I’m English and we don’t have Independence Day here (although we might after Brexit!) but wanted to wish all my American friends a happy day.
I hear you celebrate with fireworks, food, and family and I can’t think of anything better but are you having to have different plans this year due to COVID?
Whatever you are doing, have a great day.
I made some 2020 goals at the end of 2019 so thought I would check back in to see how I am doing and where I need to improve. You can see my original post here.
To be honest I was a bit scared to do this as I know I haven’t stuck to them but the good news is that I have 6 months to improve!
A) No arcs (only review teams I am on)
June 2020: Failed. I cant talk about it without welling up! ❌
B) No Netgalley requests
June 2020: Failed! But I didn’t request many so maybe a half fail! ❌
C) No reading lists
June 2020: Passed! *does happy dance* ✔
D) No challenges
June 2020: Well……I signed up for the Audiobook Challenge but I don’t count that as an actual challenge as I listen to audiobooks at work so would do it anyway! ✔
E) Try and read 1 book a week.
June 2020: I’ve read 54 books so far so passed! ✔
F) Get the joy of reading back!
June 2020: Yes and no! I’ve loved the books I’ve read but because I’ve totally failed at A and B its meant ive felt pressured again. When will I ever learn? ❌✔
So to sum up I need to lay off arcs and netgalley and keep on keeping on!!!
Did you make any goals?
How are you doing?
Super early this month but I was excited so couldn’t wait!!!
It appears that I am back to buying more than I read! (Story of my life!)
I seem to be in a pattern at the moment of bingeing 4 or 5 books and then my mojo goes and for a couple of weeks I dont read anything. Anyone else?
Anyway, these are the books that took my fancy for August…..
Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
Reign by Cora Carmack
(I have no idea why the cover won’t come up when the hardcover has been revealed!)
What books are you looking forward to in August?
With Shanah being super busy and taking a well deserved blog break, there is no Top 5 Tuesday for June so I thought I’d have a go at doing my own (not all the time, I struggled to come up with 5 weeks worth!!!)
I was toying with idea of a half year book-ish reflection and to set me up for the next half year – very loosely!
For the last week of June I thought it would be good to share my best books for the first half of 2020
Here are my ‘best books’ so far for 2020 (not necessarily released then, I read then!)
What have been your best reads so far this year?
A halfway update!
You can see my original post (which links into the sign up post) here.
I said I wanted to listen to 10-15 books but I realised I was going to best that for the year so I’ve upped it!!
I’m now aiming for 15 to 20 audio books which means I am Socially Awkward!!! (sounds like me!!!)
I’ve actually listened to 11 books so far:
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Did you participate?
How many have you listened to?
Welcome to Closing the Chapter! I hope you had a great reading month?
At the beginning of the month I wondered of I could pull off reading as many books as I did in May.
May was a massive reading month for me as I read 12 books.
The first week in June I challenged myself to read a book a day and crushed it – you can see my post and the books/reviews here.
Then I needed a little break – it was exhausting!! 😂
So June turned out to be a good reading month for me with 12 books read again!
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Summer Fling Anthology – various
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What did you read in June?
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Back again to delve into my monthly haul to see if I actually stuck with my promise to myself of only getting 3 books a month.
If I had taken a lie detector test when I made this ‘rule’, the needle would’ve been jumping all over the place 😂😂
I only went over by 1 but in my defence (it’s not really a defence!), that 1 was an impulse buy and I bought it with the intention for my son to listen to (who am I trying to kid???!)
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🧚♀️ Fairyloot
Incendiary by Zoraidya Cordova
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