Readings Challenges 2022 (Results!)

Reading Challenges 2022 - Wrap Up

This year I did a book/page goal and also some challenges set out by The StoryGraph. I reached all my goals this year! whoo!

Goals
166/150 books
50025/50000 pages (cutting it close!)

Challenges

The StoryGraph's Onboarding Reading Challenge 2022

6/6 Prompts filled!

1. Read a book which fits all of the criteria from your reading profile
Blackfish City by Sam J Miller

2. Read a book from the Five-Star section of someone from Similar Users
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

3. Read a random pick
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

4. Read a book from your 7th most-read genre in your All Time stats
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

5. Read a book on your TBR by one of your most-featured authors
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

6. Read a book from the Popular This Week page
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The StoryGraph's Genre Challenge 2022

10/10 Prompts Filled!

1. A romance novel by a Black author
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

2. An essay collection by a new-to-you author
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathilo

3. A classic by an author of colour
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

4. A memoir or autobiography by a trans/non-binary author
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer

5. A play published after 1980
Kim's Convenience by Ins Choi

6. A non-fiction book about nature
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (yes I doubled up)

7. A cosy mystery novel
Black Rock Bay by Brianna Labuskes

8. A true crime book by a woman
My Mother, a Serial Killer by Hazel Baron and Janet Fife-Yeomans

9. A contemporary or literary fiction novel by an Indigenous author
Starlight by Richard Wagamese

10. A non-fiction book about politics outside your home country
The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Genocide by Azeen Ibrahim

The StoryGraph Reads the World 2022

10/10 prompts filled!

1. Brazil
Nowhere People by Paulo Scott

2. Haiti
Love, Anger, Madness: a Haitian Triptych by Marie Vieux-Chauvet

3. India
The Devourers by Indra Das

4. New Zealand
Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

5. Palestine
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

6. Russia (Swapped for Ukraine in light of current events)
Daughters of the Resistance by Lana Kortchik

7. South Korea
The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong

8. Turkey
Snow by Orhan Pamuk

9. Vietnam
Dragonfish by Vu Tran

10. Zimbabwe
Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah

And that's it! I hit all my goals and finished all my challenges! :D

2022 Year End Report!

2022 Year in Review

Writing Stats

I only started writing in October but I'm pretty happy with how much I've gotten done since then.

Words Written: 112857

Fics Worked On: 33

Fics Posted: 32

Shortest Fic: Language Lessons (193 words)

Longest Fic: The Doctor, the Hag, and the AU, or, Bones and the Hallmark Christmas Movie Curse (21977 words)

Fandoms Written For:

• Star Trek (32)
• Star Trek TOS (29)
• Star Trek AOS (3)
• 2001: a Space Odyssey¹ (1)
• Buzzfeed Unsolved¹ (1)

¹Crossover only

Events Participated In:

• Fictober22
• NaNoWriMo

2023 Plans

• Vulcans are Cats Bing Bang
• If you do the math you know I have a 60k draft hanging around, so hopefully you'll be seeing that this year!
• ???
• Prosper

I wish you all a happy 2023!

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