2024 Year in Review

[rynling]

Books Read: 123
Graphic Novels Read: 50
Japanese Manga Read: 48
Video Games Finished: 20
Zines Reviewed on Etsy: 73
Illustrations and Comics Posted: 57
Illustrations and Comics Commissioned: 33
Posts on Gingko Books: 51
Posts on Digital Fantasy Diary: 66

I realized that I never put together this sort of list for 2024, so I went ahead and did it for the purpose of giving myself a bit of encouragement. Like I said in my annual year-end resolution post (here), 2024 was a tough year for me. 2025 hasn’t been much better, to be honest, and it’s important to have a small reminder to keep moving forward while seeking out joy. In 2024 I stopped caring about “finishing” media after it stopped being fun, and this turned out to be a good habit.

Also, in 2024 I was careful about maintaining a regular posting schedule (by which I mean consistently posting at the same time of day on the same days of the week), and what I learned is that this had no effect on the metrics of any of my blogs or social media. Reception really is almost totally random, and you can never say for certain what’s going to get positive feedback. This year, I’ve been much more casual about posting. I haven’t noticed any difference in numbers, but I’ve been far less stressed out.

Comments

[lagertha_the_warrior]

Those are such high numbers, my gosh. congratulations!! I think I read about 3 books last year??

[rynling]

It’s all relative, I think. I review books semi-professionally, and a lot of people in the field say there’s no point if you don’t read at least three hundred books a year. Which seems like a bit much to me... which is why I only do this semi-professionally, I guess.

In any case, I have a weird type of ADHD that doesn’t let me sit through more than a few minutes of pre-recorded video, so movies and TV shows are almost entirely off the table. You read three books last year, and I watched three movies last year, and three is a nice solid number 🤝

[lagertha_the_warrior]

Oh right, well that's a good way to look at it! I watch a TON of movies. We each have our own thing.