I had a terrible reading slump for the last three months of 2022. It may be hard to tell because I still posted, but a lot of the later posts were books read in August/September. I’m just such a prolific reader that I can still post for a while even if I’m not reading. It did catch up with me eventually though. All that being said, I’m hoping to have a super chill 2023 reading year. I’ve basically completely stopped asking for ARCs from Netgalley and I’m going to keep my goals here really relaxed an aim to only post on Saturdays for the time being. At least until my reading gets back up to where I want it to be. Anyways, goals!

Standing Challenges (aka the challenges that will most likely be on the list every year):

1. Book by a Native/First Nations/ Indigenous Author: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
2. Banned Book: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini/ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
3. Participate in the Asian Read-a-thon
4. Participate in Blackathon
5. Neurodiverse Read: The Mini ADHD Coach by Alice Gendron

2023 Specific Challenges:

Finish/Continue Series (In no particular order):

1. Heavenly Tyrant (2023)– Release date pushed to 2024
2. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017)
3. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (2020) – Series DNF
4. Ship Wrecked (2022)
5. Wrath of the Talon (2023) – Release date pushed to 2024
6. The Sea of Monsters (2006)
7. Amari and the Great Game (2022)
8. Jade War (2019)
9. The Red Threads of Fortune (2017)
10. The Mirrored Heavens (2023) – Release date pushed to 2024

Prompts:

1. Start a New Series: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
2. A book that I own, but haven’t read: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3. Bestie Recommendation: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
4. Recommended by My Mother: What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
5. Author Discovered in an Anthology: A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson
6. 450+ pages: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree
7. 2022 Carryover: Babel by R.F. Kuang
8. New Folktale/Fairytale: Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz
9. A book by an author whose work I enjoyed in the past: Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood
10. A book by an author whose work I didn’t enjoy in the past: Wolfsong by T.J. Klune
11. Nonfiction: Bad Gays by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller
12. Reread a book that was never reviewed: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
13. Plants on the Cover: Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser
14. Hugo Award Winner/Nominee: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
15. Revisit a 2021 Author: The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

Read Around the World:

Africa:

Nigeria: The Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams

South Africa: Mine Mine Mine by Uhuru Portia Phalafala

Zimbabwe: Avenues by Train by Farai Mudzingwa

Asia:

Afghanistan: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

China: Ghost Music by An Yu

India: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree

Japan: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Japan: Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

Korea, South: Greek Lessons by Han Kang

Nepal: The Woman Who Climbed Trees by Smriti Ravindra

Europe:

Denmark: First Comes Summer by Maria Hesselager

Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania: Amber & Rye by Zuza Zak

Finland/Sweden/Norway/Iceland/Denmark/ The Faroe Islands: Nordic Visions edited by Margrét Helgadóttir

Poland: Slavic Kitchen Alchemy by Zuza Zak

U.K.: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Oceania:

Australia: Day Boy by Trent Jamieson

Australia: Others Were Emeralds by Lang Leav

North America:

Canada: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

United States: The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones

United States: Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole

United States: Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

United States: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

South America:

Argentina: Eartheater by Dolores Reyes

Ecuador: Crude: A Memoir by Pablo Fajardo and Sophie Tardy-Joubert

Happy Reading!