Happy 2020! I am happy to be moving into a new year with new possibilities and a new TBR. Well, some of the old stuff made it to the new TBR, but still, a refresh for the new year is here. But before we can get started on the 2020 reading journey, we need to look back on the final 3 months of reading activity. So, here, for your enjoyment, is the 2019, end of year reading recap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Book Club<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In my last update, I mentioned that I skipped The Book Report<\/a> two months in a row and I was not sure if I wanted to return, but in October I decided to attend a meeting and it was just what I needed. I made a couple new GoodReads friends and got a slew of great new book recommendations at the meeting. I skipped November (birthday month) and then December was cancelled (potential ice storm in Northern Alabama) and I will not be attending in January, but am planning to return full force with a pile of books to discuss, in February! There is also another project I am working on that might result in a book club, but it is top secret. I love reading and it is even better with the accountability of book groups to keep me on task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Book Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Fall of 2019, I cut back on my book challenge involvement. It was fun to participate in the summer, but I needed a bit of break from the stress of finishing books on such a heightened timeline. At the end of the year I continued to attempt reading books from the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge<\/a> but also failed pretty miserably as you can see below. In 2020, I am going to try again to read a few books from the Read Harder Challenge and hopefully do a bit better this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n End of Year Reads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 24. Saga, Volume 3<\/strong> by Brian K. Vaughan 25. Recollections of My Nonexistence<\/strong> by Rebecca Solnit (review here<\/a>) 26. This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America<\/strong> by Morgan Jerkins 27. The Artist’s Way<\/strong> by Julia Cameron 28. Paper Girls, Volume 3<\/strong> by Brian K. Vaughan 29. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion<\/strong> by Jia Tolentino 2020 Reading Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GoodReads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This year I have set my GoodReads book challenge total at 36. That puts me at approximately 3 books per month and with the pace I read in 2019, I think this year’s number is more than possible. It is already the 13th of January and I’m at 0 completed for the month, but I am about 2\/3 of the way through a book I started in December and have a couple other digital books that are close as well. One of my big goals this year is to finish all the books on my kindle that I started in previous years (some are as old as 3 or 4 years) or DNF them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TBR List and Book Riot Read Harder Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My TBR list for this year will be listed on GoodReads at my 2020-reading-list shelf<\/a>, but here is a sampling of books that I am hoping to read that also fulfill a category in the Read Harder Challenge (BR#)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I will still be doing a number of Net Galley reviews in 2020, so keep an eye out for those. Next up is Buy Yourself the Fucking Lilies<\/strong> by Tara Schuster, which should be up by mid-January. In February I will be reviewing How to be An Artist<\/strong> by Jerry Saltz and in March, Think Like a Rocket Scientist<\/strong> by Ozan Varol. In April I will be taking a reviewer hiatus and then starting up again in May with We Are Not Free<\/strong> by Traci Chee. Reviewing new books is a rewarding experience and I highly recommend joining Net Galley<\/a> if you are looking to become a reviewer as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is about it for this update, but that sure is a lot! Happy reading and see you in the next update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peace, Chantale aka hippiegrrl<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Completed on 10 October 2019
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Completed on 23 October 2019
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Completed on 5 November 2019
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Completed on 5 November 2019
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Completed on 7 November 2019
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Completed on 23 November 2019
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