It’s almost Christmas! This hell of a year is finally winding down, hopefully leading to better things next time around. I don’t think I read quite as much in November as I did October, but time to find out for sure…
Now we’re headed into October the weather is starting to be colder, which is the perfect time to sit around and binge books! The amount of books in my pile of shame is steadily growing, but I’m hoping I’ve made some progress in keeping them under control.
Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped
So quite a few completed series this month (which is especially nice when it comes to LNs since it feels like so many simply never end). Numbers are down a bit from August being 38 and 18 vs 59/20, but I am pleased I didn’t fall too far behind in my LN reading. Heck if you count Katanagatari as 3 books I actually accomplished more than usual. ^^;
Here’s the backlog atm, looking pretty busy since I bought a number of books off a friend of mine. Hahaha…ha.
Currently reading: Combatants Will Be Dispatched! volume 4 (LN)
August has been a busy month as I finally returned to work properly and therefore had more money to irresponsibly spend on new books… Let’s see what I got through this month!
Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped
So 59 manga and 20 light novels this month, up from 48/18. Doing well to combat the backlog despite the amount I’ve been picking up!
Speaking of the backlog, here’s how things are looking this month…
(I dug the Bakuman boxset back out so I could finish my reread, also not pictured is a volume of A Sister’s All You Need, Torture Princess and The Eminence in Shadow which I’m reading)
July was another continuation of the war of light novels and actually I finally cleared off the backlog of 2019!* Now let’s see what all I read this month.
*(In light novel form, still some manga boxsets to be read…).
So for the month of July I managed 48 manga and 18 light novels, which are both improvements on last month (43/13). It’s a good job my pile of shame from 2019 mostly went away since now I’ve started back at work and have more disposable income I’m busy building myself a new pile…
Another month, another look at what I’ve been reading over the last four weeks. Been a semi-productive one I feel.
So this month I’ve read 65 manga and 6 light novels. Not entirely sure how this happened and honestly I’m disappointed in myself for not reading more light novels… (last month was 60 manga, 23 light novels).
Pile of shame time:
The second reading log of the year is here. In February I made a decision to try and pour time into getting through some of the pile of shame given this month was quiet for releases. Let’s see how I’ve done…
Well while I said I was making an effort to get through my backlog the numbers are somehow lower than last month. 28 manga and 17 LN’s compared to 37 and 15. I guess being ill for a bit and moderately busy in Feb screwed up my grand plans.
Here’s how the piles look:
Hopefully next month I make more progress than this….
After successfully sticking to my reading logs last year, I figured I’d continue into 2020. Time to find out what I’ve read in the first month of a new decade! Here’s what I’ve been reading and here are the rules I set for myself when recording this log.
Total: 37 manga, 15 light novels. About the same amount of light novels as December (14 then), but less manga (44 compared to 37). This month my ‘to buy’ list is significantly quieter than usual, so I’m hoping to use this free time to bring the pile of shame down a bit. ^^;
Speaking of here’s how the piles are looking….
I recently rearranged it a little to try and get some of the shorter reads out the way. I’ve already read 2 this month, so I’m hoping I can keep knocking them down!
November went by in a total blur and I don’t feel like it should be almost Christmas again. I still have books from my birthday to read and that was March! Anyway here’s what I’ve read this month. Rules I set for myself and these posts can be found here.
Manga:
Light Novels:
So it turns out I’ve been majorly slacking on reading light novels in November. I’m going to blame playing the new Pokémon game… I finished the month with 39 manga read and 5 light novels, compared to 24 manga last month and 15 light novels. Gotta up my game next month!
Pile of Shame:
So I made a deal with a good friend of mine that once she visited if I was still writing these reading logs I’d include pictures of the pile of shame instead of a list, so gonna start doing that this month!
Currently reading: Decapitation.
Pile:
The end of the year is approaching surprisingly fast and somehow the pile of shame is still not decreasing but I’m still reading a bunch of stuff… Funny how life works. Anyways here’s what I’ve been reading this month. Rules I set for myself and these posts can be found here.
So 24 manga this month, down from 26, and 15 light novels compared to 10 last month. Not bad given I’ve even been to SLA…
Currently reading: My Hero Academia: School Briefs volume 3, Decapitation
Snow White with the Red Hair volume 4
Umaru volume 7
Daytime Shooting Star volume 3
Tokyo Tarareba Girls volume 9
Cells at Work volume 5
An Incurable Case of Love
My Hero Academia: Smash volume 2
Hiorijime My Hero volume 5
Suspension
The Miracles of the Namiyama General Store
Torture Princess volume 2
I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed out My Level volume 5
Reincarnated into Sword volume 1
Strangulation
Classroom of the Elite volume 2
Arifureta volume 1
Tokyo Ghoul: Re volumes 8-11
Re:Zero volume 8
Log Horizon volume 4
Re:Zero EX volume 2
Strike the Blood volume 4
The Devil is a Part Timer! volume 11
I’ve bought a lot of manga this week so the pile is looking even worse than usual. Hopefully improvements next month. ^^;
September came and went in a flash, I’m not even sure where the time went this month! I feel like I read quite a lot of good stuff this month, so lets take a look:
So 26 manga this month and 10 light novels, compared to 40 and 13. September was a relatively quiet month for new releases and so I managed to get through my pile of shame a little bit instead. Speaking of, here’s how that’s looking:
Currently reading: Torture Princess volume 1
Reincarnated into Sword volume 1
Decapitation
Strangulation
Classroom of the Elite volume 2
Arifureta volume 1
Sword Art Online: Progressive volume 6
Tokyo Ghoul: Re volumes 8-11
Re:Zero volume 8
Log Horizon volume 4
Re:Zero EX volume 2
Strike the Blood volume 4
The Devil is a Part Timer! volume 11