Happy New Year! In my first post of the new year, I am going to share my favorite books I read in 2018 and the books I am looking forward to reading in 2019. I did something similar at the beginning of 2018, and if you look back at that post you’ll recall that I said I would try to read 40 books in a year.
Before I talk numbers, let’s get one thing straight— I didn’t completely bomb the challenge. I read quite a lot last year, and it was definitely more than I read in 2017, but I can’t say it was exactly 40 books. It started off well— I kept track of the books I’d read through Goodreads for about five-ish months before things got hectic and I forgot all about my goal. I kept on reading though, even if I wasn’t counting. And honestly, the books I read at that point in time were some of the best I’ve read all year. That brings me to my top 5 books of 2018:
Honorable Mentions: Carry On and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli, How to Disappear by Sharon Huss Roat and What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum Hopefully this years book’s will be just as good as the ones I’ve listed, but those books were literally amazing so they’re gonna be hard to beat. Here’s what I plan on reading in 2019:
As for my reading goal this year, I want to read at least 20 books, which is around the amount that I actually ended up reading last year. In last year’s post I also said I wanted to work on some of my own stories and possibly complete them. As you may have guessed by now, I did no such thing. This year I just want to find more time to write and develop the plots and characters for my stories. I also have a lot of fun posts planned for this blog in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for those as well as updates on my reading goal and new book reviews/rants!
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So last week I started reading the Hunger Games series. For the second time. When I told my mom this, she was like "Why? Don't you already know what's going to happen?" Of course I do, but I don't remember all of the details. This is one of the key reasons why I like re-reading books. Back in middle school, when I first read the series, I was totally obsessed with it. It was all I ever talked about; I even begged my mom for a limited edition Katniss Everdeen collectible Barbie doll ( it was $50. I could've done so many other things with $50). Anyway, since I finished the series I took interest in other things and my obsession faded. Sure, there are so many other new things I could be reading, but I was dying to know why I loved it so much , because I'd forgotten. I remember some key parts of the books, (most are spoilers so I won't elaborate), but I re-read them to feel the relief of remembering what happened. For the nostalgia, if that makes any sense. Feeling all of the strong emotions I felt the first time I read it feels reassuring. Some may call it a waste of time, but it's just bringing back good memories. That is exactly why I plan on re-reading at least 3 more of my favorite series from a few years ago- The Selection Series, Beautiful Creatures, and the Divergent trilogy. I know it sounds stupid but I'm genuinely so excited to read those books again. And if you haven't read the Hunger Games trilogy yet, what are you doing? They are classics. Go read them, go read them right now, you'll love them. I'm probably gonna read them again five years from now because they're just that good.
Happy New Year! This year, I want to read even more than I did in 2017. All last year, whenever I would go to Barnes and Noble I would take pictures of the books I wanted to read or buy later on because I usually didn't feel like I had time. So today I'm going to list those books(along with some from my goodreads list) with the hope that I'll be reviewing them soon.
So now that I've told you what I want to read, I'll share 5 of my favorite reads from 2017:
In addition to reading a lot more, I'm going to be writing more too, and hopefully finishing a few of the many works I've began and maybe even sharing them on this blog. Happy Reading! :) |
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