Leggy:
Happy New Year! I hope everybody enjoyed their holidays because I definitely did! I was off from the 23rd to the 2nd of January and I had such a good time relaxing and reading. When we wrote our best and worst books of 2024, I was still behind on my Goodreads challenge of reading 70 books, so I spent all my off times in coffee shops and bars just reading. It was honestly the best way to spend my time off.
I had an absolutely awful 2024 so I’m surprised that I still managed to hit my reading goals. I also read so much literary fiction in 2024 which is surprising because I usually read way more fantasy, but I guess I wanted to be grounded in reality in 2024. I also realized that the wave of Romantasy sweeping the world via social media is just not for me. I love traditional fantasy where the goal is the world building and the characters, not to figure out a way to fall in love during war time.
I read a book from every section of the categories of the Goodreads books of the year and that made me so proud. I really enjoy reading diversely and I want to keep that going this 2025. I have set my Goodreads challenge to 70 books like always, so we’ll see where this year takes us. We are going to be posting a lot on Instagram this year so please follow us on @nightstands2.
Wishing everyone a good reading year!
Taynement:
2024 was a good reading year until the last quarter where I had to DNF a lot of books (funny enough, I did not DNF what would have been my worst book of the year which was One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon).
When the year started, my reading was dictated by the winners of the Goodreads awards. I went through the literary fiction and added the winners to my TBR and went through them and most deserved their wins and noms. I plan to do that again this year and find some gems I missed from last year. I go to bookstores and take pictures of the display and then I see what’s available in my library and hope for the best.
Like Leggy, I keep my numbers the same every year but I have a Kindle now and I think it helps with my reading (and my eyes!). I hope to do the same this year in that, since my genres aren’t diverse, I like to keep my authors diverse. I did keep to my goal of reading The Fourth Wing so we will see what the lucky book this year will be.
Ultimately, my goal is to enjoy my reading, find titles that bring me joy and expand my world and I hope you have a great reading year as well!
Taynement and Leggy
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