They say not to judge a book by its cover, but let’s be real, how many of us have fallen in love with a book by sight alone? We may have never heard of the author before, or it may even be book 2 in a series, but that doesn’t prevent us from stopping in our tracks and taking a closer look at it.
Are you as guilty of this as I am? My previous post was just about all the special editions I loved this year, so you know it’s clearly a trend with me.
Continue reading “2024 Covers I’m Loving”Almost exactly a week ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Jordyn Taylor, author of the newly released The Revenge Game, at her hometown launch for the book.
In an intimate setting held at a local indie bookstore, it was an amazing opportunity to hear insights into her writing process and the excitement of her first in-person book tour when her previous novels were launched during the pandemic. Even sweeter was the fact that many of her family members, high school friends, and even teachers came to support someone they knew and loved for such an amazing milestone.
It’s November already and I really do not know where the time has gone. This year has just flown by with so many highs, and a number of lows, so I’m feeling unready to fully say bye to 2023 just yet.
Earlier in the year (prior to my semi hiatus from the blog), I had listed out a few goals I wanted to set as encouraged guidelines for the calendar year. I think it’s time to check up on them before the year is over. While there is still time left in 2023, who knows? I may need to figure this out earlier in case some last minute book habits need to be made in the last 1.5 months.
I always struggle with this when I feel obligated to get ARCs read in time competing with other new releases that have come out or backlist titles I own but haven’t read. I’m very much a mood reader so I can’t set monthly goals as it totally kills the want to read.
I would say I struggled with this a little as I did still tried to post my ARC reviews this year in time as best as I could around my busy wedding planning schedule and work deadlines. But also not forcing myself to write a review for every book I read was super helpful in that I could read some “guilty pleasure” type books – super sappy romances in my case with overdone tropes – just because I wanted to. I think that deserves a mini pat on the back.
How did I do for this goal? 3.5/5
Continue reading “Reflecting on 2023 Bookish Goals”
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