December Book Tally and 2017 book goal wrap up

Rat Queens vol 4 by Kurtis J Wiebe
Quick & Easy Korean Cooking by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Cook Korean! by Robin Ha
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
Bull Trout's Gift by Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Rabbit's Snow Dance by James Bruchac
Secret of the Dance by Andrea Spalding
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Deadpool vol 7 by Brian Posehn
Something New by Lucy Knisley
Pretty Good Number One by Matthew Amster-Burton
Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy by Alessandro Ferrari
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales by James Bruchac
Take a Walk by Sue Miller Hacking

I tried so hard to meet my Goodreads goal. I read more books in December than I read in any other month. And I still didn't meet it. #bummer

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 3 (Cook Korean, Pretty Good Number One, and Quick & Easy Korean Cooking)  YTD: 9

What's In A Name: 1 (Rebel Rising) YTD: 2

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 93

2017 Book Goals Tally

-Participate in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge.

I did but only read five. Challenge not completed.

-Participate in Foodies Read Challenge.

I successfully completed this challenge!

-Participate in What's In A Name Challenge.

I only completed 2 categories. Challenge not complete.

-Read 125 books.

I amended it to 100 part way through the year and still didn't complete it.

November Book Tally

Rebel Rising by Beth Revis
The Gender Game by Bella Forrest
Deadpool: The World's Greatest by Gerry Duggan
How To Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind by Dana K White
Sara Moulton's Home Cooking 101 by Sara Moulton
Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade by Trinka Hakes Noble
All of A Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg

I made more of an effort to read. I'm going to try to get to a 100 so I see a lot of short books in December.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 1 (Sara Moulton Home Cooking) YTD: 6

What's In A Name: 1 (Rebel Rising) YTD: 2

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 79

October Book Tally

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy
Be True To Me by Adele Griffin
While The Duke was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan


So busy, almost no time for reading! Between D&D and knitting, reading really has taken a back seat. My friend told me I read like a normal person now. I want to read more, just hard to find the time!

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 0 (none this month) YTD: 5

What's In A Name: 0 (None This Month) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 71

September Book Update

Aquaman: The Trench vol 1 by Geoff Johns
Bliss by Lynsay Sands
Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker

Probably my worse month yet. I've been in a reading mood but not enough hours in the day. Hoping to get more reading in this month.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 1 (Cork Dork) YTD: 5

What's In A Name: 0 (None This Month) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 66

August Book Tally

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins
Brave by Svetlana Chmaova
No Bad Dogs by Barbara Woodhouse
Do You Want To Start A Scandal? by Tessa Dare

Another dismal month. Good books, just not a lot of reading time. September is just as busy so I doubt I'll read more.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 0 (None this month) YTD: 4

What's In A Name: 0 (None This Month) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total:63

July Book Tally

Afar by Lelia Del Duca
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Always and Forever, Love Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Love, Ish by Karen Rivers
Loom Knitting Primer by Isela Phelps
Revival vol 6 by Tim Seeley
This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Still really slow on reading. August is a really busy month so I hope I get some reading in.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 0 (None this month) YTD: 4

What's In A Name: 0 (None This Month) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 59

June Book Tally

The Comic Book Story of Beer by Jonathan Hennessey
A Meatloaf in Every Oven by Frank Bruni and Jennifer Steinhauer
The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Wonder Woman vol 2 by Greg Rucka
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

My knitting really got in the way of my reading. I'm thinking about doing audio books again. I have to start making some more progress on these challenges.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 2 (The Comic Book Story of Beer & A Meatloaf in Every Oven) YTD: 4

What's In A Name: 0 (None This Month) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 52

May Book Tally

My Fair Duchess by Megan Frampton
Revival vol 5 by Tim Seeley
Shirley Jackson's The Lottery: The Authorized Graphic Adaption by Miles Hyman
What I Hate by Roz Chast
An Age of License by Lucy Knisley
Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill
One Trick Pony by Nathan Hale

Lots of graphic novels this month. I started lots of other books but didn't finish them. Either they had to be returned before I could finish them or they didn't catch my attention.


Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 0 (None this month) YTD: 2

What's In A Name: 0 (None This Month) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 0 (None This month) YTD: 5

Total: 46

April Book Tally

Revival vol 3 by Tim Seeley
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
Under Rose Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
Revival vol 4 by Tim Seeley
Devil In Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Nightwing vol 1 bu Tim Seeley
Wonder Woman vol 1 by Greg Rucka
The Party After You Left by Roz Chast
Ghosts by Raina Telgmeier
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn


A good month over all. I did participate in the Readathon for a little bit. I hope that I can participate the whole day in October. I've been having some little slumps but I hope that by the end of May I'm back to normal in my reading.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 0 (None this month) YTD: 2

What's In A Name: 1 (Heroine Complex) YTD: 1

Read Harder: 2 (Ghosts and A Manual For Cleaning Women) YTD: 5

Total: 39

March Book Tally

Books for Living by Will Schwalbe
Big Bad Breakfast by John Currance
Wrinkles by Paco Roca
Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan
Revival vol 1 by Tim Seeley
Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Creamy & Crunchy by Jon Krampner
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Black Panther vol 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Revival vol 2 by Tim Seeley
Displacement by Lucy Knisley
Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia by Greg Rucka
Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes

I read a lot of graphic novels this month. Catching up to my Goodreads goal, only 2 books behind now.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 1 (Creamy & Crunchy) YTD: 2

What's In A Name: 0 (none this month) YTD: 0

Read Harder: 2 (Books for Living and Just Juliet) YTD: 3

Total: 29

February Book Tally

The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Pancakes in Paris by Craig Carlson
You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
Lost In NYC by Nadja Spiegelman
Paper Girls vol 2 by Brian K Vaughan
Carrie by Stephen King
Jessica Jones vol 2 by Brian Michael Bendis
Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel by Anya Ulinich

Much more productive month. A lot of good reads this month. Feeling like I'm back on track. Plus I got one read towards the Foodies Read challenge. I really want to finish that challenge this year.

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 1 (Pancakes In Paris) YTD: 1

What's In A Name: 0 (none this month) YTD: 0

Read Harder: 1 (The Mothers) YTD: 1

Total: 15

January 2017 Book Tally

The Infamous Heir by Elizabeth Michaels
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Rose & Thorn by Sarah Prineas
What Happens Under The Mistletoe by Sabrina Jefferies

Such a dismal month! I've been slumping hard. I've been having difficulty reading. Nothing interests me. I hope this turns around soon!

Book Stats:

Foodies Read: 0 (none this month) YTD: 0

What's In A Name: 0 (none this month) YTD: 0

Read Harder: 0 (none this month) YTD: 0

Total: 5