Books Read in 2019
2019 January—August
Following are what records I kept for 2019. I fell in and out of the habit and was very inconsistent about it. These are salvaged from text files on my computer.
A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I had not finished reading it.
January
- Armadale by Wilkie Collins (novel)
- A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab (novel)
- “The frames of comic 'freedom'” by Umberto Eco (essay)
- ⌛︎ Otome Danshi ni Koisuru Otome by Shimazaki Mujirushi (4 koma manga, 364 strips)
- Kimi Dake no Ponytail by Konayama Kata (manga, 3 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Bokura no Hentai by Fumiko Fumi (manga, 36 chapters)
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (novel, reread)
- ⌛︎ So, Do You Want To Go Out, Or? by tmfly. (manga, 1 chapter)
- EMERGENCE by ShindoLA (manga, 225 pages)
- “How to Bury A Gentile” by aerialsquid @ Tumblr (short story)
- ⌛︎ “We Went Hunting” part 1 by Natalie White (short story)
- ⌛︎ The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh (novel)
- Night by Elie Wiesel (novel, reread)
- FanFic Word Count: 546,946
Total: 4 novels, 1 essay, 2 short stories, 40 chapters + 364 4-koma strips + 225 extra pages manga, 546964 words fanfiction
February
- The Intimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (11 short stories)
- The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh (novel)
- ⌛︎ The Graveyard of Empires, chapters 9 + 10 by Natalie White (novel chapters)
- “When I See The Skylark Rise” by A. J. Hammer (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “It Is a Rare Thing the Emperor Requireth” by Wm Henry Morris (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “Famous as the Moon” by Ethan Mills (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “The Robotic Poet Reads Basho” by Stewart C Baker (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World” by A.C. Wise (short story, in Clarkesworld magazine)
- “The Quantum Epidemic” by Jetse de Vries (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “The Last Brooder” by Lucy Mihajlich (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “What To Observe For” by Matt Rowan (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- Rocannon's World by Urusla K. Le Guin (novella, reread, read outloud with partner)
- “How to make an omelette” by Tricia, write.as/tricia (short story)
- ⌛︎ Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (ongoing webcomic, backlog parts 1—4)
- Kurayami ni Strobe by Nojiko Hayakawa (completed manga, 9 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Utsusemi ni Akari by Nojiko Hayakawa (ongoing manga, 2 chapters)
- Still Sick by Akashi (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
- Endou-kun no Kansatsu Nikki by Nojiko Hayakawa (completed manga, 6 chapters)
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (novel, reread, read outloud)
- Imagined Corners by Willa Muir (novel)
- ⌛︎ Gokushufudo by Oono Kousuke (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
- “Ad-Lib” by Ben Fitton (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- “The Story of a Disappearance and a Reappearance” by M.R. James (short story)
- ⌛︎ The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (novel, 3 chapters)
- “Electric Geisha” by Duchy Man Valderá trans. Toshiya Kamei (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (novel, reread, read outloud)
- ⌛︎ Shishunki Bitter Change by Masayoshi (ongoing manga, 2 chapters)
- Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin (novella, read aloud)
- ⌛︎ Mrs. Ritchie by Willa Muir (novel)
Total: 4 novels, 2 novellas, 23 short stories, 5 ongoing novel chapters, 21 manga chapters, 1 ongoing webcomic backlog
March
- Mrs. Ritchie by Willa Muir (novel)
- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket (novel, reread, read aloud)
- ⌛︎ Hamlet by William Shakespeare (play, reread, read aloud)
- ⌛︎ The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (novel, read aloud)
- “Women in Scotland” by Willa Muir (essay)
- ⌛︎ The Semi-Attached Couple by Emily Eden (novel)
- “The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu (short story, in Lightspeed Magazine)
- “How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (short story, in Lightspeed Magazine)
- “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn (short story, in Lightspeed Magazine)
- Yuki and the Authoress by Nagori Yu (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
- Ore ga... Yuri?! by Satoru (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
