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Reading Goals 2022:
- 150 books (135/135) ✅
- Read at least 20 books in Spanish (18/20)
- Read a nonfiction book
- Read 5 classics (5/5) ✅
- Read a poetry book

Series/ duologies I need to finish:
• Truly Devious ✅
• Infernal Devices ✅
• Stalking Jack the Ripper ✅
• Raven Cycle
• Aurora Cycle
• Mortal Instruments
• Sands of Arawiya
• Dance of Thieves
• Gumiho
• The Merciful Crow

📚- buddy reads

January books
Read : 13

- The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori - 3⭐️
- The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary - 3⭐️
- Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalo - 2⭐
- Kulti by Mariana Zapata- 5⭐
- The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori - 4⭐
- The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson - 4⭐
- Not Here to be Liked by Michelle Quach - 2⭐
- Princesa Mecánica (Clockwork Princess) by Cassandra Clare - 5⭐
- Antes de Diciembre by Joana Marcús - 2⭐
- Pretty Reckless by L.J Shen - 2⭐
- The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson - 4⭐
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymus - 2⭐
- Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft - 4⭐📚

Average pages: 410
Average rating: 3.2
Best: Kulti, The Vanishing Stair, Princesa Mecánica
Worst: Escaping from Houdini, Not Here to be Liked, Antes de Diciembre, Pretty Reckless

January comments:
- this reading month wasn't the best, I read many books that I didn't like (had to push through them)
- I finished my favorite trilogy of all time (Infernal Devices) and cried and laughed so at least there's that
- Met one of my favorite characters ever (Cecy I LOVE YOU)
- I also think I found my favorite romance of the year!! (It's probably really soon to say this, but who cares?)

February books
Read : 11

- Addicted to You by Krista and Becca Ritchie - 3⭐
- Asesinato en el Orient Express by Agatha Christie - 5⭐
- The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen - 4⭐
- From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata - 5⭐
- To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise - 1⭐📚
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - 3⭐📚
- The Chase by Elle Kennedy - 3⭐
- Skyward by Brandon Sanderson - 5⭐
- The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman- 4⭐
- Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco - 4⭐
- The Darkest Temptation by Danielle Lori - 3⭐

Average pages: 394
Average rating: 3.7
Best: From Lukov with Love, Asesinato en el Orient Express, Skyward
Worst: To Love Jason Thorn

Februrary comments:
- I didn't read much, but the books I read I mostly really liked
- I got to fall back in love with science fiction
- Read one of my favorite contemporary romances of all time (From Lukov with Love)
- I read and loved an Agatha Christie book

March books
Read : 11

- La Vida Invisible de Addie LaRue by VE Schwab - 5⭐
- Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake - 3⭐
- Blue Lily Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - 4⭐
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - 4⭐
- Vox by Christina Dalcher - 2⭐📚
- Normal People by Sally Rooney - 3⭐📚
- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - 2⭐
- Mindfuck series by S.T. Abby (5 books) - 3.5⭐
- The Risk by Elle Kennedy - 4⭐
- Throttled by Lauren Asher - 4⭐
- The Fine Print by Lauren Asher- 2⭐

Average pages: 460
Average rating: 3.65
Best: La Vida Invisible de Addie LaRue
Worst: City of Fallen Angels, The Fine Print

March comments:
- Read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and haven't been able to stop thinking about it
- Read a lot of romance to get me out of my reading slump
- Continued with TMI!!! let's see if I can finally finish it
- Slow reading month overall

April books
Read: 10

- Skyhunter by Marie Lu - 4⭐️
- You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle- 5⭐️
- The Roommate by Rosie Danan - 1⭐️
- City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - 4⭐️
- If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich - 5⭐️
- Wings of Ebony by J. Elle - 3⭐️
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor J. Reid - 5⭐️
- Dead Poets Society by N H Kleinbaum - 3⭐️
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon- 2⭐️

Rereads:
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 4⭐️

Average pages: 368
Average rating: 3.6
Best: You Deserve Each Other, If This Gets Out, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Worst: The Roommate, The Sun is Also a Star

