Tag: reading
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January 2025 Reads
I’m a few days away from the close of January, with close to 10 books under my readerly belt for the year so far. I’ve been trying to focus on reading for fun this month, choosing things that look interesting just as many times as to check off my Reading List. Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure…
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2025 Reading List
2024 was a banner year for my “Read” list. I had the benefit of working at the county library for the first half of the year – lots of access to great books there. And then when I switched jobs, I had one of those rare positions where, so long as my tasks were complete,…
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2024 Reading in Review
I enjoy tracking my reading on Goodreads – I’ve been doing it since 2013 – and this year I also signed on to The StoryGraph because I like pie charts and they have nice ones. I’m working on a book list for 2025, but before I publish that, I thought I’d share how 2024 went.…
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About Reading and Reviewing
I was big into reading as a little kid and my fascination with books and reading has remained through much of my life (unlike my affinity for swimming in very cold water, which has not). When someone recommends a book to me I want to know why they liked it. If they tell me they…
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My Take on Book Ratings
It’s tough to quantify my feelings on books and after years of scrolling through Goodreads ratings I’m aware that my four star rating isn’t the same as someone else’s. So it’s a good idea to keep a record somewhere of wtf I mean when I say “oh bravo, four stars.” Here it is. One star…
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Moar Reading!
I set my annual book count goal at 78 but so far I only have 50 books on my 2022 “to be read” list. To get a few more in the pile of possibilities I’m using the Book Riot “read harder” challenge list. Documenting here because… because.
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Reading List 2022
Most years I begin with compiling a large list of books I’d like to read, helped by Popsugar prompts. That site gets at least two visits from me every year, one to check out the list as the year changes over, and another (usually in the summer) when I renew my zeal for reading and…
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New Year
Another year! According to Goodreads, I managed to read 60 books. According to Ravelry, I managed to complete 3 (big) knitting projects. According to Quickbooks, I made $2,919 in freelance writing. My kid is alive and thriving and my relationships with both kid and spouse are doing well. Looking at that data feels good; it’s…