reading wrap-up (2024)

better than not, for the most part

reading list: for fun

january-july

• OPEDIPUS REX by sophokles: ★★★★★ [play]

• THE CHALICE OF THE GODS by rick riordan: ★★★★☆

• WATERSHIP DOWN by richard adams: ★★★☆☆.5

• AZUL… by rubén darío: ★★★★☆ [anthology]

• PIRANESI by susanna clarke: ★★★★★

• THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE (vol.2) by nagabe: ★★★★★ [manga]

• THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE (vol.3) by nagabe: ★★★★★ [manga]

• SNOW, GLASS, APPLES by neil gaiman: ★★★★☆

• THE HUNGER GAMES by suzanne collins: ★★★★☆

• THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS by ray bradbury: ★★★★★ [short story]

• I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM by harlan ellison: ★★☆☆☆ [short story]

• DUODECIMAL by max goosebooks: ★★★★★

• BODIES OF WATER v. h. leslie: ★★☆☆☆

• THE TOMBS OF ATUAN by ursula k. le guin: ★★★★☆

august-december

• WILDER GIRLS by rory power: ★★☆☆☆

• ANNIHILATION by jeff vandermeer: ★★★☆☆.5

• THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by silvia moreno garcía: ★★★★☆

• WHAT MOVES THE DEAD by t. kingfisher: ★★☆☆☆.5

• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER by edgar allan poe: ★★★★★

• THE MOTH KEEPER by kay o’nell: ★★★★★ [comic]

• THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS by ursula k. le guin: ★★★★★ [short story]

• THE ONES WHO STAY AND FIGHT by n. k. jemisin: ★★★★★ [short story]

• MEXICAN GOTHIC by silvia moreno garcía: ★★★★☆

• THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE (vol.4) by nagabe: ★★★★☆ [manga]

dnf

• WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS by rick riordan: 20%

• LAPVONA by ottessa moshfeg: 50%

• TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN by stefan zweg: 63 pages

reading list: for uni

first semester

• MEDEA by euripides: ★★★★★ [play]

• THE METAMORPHOSES by ovid: ★★★★☆ [book I]

• SELECTED POEMS by catullus: ★★★☆☆

second semester

• HEROIDES by ovid [multiple times]: ★★★★☆

• LA LENGUA DE LOS DIOSES by andrea marcolongo: ★★★★☆

sunset photo in san josé taken with my phone

read so far in january, 2025

• THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE (vol.5) by nagabe: ★★★★★ [manga]

• THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE (vol.6) by nagabe: ★★★★★ [manga]

• THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE (vol.7) by nagabe: ★★★★★ [manga]

currently reading

• THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by kelly barnhill

• ICO: CASTLE IN THE MIST by miyuki miyabe

• GRECIA PARA TODOS by carlos garcía gual

i have adjusted my usual reading goal from 30 down to 20 books for 2025. i’m hoping to finally finish rereading the hunger games trilogy and make a significant dent in my physical tbr so that i can start getting rid of unwanted books, as my shelf is overly crowded—no more book buying for me this year (i promise!). i created a new method of pulling a title out of a jar to pick my next read… let’s see how it goes.

✩｡:*•. a reminder that you can find me in goodreads and storygraph .•*:｡✩