New Year, time for a new reading challenge. How did 2023 go in the reading department you ask? Not too bad. I missed my Good Reads goal of 40 books by two, but I did get a lot of the other goals accomplished. So onto a new year. In looking back over what I did read last year, even though I did manage 15 of the books off my own shelves a lot of those were books that I got a Free Little Libraries or I found at library sales for a couple of bucks. I only read 5 of the books I actually purchased either full price or discounted price at BookOutlet. This kind of really surprised me. That's why I kind of like setting goals because then I can see what's happening with the books I actually shell out hard earned cash for. Though one look at my overflowing new purchase book bag should have been a major clue!!
And believe it or not, I actually forgot two books that were sitting in my non-fiction stacks. These books have all been purchased over the last 4 - 5 years. So this is going to be my goal for this year. There are 26 books total and my goal is to read them to zero. Meaning reading this stack is going to be first priority before I put any more books on library hold or reach for ones that are second hand that I've gotten for free. I'll put a goal of at least 2 per month from this pile before I can get a library book or another from my free books pile. That way it will still let me get to some of those throughout the year. I may surprise myself and chug right through this stack without looking elsewhere. We'll see how it plays out. Now the bigger trick is going to be not purchasing anymore this year. Yikes.
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Susanne, I am so impressed by your reading accomplishments. As a retired teacher I used to enjoy reading so much, especially everything historical, but these days I have difficulty reading. I suppose everything really needs to be large print for me now. God bless you for doing what you obviously love and are quite accomplished in it. Have a glorious new year!
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