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bugshaw at 09:09am on 02/01/2025
bugshaw at 09:09am on 02/01/2025Books
2022 In 25, read 57, unread physical 388, unread total 399, -37 on previous year.
2023 In 84, read 54, unread physical 410, unread total 424, +25 on previous year.
2024 In 124, read 119, unread physical 400, unread total 430, +6 on previous year.
What a year! I put most of this down to my health being a bit better in general, but not enough to work. I went to Eastercon and Worldcon virtually which both gave me a ton of new authors to buy and try, birthday and Christmas gifts from Toby added a lot of new directions I hadn't yet explored, and book club pointed me at a few things. And there was the time I went to a charity shop and they had 8 Joanne Harris books who I'd just started reading. And all these 99p Kindle deals I don't resist (and can't think of much reason to resist). I rejoined the library in the autumn but haven't used it yet.
I had a great deal of enjoyment from reading, but retained very little due to how my brain works these days. Part of the reading more I think is because I just started reading anyway, not waiting "till my brain was clever enough to properly appreciate it". And luckily there is Goodreads which keeps my list - and it's handy to click through for the summary/review reminders. My list is here: (unless it only shows "Bridget's" books because I'm logged in as "Bridget")
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/144059146?ref=nav_mybooks
In 2025 I'm aiming for 120 books, as a nice round 10/month. I have my books bought in 2023/24 on separate couple of shelves, as "new/recent", and they are overflowing. Of course I can read whatever I like from this enormous buffet but I'm going to guide myself with trying 5 a month of the 2023/24 books (which will finish them by the end of the year), 2 non-fiction, 1 new, and see what happens with the rest. I do want to clear those 2023/24 shelves and take a chunk out of my non-fiction.
2022 In 25, read 57, unread physical 388, unread total 399, -37 on previous year.
2023 In 84, read 54, unread physical 410, unread total 424, +25 on previous year.
2024 In 124, read 119, unread physical 400, unread total 430, +6 on previous year.
What a year! I put most of this down to my health being a bit better in general, but not enough to work. I went to Eastercon and Worldcon virtually which both gave me a ton of new authors to buy and try, birthday and Christmas gifts from Toby added a lot of new directions I hadn't yet explored, and book club pointed me at a few things. And there was the time I went to a charity shop and they had 8 Joanne Harris books who I'd just started reading. And all these 99p Kindle deals I don't resist (and can't think of much reason to resist). I rejoined the library in the autumn but haven't used it yet.
I had a great deal of enjoyment from reading, but retained very little due to how my brain works these days. Part of the reading more I think is because I just started reading anyway, not waiting "till my brain was clever enough to properly appreciate it". And luckily there is Goodreads which keeps my list - and it's handy to click through for the summary/review reminders. My list is here: (unless it only shows "Bridget's" books because I'm logged in as "Bridget")
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/144059146?ref=nav_mybooks
In 2025 I'm aiming for 120 books, as a nice round 10/month. I have my books bought in 2023/24 on separate couple of shelves, as "new/recent", and they are overflowing. Of course I can read whatever I like from this enormous buffet but I'm going to guide myself with trying 5 a month of the 2023/24 books (which will finish them by the end of the year), 2 non-fiction, 1 new, and see what happens with the rest. I do want to clear those 2023/24 shelves and take a chunk out of my non-fiction.
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You have just prompted me to my first resolution of the year, and I have reactivated my dormant Goodreads account and logged the first book I finished this year. Resolved to log reading systematically on Goodreads this year rather than haphazardly strewn among my socials.
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