Showing posts with label 2022 recap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2022 recap. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

2022/2023 Comic Review Recap

As mentioned in the previous post, 2022 (especially) and 2023 were pretty unproductive for this blog. I'm back settled in the US and have just reorganized the Random Stack of Unread Comics, and I've also got lots of graphic novels and manga on the to-read shelf, so expect more in 2024. My most recent review was actually for a comic I read in 2023, so 2024 reviews will start soon.

My total number of comics read in 2022 was a miserable 3. I did a bit better in 2023, but only a bit, with a total of 18.

Highest-rated comics in 2022/2023:

Hellboy: The Wild Hunt (8.5)
Keep the Home Fries Burning: A For Better or For Worse Collection (8.5)
The Sands of Time: Accidental Time Machine (8.5)
White Bird (9)

Lowest-rated comics in 2022/2023:

Dork Diaries: Tales From A Not-So-Happily Ever After (5)
Snow Drop Volume 2 (5)
Star Wars: Allegiance (4)

2022/2023 Recap: My Top 5 Books (Prose or Comics) Read

Due to internet connectivity issues in China, lockdowns, and being generally busy with plans to move home, I only added a couple of entries to this blog in 2022. There were a few more in 2023, but I never did recaps for 2022, so I am combining them here, starting with my overall top books from each year. No comics or graphic novels made the list in 2022 or 2023, mostly because I was concentrating on reading prose.

My top 5 books read in 2022:
5. The Chicken Sisters by K.J. Dell'Antonia
4. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
3. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
2. Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

My Top 5 Books Read In 2023:
5. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
4. A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese
3. Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
2. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
1. Beloved by Toni Morrison