2019 Year End Recap

This particular blog post is to first document what was actually published here on this blog in 2019. Unlike what happened with 2020, even if there's backdating happening, it wasn't on the same level of being several years in gaps, at least I don't remember having publishing this type.

This very post itself, is, unfortunately, actually published in 2021 and also backdated. To be fair, this is once again one of those I've actually had it all thought out; it didn't get released in time because by the end of 2019, I came really close to not finishing what I've planned to read, and those took my first priority. And then 2020 was quite crazy, hence the further delay!

1. [Source Material vs. Adaptation] ハイキュー!! - Character Omissions in ハイパープロジェクション演劇 「ハイキュー!!」
2. [Books in Books] 本屋の森のあかリ - 磯谷友紀 (Buchhändler-Tagebuch - Yuki Isoya)
3. Manga Reading List: Completed Works (First Read during 2010-2019)
4. [Discussions] 台灣漫畫出版及代理的神秘奇妙事 [超真誠的困惑][解答歡迎謝謝]

2019 Reading Challenge

Sammm [involuntarily somewhat on hiatus] has completed her goal of reading 85 books in 2019!

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85 of 85 (100%)

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Here comes the second purpose of the post, muahaha. On Goodreads, there's the My Year in Books function they provided that give some statistics, [check out mine for 2019!] (My GR profile is set for GR Users only, so this one, you'd have to login in order to view.) There's also the Goodreads Year in Review, [read mine!] (no GR account required.)

So what's different here is that I'm going to rank what I've read, but limited to series that concluded or standalones, extras, and compilations published in this year. With what I've read in 2019, it should make it more than enough for a fun ranking. Ladies and gents, drum roll....!

Note: First books of series represent said entire series. I know the cut-off was the final book, but I believe people are usually more familiar with the cover and title of first installments so.

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In case people don't feel like counting, there are 18 series and standalones in total. The reason why some have been stacked, is because, 1 per slot made the ranking list lengthy, which in itself isn't too big of a deal, however, I feel bad for the ones closer to the bottom. It really wasn't like "it's the second to the last place"; trust me, certain gaps are super huge. Since it's still not reflecting well enough, I figure grouping what I feel the similar amount of like, would make me feel less guilty, haha.

That said, my feelings for some really are close, and I've already tweaked the ranking once after publishing it! Mainly groups #3 and #4; like, it's so hard when, for some, I enjoyed so much, felt so much, at the time of reading, but shortly afterwards, barely remember anything in them! Could I honestly say 'they are great series, I love them!' even though they are out of my mind, so quick? lol In contrast, there are those with aspects I love along with aspects I don't care for, yet the strong feeling stayed, even though my overall impression towards their entire series may not be great. But yeah, the top and bottom likely won't change ahaha. And there you have it!

What series concluded or standalone published in 2019 do you like the most? Feel free to share!

[Series Overview] Charlotte Holmes - Brittany Cavallaro

I started this series on: December 24, 2019
I finished this series on: December 27, 2019
Cover editions here updated on: January 4, 2020
Written content here updated on: December 27, 2019

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts As I struggled to decide which book series to cover overviews for, it dawned to me that I'd never get started at this rate. It became clear to me that, it's rather unlikely for me to use this blog as my "main" reviewing spot since I have Goodreads for that, and chances of someone miraculously stumbling across this blog out of the countless ones out there, is just rather slim, therefore, I'd put up links to my GR reviews (in English,) and this post would be in Chinese for people who are curious about the series but either aren't comfortable with or just don't prefer reading in English. Please also note that, sometimes I don't have time to write actual reviews, HOWEVER, I do always put down thoughts when I document my reading status updates, so for GR desktop users, remember to scroll down if it appears to contain little, it'd be under the quotes I liked from that book (when applicable lol;) for mobile app users, remember to switch to "Reading Activity," which would not be the default as "Review" is.

Goodreads Choice Award：第一和三集入圍Young Adult Fiction（2016和2018）

The actual review is, as usual, WIP, but like I said above, getting the post out there first.

GR stats (linking default edition)	Editions I'm privy to
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]

Author:
Series (unofficial):

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts The following section, basically a gallery of editions around the world with different book cover art, is largely inspired by treatments of fellow blogger Amethyst, who unfortunately hasn't done those types of blog posts for a while. Please DO NOT mistaken the following to be all existing editions; I'm only including completed sets with matching designs. All clickable images are linked to respective editions on GR; people, shelving correct editions ain't that hard. Highly recommend accurate shelving. =D

American English | 美式英文


繁體中文 （台灣） | Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)


Deutsch | German | 德文 （平裝）

[Series Overview] The Folk of the Air - Holly Black

I started this series on: December 15, 2019
I finished this series on: December 17, 2019 (main series)
Cover editions here updated on: December 30, 2024
Written content here updated on: March 10, 2024

