the ace spectrum
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
• A-Okay by Jarad Greene
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• A book with a recipe in it
• Dumpling Day by Meera Sriram, Inez de Anturnano, & Laurel P. Jackson
• Archie Celebrates Diwali by Mitali Benerjee Ruths & Parwinder Singh
• Kalamata's Kitchen by Sarah Thomas & Jo Kosmides Edwards
• Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
• Naturally Tan by Tan France
• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
• 1234 Cake!: A Count-and-Bake Book by Caroline Wright & Allison Oliver
• A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins & Sophie Blackall
• Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson & Will Hillenbrand
• Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story by Edward Hemingway
• ABC Pasta: An Entertaining Alphabet by Juana Medina
• Rosie the Truffle Hound by Jessie Hartland
• Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin
• Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes "the French Chef" by Alex Prud'Homme & Sarah Green
• Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & John Parra
• Carla and the Christmas Cornbread by Carla Hall & Cherise Harris
• A book you can read in one sitting
• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
• A book about a secret
• Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Alexrod & Jess Taylor
• Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
• Spy X Family #2 by Tatsuya Endo
• A book with a misleading title
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
• I Want to Be a Vase by Julio Torres & Julian Glander
• Land Shark by Beth Ferry & Ben Mantle
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
• A Hugo Award winner
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Network Effect by Martha Wells
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• A book set during a holiday
• Royal Holiday (Christmas) by Jasmine Guillory
• Binny's Diwali (Diwali) by Thrity Umrigar & Nidhi Chanani
• Apple Crush (Halloween) by Lucy Knisley
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches (Halloween) by Kate Scelsa
• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince (Christmas) by Timothy Janovsky
• A different book by an author you read in 2021
• Burnout by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
• A book with the name of a board game in the title
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• A book featuring a man-made disaster
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
• A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
• Right Where I Left You (Becky Albertalli) by Julian Winters
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler (??) by Casey McQuiston
• Kicks (Angie Thomas) by Van G. Garrett & Reggie Brown
• The Prisoner of Shiverstone (Kat Leyh) by Linette Moore
• Cosplay: A History (Martha Wells) by Andrew Liptak
• A social-horror book
• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
• A book set in Victorian times
• Changeless by Gail Carriger
• Blameless by Gail Carriger
• A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
• Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser & Brad Woodard
• Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Constellation of the Deep by Benjamin Flouw
• A book you know nothing about
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
• A book about gender identity
• Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb
• The Gender Wheel by Maya Gonzalez
• A book featuring a party
• Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
• An #OwnVoices SFF book
• Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
• Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
• A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
• Noor (Afrofuturist from 2021) by Nnedi Okorafor
• Cemetery Boys & Lost in the Never Woods (Trans/Enby Author from 2020) by Aiden Thomas
• Over the Top & Love That Story (Trans/Enby Author from 2020) by Jonathan Van Ness
• The Love Hypothesis & Love on the Brain (Woman in STEM from 2020) by Ali Hazelwood

ADVANCED

• A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
• The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
• Gallant by V.E. Schwab
• A book that features two languages
• Mi Casa Is My Home by Laurenne Sala & Zara Gonzalez Hoang
• !Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel
• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez & Gabriela Epstein
• A book with a palindromic title
• Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee
• Mem by Bethany C. Morrow
• A duology (1)
• Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
• A duology (2)
• Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
• Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
• A book about someone leading a double life
• Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Spy X Family #2 by Tatsuya Endo
• A book featuring a parallel reality
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler
• A book with two POVs
• Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• Always Only You by Chloe Liese
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown
• Private Label by Kelly Yang
• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
• Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
• The Viscount Who Loved Me (London) by Julia Quinn
• Blameless (London) by Gail Carriger
• Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)
• Invisible Man (NYC) by Ralph Ellison
• Labyrinth Lost (NYC) by Zoraida Cordova

2022 reading year in review

2022 Goodreads reading challenge goal: 1111
Total books read in 2022 (according to Goodreads): 1210
2022 Goodreads challenge completed on: 12/4/2022 

2 book challenges completed
2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge (8/18/2022 & for a second time on 11/13/2022)
2022 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge (12/28/2022)

2022 total (from this blog & my private database): 1214
By category:
631 picture books
156 youth nonfiction
153 graphic novels
71 adult fiction
66 young adult fiction
54 adult nonfiction
40 youth fiction
34 manga
8 young adult nonfiction
1 comic

My month of least reading was in September with 65 books.
My month of most reading was in March with 151 books.

