Annis

Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.”

And this is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.

This week’s prompt is top ten bookish goals for 2023 and I don't know if I have ten that are all related to books and reading, it has me thinking about blogging, reading and what I want from it, if I want to branch out and try new things etc. I love making goals, even if I don't always meet them!

Read 25 books this year
I've set this as my goal on goodreads and storygraph, and it seems really doable. I have no idea how much I'm going to be able to read, so 2 books a month seems like a good aim.

Re-read and catch up on the series I love
There's a new Kathy Reichs books coming out, I have no idea where I got to in the series so I'm going to re-read them all. I don't think I ever finished reading Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series - and she's released new books in the last few years.

Make time for reading everyday
Even if its half an hour in the afternoon while the girls are napping, or in the evening after all the kids are asleep. Time purposely spent doing the things I love is Good For Me!

Write about the books I read
I'm not going to say 'write a review' because I can't see me doing that, but I do enjoy talking about and sharing the love for the books I enjoy. It's also something I'm trying to do with my kids - I read to all three of them, always have. Tucker is learning to read and I always try have us talk about the stories we read together.

Organise my bookshelves
I realised after I went bookshopping that my shelves are a mess, I need to replace some old bookcases and my books are in no order at all. Buy new one, build them, organise books properly into alphabetical order.
This probably applies to more in my life than just my bookshelves - but I have 3 kids under 5 LOL

Get rid of books I don't enjoy/want to re-read
This is connected to organising my shelves in a way. Life is too short for bad books and I don't want books I don't want on my shelves when they can be easily donated to a charity shop.

Use the library more
I go to the library a couple of times a week - I take the kids to the bounce and rhyme sessions, and make sure that we're checking out books for us to read together, for Tucker to practice reading on, but I don't remember to look at the adult fiction (or non-fiction).

Look into an ebook reader
It's something I've been thinking about for a while, and I know the library has electronic resources as well. I know there's free books and cheap book offers on Kindle and it would be another way of finding new to me authors to read

Find a couple of new bookish podcasts
There's podcasts (like apps) for everything, so there's got to be some good bookish ones, maybe even some that are specifically crime/mystery/thriller. Probably even some that are sociology and anthropology themed. I have no idea where to start with looking though.

And I cannot think of another one, so that's going to have to be it.
Do you have any bookish goals for 2023?

Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.”

And this is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.

This week’s prompt (and my first time taking part!) most recent additions to my book collection is a very timely prompt because I've recently started reading again. I'm starting to find a rhythm to my days again, with Tucker in school and having Daisy & Kit at home - the girls and I are in a routine and I'm finally getting space and time to partake in my own hobbies again and I've started picking up books.

I mentioned about a month ago to James that I missed reading and wanted some new books. And for Christmas I received not only some books but also gift cards for Amazon, Waterstones and WH Smith.

I proceeded to buy:

I have loved Karin Slaughter's Grant County since I first got Blindsighted out of the library as a teen but haven't ever owned a full set. I do now!

I also treated to myself to a few books I've been wanting to read for a while:


And one I've never heard of but caught my eye: