2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Ups and downs last year, but kicked it in reading (what else was there to do ;)

Aiming for 104 - 2 books a week - and maybe completing NaNoWriMo this year


Failed NaNoWriMo - but busted out 159 books!!!

January - 22 books

1. The Once and Future Witches
2. Plunge
3. The Only Good Indians
4. Heart of Junk
5. Hearts of Oak
6. The Dollhouse Family
7. Are You Afraid of the Light?
8. Nat Enough
9. Forget Me Nat
10. Fangs
11. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
12. Snapdragon
13. Dungeon Critters
14. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
15. Short & Skinny
16. Lint Boy
17. She Rides Shotgun
18. Malamander
19. The Binding
20. The Afterlife of Holly Chase
21. Separation Anxiety
22. Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac

DNF: Recipe for a Perfect Wife, A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem, The Ickabog

February - 8 books

23. The Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your People
24. Ring Shout
25. The Midnight Library
26. A Little Hatred
27. The Light Fantastic
28. Black Magick, Vol. 1: Awakening, Part One
29. Thirsty Mermaids
30. Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade

March - 13 books

31. Machine
32. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
33. Rat Rule 79: An Adventure
34. The Devil and the Dark Water
35. Folklords
36. The Arrest
37. WolfWalkers: The Graphic Novel
38. Black Sun
39. Catherine House
40. Sheets
41. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
42. The Witch's Heart

April - 13 books

43. Elatsoe
44. The Midnight Bargain
45. The Ballad of Black Tom
46. The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
47. The Mystery of the Moon Tower
48. BrokenThe Night Circus
49. The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry
50. Slough House
51. Later
52. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
53. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 2: Lust for Life

DNF: The Dictionary of Lost WordsThe Death of Vivek OjiThe Lost ApothecaryProcessed CheeseA Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

May - 12 books



54. Haunted Legends
55. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard
56. Persephone Station
57. The Frozen Thames
58. The Crims
59. What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly
60. The Best of Michael Marshall Smith
61. The Book of Dragons
62. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian
63. The Postscript Murders
64. Project Hail Mary
65. An Easy Death

DNF: Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery. Year of Yes, I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, The Unbroken, The Liar's Dictionary, The Wife Upstairs

June - 14 books

66. We Could Be Heroes
67. Witches of Brooklyn:
68. Fortune
69. Primer
70. A Tip for the Hangman
71. Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men
72. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
73. Cursed: A Wish is a Terrible Thing
74. Lucifer, Vol. 2: The Divine Tragedy
75. House of Whispers, Vol. 2: Ananse
76. The Bone Maker
77. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum, Transmetropolitan, Vol. 5: Lonely City

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July - 7 books

78. Catfishing on CatNet
79. Imagine Wanting Only This
80. Katie the Catsitter
81. Daybreak
82. The Old Guard, Vol. 1: Opening Fire
83. Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business
84. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 6: Gouge Away, Transmetropolitan, Vol. 7: Spider's Thrash, Transmetropolitan, Vol. 8: Dirge, Transmetropolitan, Vol. 9: The Cure

August - 12 books

85. The First Day of Spring
86. The Other Black Girl
87. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
88. The Final Girl Support Group
89. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
90. The Grandmother Plot
91. Magic for Unlucky Girls
92. Questland
93. Rabbits
94. Transmetropolitan
95. Die, Vol. 2: Split the Party
96. [audio] Neverwhere

**Apparently no longer allowed to link images, so no more pics of my book logs :((

September - 14 books

Who Is AC?
Shark Summer
Billy Summers
Heist: Or How To Steal A Planet
She Who Became the Sun
Black Water Sister
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
The Reading List
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
Dial A for Aunties
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor
The Legend of Auntie Po
Bubble

DNF: Popisho, Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Victories Greater Than Death, Razorblade Tears, The Kingdom of Liars, We Have Always Been Here

October - 13 books

Runner
The House With Chicken Legs
Here There Be Gerblins
Once & Future, Vol. 1: The King is Undead
The Trees
The Dreaming, Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations
The Okay Witch
These Toxic Things
Poison for Breakfast
Once & Future, Vol. 2: Old English
Inkblot #1
Love and Theft
Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1

DNF: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations, Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Notes from the Burning Age, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer, The Last Policeman, Harrow Lake, Among Thieves

November - 13 books

A Good Day for Chardonnay
The Zig Zag Girl
The Last Book You'll Ever Read #1
Eat Your Heart Out
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
Courage - *Kane
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 2
The Unkindness of Ravens
A Master of Djinn
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
Pretty Girls
Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon
Prince of Thorns

DNF: Nophek Gloss
Bandette Volume 2: Stealers, Keepers!
A Boy and A Bear in a Boat
101 Places Not to See Before You Die
Harlem Shuffle

December - 23 books

Huda F Are You?
The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
The Goon, Volume 0: Rough Stuff
The Trouble With Peace
Hawkeye, Volume 2: Little Hits
Strategy - *Kane
Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye & the Winter Soldier
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor
Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense Eventually
Heartstopper: Minha pessoa favorita
We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Vol. 1: The Seeker
Just Pretend
King of Thorns
Ever After
The Starless Sea
Retreat - *Kane
Chunky
Heartstopper: Volume Three
Hawkeye, Volume 3: L.A. Woman
Long Distance

DNF: My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Beasts of Prey, Strange Beasts of China