For comparison:
2021
Total: 1360
751 picture books
194 youth nonfiction
146 graphic novels
73 young adult fiction
60 youth fiction
47 adult fiction
46 adult nonfiction
29 manga
7 young adult nonfiction
5 comics
2 fanfiction

2020
Total: 1199
387 picture books
156 graphic novels
142 comics
125 young adult fiction
104 manga
81 youth fiction
75 adult fiction
75 youth nonfiction
48 adult nonfiction
5 young adult nonfiction
1 magazine

books i've read december 2022

 12.2.22

• A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (A)
• Red Rising: Sons of Ares by Pierce Brown, Rik Hoskin, & Eli Powell (GN)
• Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger (GN)

12.3.22

• Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire (A)

12.4.22

• Super Saurus and the Egg by Deborah Underwood & Ned Young (PB)
• Bearnard Writes a Book by Deborah Underwood & Misa Saburi (PB)
• Lizzy and the Cloud by Terry Fan & Eric Fan (PB)
• Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman (ANF) **
• Walrus in the Bathtub by Deborah Underwood & Matt Hunt (PB)
• Bad Bye, Good Bye by Deborah Underwood & Jonathan Bean (PB)
• The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood & Hannah Marks (PB)
• Ducks! by Deborah Underwood & T.L. McBeth (PB)
• A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood & Laura Rankin (PB)
• Every Little Letter by Deborah Underwood & Joy Hwang Ruiz (PB)
• Eggasaurus by Jennifer Wagh & Hallie Bateman (PB)
• The Garden We Share by Zoe Tucker & Julianna Swaney (PB)
• Rodney Was a Tortoise by Nan Forler & Yong Ling Kang (PB)
• Color the Sky by David Elliott & Evan Turk (PB)
• A Good Place by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Wild Beings by Dorien Brouwers (PB)
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (ANF)

12.6.22

• Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (A)
• The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Y)
• Behind the Scenes!! #1 by Bisco Hatori (M)

12.7.22

• Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman (ANF)
• Anonymous Noise #1 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)

12.10.22

• Honey Blood #1 by Miko Mitsuki (M)
• No Vampire, No Happy Ending #1 by Shinya Shinya (M)
• The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature by Peter Wohlleben (ANF)
• Korgi Book Four by Christian Slade (GN)

12.11.22

• Mystery Bottle by Kristen Balouch (PB)
• I Like This, You Like That by Linda Ashman & Eve Coy (PB)
• Flowers Are Pretty...Weird! by Rosemary Mosco & Jacob Souva (YNF)
• I Am Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges & Nikkolas Smith (YNF)
• You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood by Aimee Reid & Matt Phelan (YNF)
• Good-bye, Bear by Jane Chapman (PB)
• Cinderelliott: A Scrumptious Fairytale by Mark Ceilley, Rachel Smoka-Richardson, & Stephanie Laberis (PB)
• Fungus Is Among Us! by Joy Keller & Erica Salcado (YNF)
• Oh My Gods!: A History of Belief by J.R. Becker & Marissa Napolitano (YNF)
• Our Green City by Tanya Lloyd Kyi & Colleen Larmour (YNF)
• Listen to the Language of Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley & Marie Hermansson (YNF)
• Beastars #12 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #13 by Paru Itagaki (M)

12.15.22

• Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (YA)

12.17.22

• The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae (A)

