Following are what records I kept for 2018 and 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.

2018

January

• “The Monkey's Paw” by W.W. Jacobs (short story)
• “Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman” by Clive Grace (short story)
• God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (novel)
• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (novel)
• The Vanishing Shadow, Judy Bolton Mystery Series #1 by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation aka Gulliver of Mars by Edwin L. Arnold (novel)
• Fry Havoc Issue #1 (zine)
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (novel, reread)
• “Hours in a Library” by Virginia Woolf (essay)

Total: 5 novels, 2 short stories, 1 essay, 1 zine

February

• Satyrday by Steven Bauer (novel)
• Orion: The Myth of the Hunter and the Huntress by Joseph Fontenrose (academic book, Classical Studies Volume 23)
• Church Fathers, Independent Virgins by Joyce E. Salisbury, final chapter (book chapter)
• “Without Walls” by A. Gislebertus (short story, reread)
• The Eye of the Dragon by Stephen King (novel, reread)
• The New Atlantis ed. by Robert Silverberg: “Silhouette” by Gene Wolfe, “The New Atlantis” by Ursula K. Le Guin, and “A Momentary Taste of Being” by James Tiptree Jr. (three novellas)
• The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (play, reread)
• Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (novel)
• Jack of Kinrowan (Jack the Giant-Killer and Drink Down the Moon) by Charles de Lint (two novels)

Total: 5 novels, 3 novellas, 1 academic book, 1 play, 1 short story, 1 essay

March

• Today's OEA, Winter 2018 (magazine)
• The Glue Famine by Lee Bradford (novella)
• Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins (novel, reread)
• Oresteia by Aeschylus trans. Peter Meineck intro. by Helene P. Foley (three plays)
• The Haunted Attic (Judy Bolton Mystery Series #2) by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• The Invisible Chimes (Judy Bolton Mystery Series #3) by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus (picture book)
• Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (novel)
• The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (novel)
• Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum (novel)
• Seven Strange Clues (Judy Bolton Mystery Series #4) by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)
• We by Yvgeny Zamyatin (novel)
• “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop (novel)
• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu (short story)
• “Obscena Galli: Praesentia Dehumanizing Cybele’s Eunuch-Priests through Disgust” by Marika Rauhala (academic paper)
• “Eunuchizing Agamemnon: Clytemnestra, Agamemnon and maschalismos” by Ruth Bardel (academic paper)
• “Sacred Eunuchism in the Cult of the Syrian Goddess” by J.L. Lightfoot (academic paper)
• “Looking for Eunuchs: The galli and Attis in Roman art” by Shelley Hales (academic paper)
• “Karian, Greek or Roman? The layered identities of Stratonikeia at the sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina” by Christina Williamson (academic paper)

Total: 10 novels, 1 novella, 3 plays, 1 short story, 5 academic papers, 1 magazine, 1 picture book

May

• “Shibuya no Love” by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
• “His Master’s Voice” by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
• “Elegy for a Young Elk” by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
• “The Guile” by Ian McDonald (short story)
• “Yiwu” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)
• “Terminal” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)
• “Selfies” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)
• ⌛︎ Whipping Girl by Julia Serano (nonfiction book)

Total: 7 short stories

June

• “Dragonkin” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)

Total: 1 short story

2018 Total, for recorded months:

• 20 novels
• 4 novellas
• 3 short stories
• 1 play
• 1 academic book
• 5 academic papers
• 2 essays
• 1 magazine
• 1 zines
• 1 picture book

2019

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)
• Animorphs 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, including The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword, and Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock (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

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