150 Books in 2019

Well, that escalated quickly.

After reading 126 books in 2017, I ended up reading 153 books in 2018, shattering my reading goals two years in a row. (And that doesn’t even count all the manuscripts I read for my day job at Lanternfish Press.)

With that in mind, I decided to set a goal for 150 books in 2019, a goal I think I can easily meet based on my reading habits of the past few years.

In 2018, I read #3 nonfiction books and %3 book in genres I don’t typically read, meaning I didn’t meet my goal of #7 nonfiction and %5 in other genres. This year, I’ll aim to read #7 nonfiction and %5 books in genres I don’t usually read (not counting nonfiction, of course) to see if I can hit my goals this year. I’ll also be participating in the Long Distance Reading Challenge created by my friend Amber, who works at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC.

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You can find a record of my side of the challenge on my Instagram account–I’ll be keeping highlights in my Instagram Stories.

Let me know what your 2019 reading goals are in the comments!

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[January] Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
The Girl King (ARC) by Mimi Yu
Echo North (ARC) by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Dragon Pearl (ARC) by Yoon Ha Lee
One Week Friends, Vol. 1 by Matcha Hazuki
One Week Friends, Vol. 2 by Matcha Hazuki
The Calculating Stars* by Mary Robinette Kowal (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer, Vol. 3 by Magica Quartet and Mura Kuroe
The Cerulean (ARC) by Amy Ewing
So I’m a Spider, So What? (light novel) Vol. 1 by Okina Baba
[February] * Monstress, Vol. 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Monstress, Vol. 2 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Monstress, Vol. 3 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
Crown of Feathers (ARC) by Nicki Pau Preto
Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer, Vol. 4 by Magica Quartet and Mura Kuroe
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang
Say I Love You., Vol. 1 by Kanae Hazuki
Say I Love You., Vol. 2 by Kanae Hazuki
Everfair* by Nisi Shawl (Girls in Capes Book Club)
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
[March] Riverland (ARC) by Fran Wilde
Inuyasha, Vol. 53 by Rumiko Takahashi
Inuyasha, Vol. 54 by Rumiko Takahashi
Inuyasha, Vol. 56 by Rumiko Takahashi
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 1 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 2 by Izumi Tsubaki
The Life of Captain Marvel by Margaret Stohl (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
% Unmarriageable* by Soniah Kamal
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 3 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 4 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 5 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 6 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 7 by Izumi Tsubaki
# The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Sisi, Empress on Her Own [AUDIO] by Allison Pataki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 8 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 9 by Izumi Tsubaki
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 10 by Izumi Tsubaki
Because of Miss Bridgerton [AUDIO] by Julia Quinn
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
The Lady Most Likely… by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway
The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James
Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James
Enchanting Pleasures by Eloisa James
Much Ado About You by Eloisa James
Someone to Love by Mary Balogh
[April] Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh
Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh
Man-Eaters, Vol. 1 by Chelsea Cain & Kate Niemczyk (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
Your Wicked Ways by Eloisa James
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Someone to Care by Mary Blaogh
Born to be Wilde by Eloisa James
An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, and Mia Ryan
Longbourne [AUDIO] by Jo Baker
Lady Whistledown Strikes Back by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, and Mia Ryan
Four Nights with the Duke by Eloisa James
In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks
Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks
Talk of the Ton by Eloisa James, Julia London, Rebecca Hagan Lee, and Jaqueline Navin
A Kiss at Midnight [AUDIO] by Eloisa James
Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks
Colters’ Woman by Maya Banks
Colters’ Lady by Maya Banks
[May] Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
When Beauty Tamed the Beast [AUDIO] by Eloisa James
The Duke’s Disaster by Grace Burrowes
Tremaine’s True Love by Grace Burrowes
% A Case of Bier by Mary Daheim
Kiss Me, Annabel by Eloisa James
The Taming of the Duke by Eloisa James
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao (Girls in Capes Book Club)
The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Carey Pietsch
The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red* by Martha Wells
Seven Blades in Black (ARC) by Sam Sykes
The Tempting of Thomas Carrick [AUDIO] by Stephanie Laurens
Teeth in the Mist (ARC) by Dawn Kurtagich
Ranma 1/2 #1-2 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #3-4 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #5-6 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #7-8 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #9-10 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #11-12 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #13-14 by Rumiko Takahashi
[June] It Happened One Night by Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D’Alessandro, and Candice Hern
It Happened One Season by Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D’Alessandro, and Candice Hern
My Brother’s Husband, Vol. 1 by Gengoroh Tagame (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
Pleasure for Pleasure by Eloisa James
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
# Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune [AUDIO] by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
The Countess by Lyndsay Sands
The Heiress by Lyndsay Sands
Knight of My Dreams by Lyndsay Sands
The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
Heartwood Box (ARC) by Ann Aguirre
The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso
[July] In the Woods (ARC) by Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Valentine De Landro (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Jade War (ARC) by Fonda Lee
[August] Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (second reading) (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Gods of Jade and Shadow (ARC) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Brimstone Angels by Erin M. Evans
Bury the Lede (ARC) by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe
Ladycastle by Delilah S. Dawson, illustrated by Ashley A. Woods and Becca Farrow
The Tea Dragon Festival (ARC) by Katie O’Neill
Mer by Joelle Sellner and Abby Boeh
Lesser Evils by Erin M. Evans
The Adversary by Erin M. Evans
Markswoman* by Rati Mehrotra (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Mahimata* by Rati Mehrotra
[September] Foxfire, Wolfskin and other Stories of Shapeshifting Women (ARC) by Sharon Blackie
Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Saga, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 by Kohei Horikoshi
Zero Sum Game* by S.L. Huang (second reading) (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Null Set* by S.L. Huang
The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono
Rebel (ARC) by Marie Lu
Bloodleaf (ARC) by Crystal Smith
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 1 by Chika Tojo
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 2 by Chika Tojo
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 3 by Chika Tojo
[October] BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
[November] Ladycastle (reread) by Delilah S. Dawson, illustrated by Ashley A. Woods and Becca Farrow (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
Feed by Mira Grant (Girls in Capes Monthly Book Club)
Escaping Exodus (ARC) by Nicky Drayden
The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
[December] Parable of the Sower* by Octavia Butler (Amalgam Monthly Book Club)
A Memory Called Empire (ARC) by Arkady Martine
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emerys (Girls in Capes Book Club)
Monster Portraits by Del Samatar and Sofia Samatar
Ranma 1/2 #1-2 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #3-4 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #5-6 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #7-8 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #9-10 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #11-12 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #13-14 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #15-16 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #17-18 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #19-20 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #21-22 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #23-24 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #25-26 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #27-28 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #29-30 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #31-32 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #33-34 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #35-36 by Rumiko Takahashi
Ranma 1/2 #37-38 by Rumiko Takahashi