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts As I struggled to decide which book series to cover overviews for, it dawned to me that I'd never get started at this rate. It became clear to me that, it's rather unlikely for me to use this blog as my "main" reviewing spot since I have Goodreads for that, and chances of someone miraculously stumbling across this blog out of the countless ones out there, is just rather slim, therefore, I'd put up links to my GR reviews (in English,) and this post would be in Chinese for people who are curious about the series but either aren't comfortable with or just don't prefer reading in English. Please also note that, sometimes I don't have time to write actual reviews, HOWEVER, I do always put down thoughts when I document my reading status updates, so for GR desktop users, remember to scroll down if it appears to contain little, it'd be under the quotes I liked from that book (when applicable lol;) for mobile app users, remember to switch to "Reading Activity," which would not be the default as "Review" is.

Goodreads Choice Award：三集都入圍Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction（2018、2019和2020），第二和三集更是該項目贏家！

同世界觀：The Stolen Heir duology

2017年6月第一集書籍未出版前便已宣布film rights被Universal取得^[Deadline]，但沒有後續消息。

疑似有售出繁中版權？抱歉我沒什麼管道不太會查xD 只是有瞄到TW字眼罷了^{[Hachette Business Portal]}。2020/03/20更新更新，因為吉娃娃的傾囊相授，有找到是哪間出版社拿到的。xDD 然後04/18Amethyst眼尖分享全國新書資訊網有列處來了，所以可以不用賣關子寫出來，是由三采出版ww

The actual review is, as usual, WIP, but like I said above, getting the post out there first.

GR stats (linking default edition)	Editions I'm privy to
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]

Author:
Series: Unofficial:

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts The following section, basically a gallery of editions around the world with different book cover art, is largely inspired by treatments of fellow blogger Amethyst, who unfortunately hasn't done those types of blog posts for a while. Please DO NOT mistaken the following to be all existing editions; I'm only including completed sets with matching designs. All clickable images are linked to respective editions on GR; people, shelving correct editions ain't that hard. Highly recommend accurate shelving. =D

以下涵蓋13款外加3推銷，記得看全文以觀賞喔 >:3
推銷的兩個說真的我本來不想讓人點文才看得到，但太長了xD 頗推最後那個不是正式的封面w


American English | 美式英文

因為土耳其的封面和其乍看像有些類似，所以有特別放大一些www 封面由Sean Freeman繪製，第二集的封面設計到完成有採訪^{["Evolution of a Cover: The Wicked King by Holly Black" @ The NOVL]}～

български | Bulgarian | 保加利亞文 （有聲書）

保加利亞紙本書封面是採用美版無作變化。在GR上看到這有聲書版本，查了一下應該是正式的啦（被揍）ISBN是有的！封面元素很直接！

简体中文 （中国） | Simplified Chinese (China)


繁體中文 （台灣） | Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

封面貌似被炮轟的有點慘xDDD 不看中譯的讀者風涼話（被揍）其實我覺得它如果顏色弄更少一些（三種以內）跟海外其他書籍的愛藏版的封面花紋比，不會居於下風啦，就對稱的圖案嘛xD 我本來寫"現在就看之後會長成什麼樣子了！搞不好三集擺在一起很好看說w （嘛 我通常只要系列設計風格一致，就算不喜歡還是會有好感哈哈，有始有終很重要！）"；看完三本封面後感想也差不多xD 頂多覺得世界上出版社提供封面時愛加書腰或弄成立體的，實在很煩www 尤其是你書背也沒弄得多好看的時候（不是特別講這部）因為不曉得會不會有沒有書腰擋住的圖源的一天，所以就先將就放上不太統一的囉！2022五月有好心人幫忙上傳無書腰的封面了www

русский | Russian | 俄文 （Collector's edition）

俄文普通版的用的是原版封面，雖然在別篇有講過特別版基本上在排序上會排後面，但那是指限量且subscription box的情況下，這一套是在出版社官網上有列出，所以擺這邊很合理www（至少合我的理xDDD）有沒有覺得封面選色很妙呢～第一集跟第三集交換的話幾乎跟台版差不多了！台版很有遠見的xD

српски / srpski | Serbian | 塞爾維亞文


Türkçe | Turkish | 土耳其文

土耳其第一集，嗯，我個人看到之後覺得基本上應該就是用美方B&N特別版（就是原版封面調成黑底那樣），所以本來從雷達上移除了，結果第二集的時候，它和烏克蘭是明顯自行創作的，於是就等第三集好讓我判斷要不要放xDDD

果然，雖然設計和原版類似，但還是不一樣，所以就放上來囉！我想，今天它如果第一集是直接用原版白底封面，我可能還會掙扎一下（而且最後決定不列xDDDD）但既然還是有區別，看在這三部曲封面種類異樣的稀少，就還是獻上來了嗯哼wwwww

украї́нська | Ukrainian | 烏克蘭文