2018 Reading Goals – Results

Last December, I posted a 2018 reading goals bingo card for myself. The original post can be viewed here. One year later, I am happy to say, I GOT BINGO! Below are my results.

The categories in bold represent books I read in 2018.

Novel in verse Translated work by POC Religion (fiction or nonfiction) Short story anthology Indigenous sovereignty
Holiday or cultural event Settler colonialism Book of poetry Decolonizing academia Book in Spanish
JA activism Reread childhood favorite Novel (any genre) Bilingual book Picture book w POC author and illustrator
YA or MG by POC Nikkei in Japan Historical fiction by Nikkei writer Graphic novel by non-Japanese POC Culinary history
Racism in medicine Sexuality or gender identity South or Southeast Asian writer Romance by POC Memoir by a Black activist

My 2018 bingo books:

  • JA activism – The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration
  • Reread childhood favorite – The Best Bad Thing
  • Novel (any genre) – Seesaw Girl
  • Bilingual book – A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
  • Picture book w POC author and illustrator – The Fog

Other books I read in 2018:

  • Novel in verse – Forest World
  • Indigenous sovereignty – Deer Woman
  • Book of poetry – My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter
  • YA or MG by POC – Hoodoo
  • Historical fiction by Nikkei writer – A Jar of Dreams
  • Graphic novel by non-Japanese POC – MFK
  • South or Southeast Asian writer – Pashmina
  • Memoir by a Black activist – When They Call You a Terrorist

I did not include any Japanese-language books I read this year. I also omitted books which did not fit any of the bingo categories.