12.18.22

• Monster Trucks by Joy Keller & Misa Saburi (PB)
• Butterflies Are Pretty...Gross! by Rosemary Mosco & Jacob Souva (YNF)
• Bear's New Friend by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Super Saurus Saves Kindergarten by Deborah Underwood & Ned Young (PB)
• Join the Crow Crowd! by Elise Gravel (GN)
• If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel by Elise Gravel (ANF)
• Cosplay: A History by Andrew Liptak (ANF)
• We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Story by Simu Liu (ANF)

12.21.22

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley (A)

12.22.22

• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (YA)
• Black Boy, Black Boy by Ali Biko Sulaiman Kamanda, Jorge Redmond, & Ken Daley (YNF)
• Calling the Wind: A Story of Healing and Hope by Trudy Ludwig & Kathryn Otoshi (PB)
• Tooth Fairy in Training by Michelle Robinson & Briony May Smith (PB)
• It's Diwali! by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, & Archana Sreenivasan (YNF)
• If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over by Chris Harris & Serge Bloch (PB)
• The Truth About Mrs. Claus Meena Harris & Keisha Morris (PB)
• Witch Hazel by Molly Idle (PB)
• A Bear Far from Home by Susan Fletcher & Rebecca Green (YNF)
• Puffin by Martin Jenkins & Jenni Desmond (YNF)

12.23.22

• Spy X Family #2 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Anonymous Noise #2 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)
• Anonymous Noise #3 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Jessi's Secret Language by Ann M. Martin & Chan Chau (GN)
• Something Is Killing the Children Volume Three by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'edera, & Miquel Muerto (GN)
• The Promised Neverland #19 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

12.24.22

• P Is for Poppadoms!: An Indian Alphabet Book by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, & Hazel Ito (YNF)
• A Bear Is a Bear (Except When He's Not) by Karl Newson & Anuska Allepuz (PB)
• Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard (PB)
• Crowbar: The Smartest Bird in the World by Jean Craighead George, Luke George, Twig George, & Wendell Minor (PB)
• Ms. Marvel: Stretched Thin by Nadia Shammas & Nabi H. Ali (GN)
• Loud Mouse by Cara Mentzel, Idina Menzel, & Jaclyn Sinquett (PB)
• Neil Armstrong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christophe Jacques (YNF)
• No Vampire, No Happy Ending #2 by Shinya Shinya (M)

12.25.22

• Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (A)

12.26.22

• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky (A)
• Answers in the Pages by David Levithan (Y)
• So Much Snow by Hyunmin Park (PB)
• The Little Toymaker by Cat Min (PB)
• Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares (PB)
• Carla and the Christmas Cornbread by Carla Hall & Cherise Harris (PB)
• Ruby's Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee & Joey Chou (PB)
• No One Likes a Fart by Zoe Foster Blake & Adam Nickel (PB)
• Busy Betty by Reese Witherspoon & Xindi Yan (PB)
• A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner (PB)
• I Am I.M. Pei by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• First Words: With Cute Crocheted Friends by Lauren Epsy (PB)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Colors Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Strum & Drum: A Merry Little Quest by Jashar Awan (PB)

12.28.22

• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (ANF)
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue edited by Christie Yant (A)

12.29.22

• The Derby Daredevils: Tomoko Takes the Lead by Kit Rosewater & Sophie Escabasse (Y)

12.30.22

• Meanwhile Back on Earth...: Finding Our Place Through Time and Space by Oliver Jeffers (YNF)
• The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John & Pete Oswald (Y)
• Bearnard's Book by Deborah Underwood & Misa Saburi (PB)
• Six Crows by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Stolen Words by Melanie Florence & Gabrielle Grimard (PB)
• Haylee and Comet: A Trip Around the Sun by Deborah Marcero (GN)
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (YA)

12.31.22

• Behind the Scenes!! #2 by Bisco Hatori (M)
• Starla Jean Takes the Cake by Elana K. Arnold & A.N. Kang (Y)
• Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN by Tara Brach (ANF)
• Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex (GN)

12.22 total: 107

8 adult fiction; 9 graphic novels; 45 picture books; 9 adult nonfiction; 5 youth fiction; 12 manga; 16 youth nonfiction; 3 young adult fiction

** Book that I met my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal (of 1111) for the year with.