April comments:
- I rated THREE books 5⭐ which is absolutely amazing
- Didn't read much but I enjoyed it
- Got to revisit a middle school favorite

May books
Read: 12

- Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White - 4⭐
- Inheritance by Katharine McGee (novella) - 3⭐📚
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey - 2⭐
- Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood - 2⭐📚
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry - 5⭐
- Anhelo by Tracy Wolff - 3.5⭐️
- The Play by Elle Kennedy - 4⭐️
- Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalo - 3⭐
- Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag - 3⭐
- Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan - 4⭐

Rereads:
- The Summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han - 3⭐
- It's not summer without you by Jenny Han - 3.5⭐

Average pages: 329
Average rating: 3,3
Best: Book Lovers, Some Girls Do
Worst: It Happened One Summer, Under One Roof

May comments:
- Got an arc for what became one of my favorite romances EVER
- Reread one of my favorite middle school series (didn't love it as much, but I'm still Team Conrad)
- Read some sapphic romances that I had wanted to read for a while
- Finished the Stalking Jack the Ripper series!

June books
Read: 11

- Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei - 4.5⭐
- Spy x Family Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo - 3⭐
-My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth - 5⭐
- Ricochet by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie - 3⭐
- The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi - 3 ⭐
- I Kissed Sarah Wheeler by Casey McQuiston - 2⭐
- El Candor del Padre Brown by G. K. Chesterton - 2⭐
- The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther - 4⭐
- Rivals by Katherine McGee - 4⭐
- One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle - 2⭐

Rereads
- We'll always have summer by Jenny Han - 3⭐

Average pages: 296
Average rating: 3.2
Best: Icebreaker, My Mechanical Romance.
Worst: El Candor del Padre Brown, One Italian Summer, I Kissed Sarah Wheeler

June comments:
- Went on a trip so didn't have as much time to read as I thought
- Read one of my favorite lgbtq+ romance books ever, which I totally recommend (Icebreaker)


MID-YEAR:
-Books read: 68
-Best books so far: Kulti, Mechanical Princess, From Lukov with Love, Skyward, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, You Deserve Each Other, If This Gets Out, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and Book Lovers
-Newest Release I haven’t read yet, but want to: Gallant ✅, Book of the Night, and Hotel Magnifique
-Most anticipated releases: Foul Lady Fortune, It Starts with Us, The Final Gambit, The American Roommate Experiment, and Love on the Brain ✅
-Biggest Disappointment: the Gilded Wolves, It Happened One Summer, The Fine Print, To Love Jason Thorn, The Roommate, Not Here to be Liked, and Escaping from Houdini
-Biggest surprise: City of Lost Souls and Rivals
-New fictional crushes: Ivan Lukov, Kulti, Charlie Lastra, and Jake Connelly
-New favorite characters: Brenna, Nora Stephens, Addie LaRue, Evelyn Hugo, and Spensa
-Most read authors: S.T Abby (5)

July books
Read: 14

- Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood - 3⭐️
- Every Summer After by Carley Fortune - 4⭐️
- A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey - 4⭐
- The Infinity Between Us by N.S. Perkins - 3⭐
- Collided by Lauren Usher - 3⭐
- A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan - 3⭐
- A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime by Monica Murphy - 2⭐
- La Paciente Silenciosa by Alex Michaelides - 5⭐
- Meet Me Halfway by Lilian T. James - 2⭐
- The Kingdom of Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco - 3⭐
- From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 4⭐
- The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh - 3⭐
- They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso (arc) - 3⭐
- Arrivederci, amor by Susana Rubio - 4⭐

Average pages: 403
Average rating: 3.28
Best: La Paciente Silenciosa
Worst: A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime, Meet Me Halfway.

