Let’s Talk bookish – Mid-Year Check In

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From July 14: Mid-Year Reading Check In

Prompts: We’re halfway through 2023! How are you feeling about your reading this year? What are the best books you’ve read so far in 2023? What are your least favorites? What are your goals for the rest of the year?

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Welcome to another week of LTB here at DTRH, everyone! I have been on quite the hiatus because it has been a whirlwind of a summer, to no one’s surprise. However, I saw that there was a mid-year check in (albeit two weeks ago on July 14), which I felt was an appropriate time to pop back in.

I believe I set a very low goal on my goodreads this year, after the fiasco I had last year not nearly reaching my goal (oops!). I set my goal to a veryyyyy pessimistic 30 books. I am happy to say that I am over that progress point, but I knew with my busy schedule I would not be able to really sustain much more than that. If only I could count school books and reading materials from work, I bet I would be in the hundreds…

Goals aside, I am pretty happy with my reading this year. No it’s not the most I have ever read in a year, but I am glad to have picked up most of the books I did. My favourite was definitely The Song of Achilles that I just posted this week, but I just read the latest Ruth Ware book, and I have to say that I really enjoyed it! Stay tuned for that review as well.

Some of my least favourites, which I honestly don’t even care to mention, are books through my bookclub. That being said, the bookclub is good for going through books I wouldn’t normally read, so I have no regrets on actually finishing those books, I think they served their purpose.

My goals this year is to continue reading at this pace, and try to fit in more books if I can. I have mostly been having periods where I can read like 3 books in 2 weeks, but then a month of barely reading 1. But such is life I think! And this year has been a particularly busy one (do we say that every year?) so honestly I am not at all surprised that my reading has been very up and down depending on the season. Overall I think I am doing well though, and can’t wait to read more books this year!

There are so many books to be excited for, but simply not enough time.

How are your goals all going? Has it been a busy non-reading year for you guys too? Or perhaps a busy reading year? Let me know in the comments below!