End of the year panicking begins y’all! I am still behind on some of my challenges, so I tried to go hard in November. I had a good reading month, and my choices were also to my liking, so yeah it was a great month for reading!
I read a total of 31 books this month – 18 full-length novels, 2 omnibus manga volumes, 1 novella and 10 manga volumes! I just need to read 29 more books in December to make it to 365 books this year!
Ah-mazing!
Pretty good
Try it out, maybe?
Reread
And now, onto the yearly challenges:
Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge
Progress: 107/100 books
Whoo this one’s done!
Status: completed!!!
Contemporary Romance reading challenge
Progress: 53/21+ books (Grand Slam)
All queer romances this month!
Status: challenge complete!
AtoZ reading challenge
Progress: 22/26 books
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X Y Z
Nothing this month either
Status: PANIC MODE because I just realized I don’t have any ‘X’ books on my to-read lists!
Cloak and Dagger challenge
Progress: 32/35 books
Status: 3 books to go!!!!!
New Release challenge
Progress: 173/200 books
Status: 27 books to go!!! Looks like I better read ONLY 2019 releases this month!
Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading challenge
Progress: 219/100 galleys
Status: Challenge complete!
2019 Debut author challenge
Progress: 21/24 debuts
Nothing this month
Status: 3 more debuts needed!
Audiobook challenge
Progress: 37/50 audiobooks
Status: 13 more audiobooks needed!
Monthly Keyword Challenge
Progress: 8/12 keywords
– Dream – Mother – Day – Ghost – Witch
Dystopia Reading Challenge
Progress: 30/16 books
Status: Challenge complete!
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
Progress: 36/25 books (Ancient History)
The Silence of Bones is set in 1800’s Korea, and Behemoth & Goliath are alternate history WWI.
Status: challenge complete!
Retellings Reading Challenge
Progress: 29/25 retellings (Fairest of them All)
The Guinevere Deception is a retelling of Arturian legends, Behemoth and Goliath are retellings of WWI, Rg Veda Vol 3 (Omnibus) is a retelling of Rig Veda.
Space Time Reading Challenge
Progress: 14/20 books
Series to Finish Challenge
Progress: 20/24 series (6/12 new + 14/12 old)
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Status: 4 more new series to complete!
Year of the Asian Reading Challenge
Progress: 33/51 books
The Silence of Bones is written by a Korean diaspora author, and is set in 1800’s Korea.
Status: PANIC MODE
Besides these year-long challenges, I also had three reading challenges.
NaNoReadMo19 (Nov 1-30)
My goal was to read 10k pages, and I did 10, 146 pages!
Remember November (Nov 1-30)
I had intended to read 5 books from previous readathons throughout the year, but got to only 2.
ICYMI
TTT: Books That Give Off Autumn Vibes
TTT: Things I Bookmark
TTT: Changes in my Reading Life
TTT: Books I was glad to read this year
Book Blogger Hop: Nov 1-7
Book Blogger Hop: Nov 8-14
Book Blogger Hop: Nov 15-21
Book Blogger Hop: Nov 22-28
Stacking the Shelves #81
Stacking the Shelves #82
Stacking the Shelves #83
Stacking the Shelves #84
On the Pod this week #45
On the Pod this week #46
On the Pod this week #47
On the Pod this week #48
Other news
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- Did you see my artwork for Song of the Crimson Flower?! Check out the full version in the post!
- Stand by for wrap-ups for the year-long challenges and me deciding which ones to do next year!!
How was your November?
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