Leggy:
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas holiday season. If you had asked me right after Christmas, I would have told you that I had a fabulous Christmas, but I got ridiculously sick on the 27th and it completely ruined my holiday. I feel a lot better now but that was rough!
Last year for the first time ever, I did not meet my reading goals for the year. I read 58 books out of my goal of 70! For context, in 2022, I read over 100 books so 2023 was not a great reading year for me at all. I just could not get my head in the game. I switched jobs and suddenly found myself traveling a lot for work and trying to acclimate to a new industry that I’d never worked in before so it was tough to keep all the balls in my life juggling, so I just dropped them and let them fall where they may.
Anyway, this year, I’ve set my Goodreads challenge to 70 books as always and we’ll see where the year takes us! Definitely going to be more consistent with the blog, especially consistent with our Instagram, so follow us on there (nightstands2)! Can’t wait to share all the books we’re reading this year with y’all.
Taynement:
I had a good reading year last year and I think the key was reading mostly books that I enjoyed and anything that was not sparking joy, I did not hesitate to DNF. Naturally, when I enjoy books I tend to read faster which allows me to fit in more books. I also downloaded Libby on my phone which is always with me so now whenever I get a free moment I can read vs. when I used to read on my iPad which I couldn’t take everywhere with me.
So since that worked for me, I am going to keep doing that this year. I always set my goals at 30 books because Goodreads asks me for a number but I am not under any pressure to meet it. I hope to have a healthy amount of black/African authors and also fit in my quota of 1 fantasy/scifi book (maybe I should read the fourth wing).
All in all, we hope everyone has a good reading year in whatever way that looks like for you. Have an amazing year everyone!
Leggy & Taynement
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