We've had them for so many years, we can't stop now!



This year, my challenge is going to be:
End the year with FEWER books on my "to-be-read" list than I started with!

Too often, even if I go through every book that was on it at the beginning of the year, I've found so many others I want to read that the list ends up longer anyhow.

This year, I'm determined to whittle it down! From.... uh.... actually.... I need to count, if I want to do this, huh?
Er.
Excuse me. I need to go total up some titles....

Well, I'm late for posting here. My goal for 2024 is one book a month, so 12 books. I am hoping to overachieve it, but who knows.

So far I have read 4 books for 2024

1. Murder Book by Thomas Perry. 3/5. It was okay. Really feeling the "written by an old guy" vibes from this just by the way people were described and how the flow was. It was still interesting enough.

2. A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee. 3/5. I really liked the journey and coming into oneself the main character had.

3. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix. 4/5. I really liked this one so much I had it read in 4 days. The way the spooky atmosphere got my creeped out that I couldn't read it before bed XD It was really well written and recommend this if anyone likes horror.

4. The Night Shift by Alex Finlay. 4/5. Another mystery. It took me a bit to get into it, but when I did I didn't want to stop.

And then I tried an audiobook back in January. It was okay, but it counted it towards my total books read on my goodreads, which greatly annoys me because I didn't read it. So my goal on goodreads is set to 13. I'll just keep upping it if I decide to listen and mark it read on my goodreads since it can't differentiate between reading and listening.

Not entirely sure what I'll read next. I got another ebook checked out from my library for over a week, but I haven't started it yet. I might switch it up. I had to only bring a few books with me for at least until August as I moved back in with my mother while my house is being remodeled. And I think she might have been annoyed if I tried to bring every single book I keep saying I'm going to read. Plus she has a box of books she's going to donate I can rummage through to see if there is anything I want to read in there too.

I will read at least one book. I've been slacking off with reading for years and I'm pissed at myself for it. It's not that hard to pick up a book and read a few pages every day. I can't keep postponing it and still trying to make money on editing and proofreading. It doesn't feel right.

So, one book and I'll come back when I'm finished.

The goal is set, now to pick a title and just read a few pages daily.