I know my lists are always ambitious looking. The thing is that I’m not aiming to finishing all of these. I do plan to finish a few at least. My plans is to make progress on all of these. I’m looking forward to a very productive week. I’m hoping for good news.
I’m not sure what all I’m doing this week. I do know that I don’t have any blog tours scheduled. I do have a feeling it’s going to be a great week. I’m feeling very confident!
It’s one of my bigger reading weeks, but I’m confident I will get through it. I don’t plan to finish all of these, but I know I will make dents. That is what matters to me. I’ll also be on the job hunt this week. It’s time I start exclusively looking for an at home job. I tried to work outside of the home, but I just can’t do it. I’m sure people will judge me for that, but I’m okay with that. I’m not working for them. I’m working for myself.
I know I always have a lot on my reading list every week. i have multiple reasons for this. For one, I’m a mood reader. Having a variety helps me stay out of reading ruts. Secondly, I have a system and it works really well for me. I never expect to completely finish all of them. If I make progress in some and not others, I’m completely okay with that. Also, I’m finally starting to catch up on reviews and write them as I finish books. Until the backlog of reviews are posted, I’ll have two scheduled every day. Once they are all posted, it will be scheduled as I finish them.
Wicked Ever After Anthology- Releases February 10th
Love and Other Kerfuffles Anthology: Releases February 7th
Wildblood by Laura Blackwood: Releases February 7th
Test of the Four by A.E. Bennett: Blog Tour February 3rd
Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara: Releases January 31st
The Long Run by James Acker: Releases February 7th
Intrinsic Motivation by Stefan Falk: Releases February 7th
Hex You by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast: Releases January 31st
The Second You’re Single by Cara Tanamachi: Releases January 31st
Reading Goals Overall:
Read two hours a day
Read daily chapters
Keep on top of reviews
Ideally, I’d also like to finish Cobalt Red, Hex You, and The Second You’re Single by the end of the week. If I don’t, it will be okay. I have a TBR Jar readathon this weekend that I’m hosting at The Introverted Readathoner. I’m really excited about that. My schedule has been so packed that I haven’t been able to do that readathon the way I’ve wanted to lately. That changes this week. I’d also love to make progress in the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz. I’d love to see your reading plans for the week!
I’m hoping to have time to make some progress on the Orphan X series this week as well. We will see. The next book in the series comes out on Valentine’s Day. I want to have the rest read before it does. What are your reading plans for this week?
There’s a lot on the list. I don’t plan to finish all of the books. I do plan to make progress in them. I also can’t even start some of the books until I finish others. So there’s that. I’ve already started most of these and I’m really enjoying them.
For those of you who don’t know, I had a rough start to the year. I didn’t want to write reviews. I really didn’t want to do anything at all with my blog or social media. I was in a depressive funk. One that I couldn’t shake myself out of. I knew that I had friends and family. I knew I was loved. I just still felt alone and like I should just give up on everything. It took me quite a while to get myself out of the dark place I was in.
In August, I discovered OneNote. Well, that’s not a fair statement. I knew about OneNote for a long time. I just never realized how beneficial it would be for me. It started out as writing notes for work. Then I had a “what if” moment and started writing reviews on my personal computer on it.
Note: The tabs are for each month and each tab had a page for every book I read that month. The title has a hyperlink that leads right to the blog post for the review.
I spent quite a bit of time writing reviews for books earlier in the year. For a while, that was my focus. Until I realized that the longer I went the more behind I fell. So, I decided to start writing reviews for books I currently read and decided to go back when I could. I’ve gotten myself into a nice habit of writing a review soon after I’ve read the book.
While I’m getting current reads reviewed right away, I do acknowledge that I still have reviews I need to write from earlier this year. Today, I made a list of reviews that I need to write. I am going to start putting a priority to get them written and posted until they are all done. They will be posted on days I don’t have anything planned until they are all done.
Here’s the list of books I’ve read this year that I haven’t reviewed yet:
The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea Girl in the Blue Coat Learn to Love yourself Cytonic Cataclysm The Ash Moon The Somber Call The Crucial Shift Red Queen Zelia A Forgery Of Roses Reflection Clash Royal Decoy Glass Sword Hunt A Royal Christmas Fairy Tale Cell The Frequency Gathering of the Four King’s Cage Hotel Magnifique Blood Scion Rise of Riverstone War Storm When Goblins Puppysit One Hundred Percent Me Once Upon A Broken Heart The Stardust Thief Greenlights Ballad & Dagger Royal Spy True Crime Story Ravenwood Academy In Every Generation Into The Shadows Haven Out of the Shadows
Lately, I haven’t read as much as I’d like. I’m reading every day still, but just barely on some days. I have still been keeping track. I am hoping that sharing my progress on here will be helpful. We shall see. I will make it from Sunday to Saturday.
Note: Some ebooks I have don’t have page numbers so I measure it by % instead. It gets a little tricky with daily page counting, but it works in the end.
I’d like to try to read at least a hundred pages a day, but I know that there will be days I won’t do that. I am going to at least make it a point to read at least a chapter a day. I love my job, but sometimes the back-to-back calls for the entire shift is mentally draining. It makes wanting to read really hard. I’ve found myself watching more television than I have reading when I’m not working. I’m just thankful that I’m not having major anxiety over that anymore!
Stars Books & Tea 