- Koukando ga Agaranai by Kanan (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
- “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (reread, short story)
- “El Cantar of Rising Sun” by Sabrina Vourvoulias (short story, in Uncanny Magazine)
- “Left Behind” by Cat Rambo (short story, in Clarkesworld Magazine)
- The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures ed. by Joey Eschrich & Clark A. Miller (4 short stories, 9 essays)
- ⌛︎ Kawaii Anata by Hiyori Otsu (manga, 2 chapters)
- Mermaid Line by Renjuro Kindaichi (manga, 8 chapters)
- Hen na Neesan by Akihito Yoshitomi (manga, 12 chapters)
- Balance Policy by Akihito Yoshitomi (manga, 15 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Alcohol is for Married Couples by Crystal na Yousuke (manga, ongoing, 36 chapters)
- ⌛︎ I Am My Wife by SF Light Novels (manga, 6 chapters)
- Nozomu Nozomi by Misoka Nagatsuki (manga, 15 chapters)
- Change H anthology (manga anthology, ongoing, 19 chapters)
- My Beloved Senpai by Ryuta Amazume (manga, 1 chapter)
- ⌛︎ Saitei Megami by Ei Imura (manga, 2 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Boy Skirt by Tomohiro Shinohara (manga, 4 chapters)
- Teiji ni Agararetara by Ayu Inui (manga, 1 chapter)
- ⌛︎ Touko-san Can't Take Care of the House by Haru Harukawa (manga, ongoing, 2 chapters)
- I Decided to Fake a Marriage with My Junior to Shut My Parents Up by Naoko Kodama (manga, 3 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Beauty and the Beast Girl by Neji (manga, ongoing, 40 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Cheerful Amnesia by Oku Tamamushi (manga, ongoing, 33 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl by Canno (manga, 11 chapters)
- Winter Poem by Oku Tamamushi (manga, 1 chapter)
- Blooming Sequence by Lee Eul (manhwa, 79 chapters)
Total: 2 novels, 10 short stories, 10 essays, 293 manga/manhwa chapters
April
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (novel)
- ⌛︎ The Arthurian Smut Cycle by Soren Häxan (webcomic, ongoing, 5 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Fu-Fu by Hisanari Minamoto (manga, ongoing, 7 chapters)
- Life Outside the Circle by H-P Lehkonen (webcomic, 44 chapters)
- ⌛︎ Banquet by A. Szabla (webcomic, ongoing, 89 pages)
- ⌛︎ Altar of Pine by c. Eason (webcomic, ongoing, 93 pages)
- ⌛︎ Obelisk by Ashley McCammon (webcomic, ongoing, 80 pages)
- ⌛︎ Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi (manga, 4 volumes/36 chapters)
- The Mote in God's Eye (novel, reread)
- Goth Western by Livali (webcomic, 73 pages)
- “Foeman, Where Do You Flee?” by Ben Bova (novelette, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
- “The Thing-Of-The-Month Clubs” by John Brunner (short story, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
- ⌛︎ Acethexis by Florence Summers (webcomic, ongoing, 100 pages)
- ⌛︎ Agents of the Realm by Mildred Louis (webcomic, ongoing, 190 pages)
- ⌛︎ Shishunki Bitter Change by Masayoshi (manga, 1 chapter)
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding (novel, reread, 9 chapters)
- Moomin and the Martians by Tove Jansson (comic, 18 pages)
- Moomin and Family Life by Tove Jansson (comic, 40 pages)
- ⌛︎ The Elric Saga Part II, including The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword, and Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock (3 novels)
- ⌛︎ “Parimutuel Planet” by James Tiptree Jr. (novelette, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
Total: 3 novels, 1 novellette, 1 short story, 44 manga chapters, 49 chapters + 625 pages of webcomics, 58 pages print comics
May—August (?)
- The Elric Saga Part II (3 novels)
- ⌛︎ Cross Channel by Flying Shine (visual novel)
- The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson (novel)
- Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson (novel)
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (novel, aloud, chapters)
- “Parimutuel Planet” by James Tiptree Jr. (novelette, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
- “The Thing-Of-The-Month Clubs” by John Brunner (reread, aloud, short story, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
- Heat Stroke by Christee Henry (poetry collection)
Total: 6 novels, 1 novellette, 1 short story, 1 poetry collection
2019 Total, for recorded months:
- 19 novels
- 5 novel chapters
- 2 novellas
- 2 novellettes
- 37 short stories
- 11 essays
- 1 poetry collection
- 398 chapters, +364 4-koma strips, +225 stray pages, of manga/manhwa
- 49 chapters, +625 pages of webcomics
- 58 pages print comics