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2022's Resolutions: Updates

1/1/2023

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A year ago, I posted my 2022 reading and writing resolutions. Now it's time to check in and see how I did. 

Reading
Goal: Read 45 books
Achieved! I read 45 books exactly and reviewed 23 of them (see links below)

Goal: 8 of those books would be indies
Achieved! I read 8 indies exactly and reviewed 3 of them (see links below)

Goal: Greater than 50% of the books would be written by female authors
Achieved! 66.66% were written either exclusively by women or at least one woman, where multiple authors contributed

Goal: At least 50% of the books would be written by authors who have a marginalized identity. 
Achieved! 55.55% were written either exclusively by or including at least one author with at least one marginalized identity

I read a ton of great books this year. It was a good mix of new, old, big hits, and quieter releases. SciFi and Fantasy tied as my most common genres, which is no surprise as those are always my favorites. 
​Here's my reading list from 2022:
Title
The Norse Queen
Reckless Girls
Last Day
The Rosie Project
A River Enchanted
The Staff of Fire and Bone
Dating Dr. Dil
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Kitsap Writers Group Anthology
Gideon the Ninth
An Unkindness of Ghosts
Jade City
Updraft
The Emotional Craft of Fiction
Firefly Lane
Hom
This is How You Lose the Time War
Heartbreak Incorporated
Partials
Jade War
Jade Legacy
The Dawn of Yangchen
The Rift Part 2
The Rift Part 3
Suki Alone
Black Sun
Love on the Brain
The Falcon Queen
The Echo Wife
You Sexy Thing
Dawn
The House Across the Lake
Entheophage
Noor
The Matzah Ball
The Sea of Tranquility
Iron Widow
Crispr Evolution
Not the Witch You Wed
Certain Dark Things
North and South Part 1
North and South Part 2
North and South Part 3
Nightmare Sky
Binti 
Author
Johanna Whittenburg
Rachel Hawkins
Luanne Rice
Graeme Simison
Rebecca Ross
Mikko Azul
Nisha Sharma
John Scalzi

Multiple

Tamsyn Muir
Rivers Solomon
Fonda Lee
Fran Wilde
Donald Maas

Kristin Hannah
James Moore
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Alex De Campi
Dan Wells
Fonda Lee
Fonda Lee
F.C. Lee
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Rebecca Roanhorse
Ali Hazelwood
Johanna Whittenburg
Sarah Gailey
Cat Rambo
Octavia E. Butler
Riley Sager

​Drema Deoraich

Nnendi Okorafor
Jean Meltzer
Emily St. John Mandel
Xiran Jay Zhao
Charis Jones
April Asher
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Nnendi Okorafor
Indie /Trad
Indie
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Indie
Trad
Trad

Indie

Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad

Trad
Indie
Trad

Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Indie
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad

​Indie

Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Indie
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Trad
Indie
Trad
Genre
Hist Fic/Fantasy
Thriller
Mystery
Romance
Fantasy
Fantasy
Romance
SciFi

Anthology

Fantasy
SciFi
Fantasy
Fantasy
Non-Fiction

​Hist Fic
SciFi
SciFi

Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Graphic Novel
Graphic Novel
Graphic Novel
Fantasy
Romance
Hist Fic/Fantasy
SciFi
SciFi
SciFi
Thriller

​SciFi

SciFi
Romance
SciFi
SciFi/Fantasy
SciFi
Romance
Fantasy
Graphic Novel
Graphic Novel
Graphic Novel
Anthology
SciFi
Links
​My Review
My Review
Podcast Episode
My Review
My Review
​Series Review
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Writing
Goal: Have my WIP query ready by February
Achieved! I sent my first round of queries for this project in February 2022.

Goal: Send at least 5 queries per month
11/12 on this one, can't win them all, though some months I sent more than 5. 

Goal: Complete the first draft of my next WIP by August 2022
Nope! This one is still under construction. 

Goal: Continue attending writing groups whenever possible
Achieved!

Goal: Keep up with this website
Achieved! A couple months were slimmer on content than others,  but that's the way it goes sometimes. 


I'm still deciding on my 2023 resolutions/goals. Did you achieve your 2022 goals? Did we read any of the same books? Let's discuss in the comments!
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