HAPPY BLOGMAS!

Here we are with the end of the year fast approaching and a time to reflect on the best reads of the year!

We all love books here so wanted to spread the love and post about them!

I did a post halfway through the year which you can see here and these are the rest of the fabulous books I’ve loved this year (not necessarily released then, I read then!)

I’ve read so many great books this 2nd half of the year but these are the ones that really stood out to me:

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Wisteria by Adalyn Grace
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley

What have been your best books of this year?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

What a week! I didn’t really do much apart from work and I am tired! I’m working on Monday then I have 6 days off so I’m looking forward to that!

We are going to a candlelight carol concert tomorrow, not my sort of thing at all but my Mum wants me to go with her….so I’m going 🤣

I hope you all have a lovely, relaxed, happy Christmas!

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What I’ve Read

Plier, Tourner, Sauter, Relever by Jane Washington (rereads)
(Am actually obsessed with this series and this is my 3rd reread!)

Glisser by Jane Washington
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Yes, a cover change partway through the series. I’m irked.

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Blogmas – Series Finished in 2024!
Blogmas – Books I Didn’t Read!
Blogmas – Challenges Update!

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What have you read lately?

I took part in 3 annual reading challenges this year, an audiobook challenge which I have already updated on and also the Goodreads challenge and a Tackle That TBR challenge…..let’s see how I did!

Goodreads

I set my goal to 100 books and I actually met that in November and I’m now up to 117 books read!

Tackle That TBR

Now this one I…….failed (and I hate to say that)!!!

I said I wanted to read 20 from my tbr that I owned before 1 January 2024. I only read 12 – how depressing is that! 

Can I make up for it next year? Who knows 🤣

Did you join any challenge for 2024? How did you do?

Happy Blogmas!

I thought it might be fun to look back at my tbr books that were added this year but I didn’t get a chance to read.

I thought I’d done really well at reading books I’d bought this year but I counted 40 books that I haven’t read, bought tears to my eyes!!!

So I have added only 6 here, I won’t bore you with the full list!

What about you, have you got a lot of books left over?

Happy Blogmas!

I think it’s always nice to look back and see that I’ve accomplished something in the year so thought I’d see if I finished any series in 2024!

My provisional goal was to finish 10 – I actually finished 13 (but I did include duologies!)

(Also let’s not talk about how many series that I haven’t finished and also new ones I’ve started this year *incoherent mumbles* )

So here we go……

1) Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
2) All Souls by Deborah Harkness
3) Crescent City by SJM
4) Green Creek by TJ Klune
5) Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle/Katherine Webber
6) Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham
7) Darkmore Penitentiary by Caroline Peckham
8) Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
9) Throne of Glass (reread)
10) The Sunbearer duology
11) Happyhead duology
12) Stolen Heir duology
13) Letter of Enchantment duology

How many series did you finish this year?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

So this was my week:
Monday – work and more work
Tuesday – doctors appt and work
Wednesday – did some food shopping for Christmas so now I only need to get veg, victory!
Thursday – work and more work
Friday – an ill son 😫
Saturday – a still ill son (a bad sore throat and fever!)

I’m defo feeling the Christmas vibe now too!

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What I’ve Read

🎧 A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Blogmas – Festive Points Game!
Blogmas – Audiobook Challenge
Feature – January releases
Blogmas – my 2025 book plans

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What have you read lately?

I really need this!

For 2025 I’m going to read what I want!

For 2025 I am just going to read what I want.

And that’s it.

~ Mood read the whole year.
~ No lists.
~ No timetables.
~ If I am lucky enough to get an arc I will try my best to read it by release day.
~ I will only request an arc if I really want to read it – no pressure

For most of this year I’ve been pressuring myself to read certain books in a month, and because of that, it puts me off reading anything, and I’m slumping more.

I don’t want to fall out of love with reading, and it’s defo heading that way, so I just think if I don’t do something now, it might push me over the edge!

I also need to stop buying so many books!
I also need to at least try and read some of my tbr!

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So that’s it.

What are your reading goals for 2025?

2024 Audiobook Challenge!!

Hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About.

#2024AudiobookChallenge

So here we are, nearly at the end of 2024 and time to evaluate whether I hit my audio goal this year!

At the start of the year I said I wanted to listen to 30 audiobooks (My Precious – I had my earbuds surgically implanted) but then I reached that goal in June and increased to 50 – Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands)!!!

So……did I reach 50?!

I DID! WOOHOO!

Here are some of the books I listened to in the last quarter of 2024:

Did you join in? How did you do?

Here’s what’s tantalising me that’s releasing in January (that I may have preordered!!)

I did say I was going to be better about book buying in 2025….but I’m not off to a great start!!!!!

 Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Carving Shadows into Gold by Brigid Kemmerer
Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young 

Will you be getting any of these?