July comments:
- Read a lot even though I went on vacation
- Overall not a bad reading month
- Read a lot of romance and kinda got back into fantasy
- Read some books in Spanish :)

August books
Read: 14

- Tengo un Whatsapp by Susana Rubio - 1.5⭐
- Death by Society by Sierra Elmore (arc) - 2⭐️
- The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe - 4⭐️
- Lore Olympus: season 2 by Rachel Smythe - 3⭐
- A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 3⭐
- Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan - 2⭐
- Ciao, bonita by Susana Rubio - 3⭐
- Starsight by Brandon Sanderson - 4⭐
- Gallant by V.E. Schwab - 2⭐
- You'll be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus - 4⭐
- The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 3⭐📚

Re-reads:
- ¡Un año fuera de casa! by Ana Punset - 3⭐
- Sueños en la gran manzana by Ana Punset - 2⭐
- Desayuno en Central Park by Ana Punset - 2⭐

Average pages: 372
Average rating: 2,7
Best: The Girls I've Been, Starsight and You'll be the Death of Me
Worst: Tengo un Whatsapp, Death by Society, Paper Girls, Sueños en la gran manzana, Desayuno en Central Park, Gallant.

August comments:
- Read a lot of books!
- Got to reread one of my middle school favorites even if I didn't love it as much anymore
- My average rating went down
- Disappointed by most of these
- Finished the Inheritance Games series!!!!

September books
Read: 9

- Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata - 3.5⭐
- Wrecked by Lauren Asher - 4⭐
- Twisted Love by Ana Huang - 1⭐
- Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan - 3⭐
- The American Roommate Experiment - 4⭐📚
- Buonasera princesa by Susana Rubio - 4⭐
- The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 3⭐
- She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick - 4⭐

Re-reads:
- Perfecto Error by Ali Novak - 3⭐

Average pages: 408
Average rating: 3.18
Best: Wrecked and She Gets the Girl
Worst: Twisted Love

September comments:
- Really bad reading month for me

October books
Read: 8

- Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson - 4⭐
- Tomboys Don't Like Christmas by Christina Benjamin - 2⭐
- The Dare by Elle Kennedy - 3⭐
- Icebreaker by Hannah Grace - 3⭐
- Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong - 5⭐📚
- Matar es Fácil by Agatha Christie - 2⭐
- The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller - 4⭐
- An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson - 2⭐

Average pages: 357.5
Average rating: 3.125
Best: Foul Lady Fortune
Worst: An Enchantment of Ravens and Tomboys don't like Christmas and Matar es Facil.

October comments:
- Even a worse reading month than September but I'm motivated for November
- Chloe Gong did it again with Foul Lady Fortune!!

November books
Read: 7

- The Last Encore by Elodie Colliard - 4⭐
- Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood - 3⭐
- Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - 5⭐
- Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz - 3⭐
- Identity by Alexia Mantzouranis - 3⭐
- Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian - 3⭐
- It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover - 5⭐

Average pages: 317
Average rating: 3.28
Best: Love on the Brain and It Starts With Us
Worst: Below Zero

December books
Read: 11

- Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth - 4⭐
- Zodiac Academy #1 by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham - 3⭐
- Water Under the Bridge by Kels Stone, Denise Stone - 4⭐
- Ruthless Fae by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham - 3⭐
- Happy Place by Emily Henry (arc) - 5⭐
- On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden - 3⭐
- The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese - 4⭐
- Riden's Chapter by Tricia Levenseller - 3⭐
- The Emperor's soul by Brandon Sanderson - 5⭐
- All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace - 4⭐
- Ocho by Rebecca Stone - 3.5⭐


Average pages: 358.3
Average rating: 3.8
Best: Happy Place, The Emperor's soul
Worst: N/A

END OF THE YEAR:
Well, I accomplished... uhhh my reading goal and classics goal! at least that's something. I know I said this last year but I SWEAR that I'll try to read a poetry book next year and try to read more in Spanish :)

*Stats from StoryGraph (really recommended app btw)
-Books read: 135
-Books reread: 7
-Buddy reads: 10
- Most read author: S.T. Abby (5)
- Most read genre: romance, contemporary, and fantasy (in order)
Average rating: 3,37
Average pages: 362

BYE BYE 2022!!! Thank you for so many marvelous books
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