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!]

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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 Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club - Theodora Goss

I started this series on: December 16, 2019
I finished this series on: December 21, 2019
Cover editions here updated on: November 19, 2025
Written content here updated on: December 16, 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.

第一集在2018年11月宣布被The CW考慮製作成影集^[Deadline]，不過目前沒有下文。

這個算是目前最有望單獨發文的作品w（發了） 2020年當時寫說但是就算一直等不到，這部我還是有打算發文，主要會是詳列系列中涵蓋的其他作品角色或角色延伸。這是我覺得美中不足的地方之一，作者完全沒有提供到底她借用了多少現有作品的角色，還有哪些是現實中的人等等。像我這類文學素養大概不算高的人，頂多一定認得Holmes跟Watson、女主跟她妹的爸爸（Jekyll/Hyde），跟後來的Frankenstein和Van Helsing，但其實更多角色都是像這樣，只是大家認不認得而已。除了我們的fiction人物是這故事裡實際存在的人物，我們現實中的人也是，像是Frankenstein作者Mary Shelley整個被罵到臭頭，說這可惡的女人怎麼可以亂寫故事xD（笑死），和Oscar Wilde以及Dorian Gray（後者我就是沒常識的因為這系列才補增廣見聞）。就，基本上我可能就每個人名都Google一下最保險xDDD 故事（應該）是原創就是了，不是特定事件的retelling，就一群怪獸般的女人們打擊犯罪哇哈哈www

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

GR stats (links and covers represented by default edition)	Editions I'm privy to
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]

Author:

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

俄文只差一集就okay了（期待）（結果截至2025年，俄版還是沒出完😅）
事實上後來捷克也是只差一集好一陣子了，但一樣還沒出完。


American English | 美式英文


Türkçe | Turkish | 土耳其文

最後一集我不等GR頁面啦～不知道會等到什麼時候，真的很開心終於可以發出來了，看到就先更新了。

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Cover editions update log:

• 2025/11/19: Turkish