This was definitely not my best reading year. I started out the year in a reading slump. It took me forever to get into my reading groove in 2018. There were a few months that were absolutely amazing and filled with fantastic reads, like March, April and July. I feel like half the year was spent hating half the things I picked up. I ended up reading over 160 books this year. My goal was to read only 100. So even though I spent less time reading, I must be reading faster because I still read pretty much just as much as last year. It was my goal this year to read at least 60 books off my physically owned TBR and I reached that goal in November. I still have close to 80 unread books though on my shelves. Here's to finishing that off next year! I went through a phase of really loving my local library this year. At least half of the books I read this year were library books. On that note, three of my top five reads of the year were library books. I feel like I learned a lot about my likes and dislikes as a reader this year. I focused less on reading "popular" books, instead trying to read things that I was actually interested in. I also realized that although my favorite book of all time (Lord of the Rings) is a Fantasy book, I'm not really a fan of that genre. Since I love LotR so much, I find it really hard for other Fantasy books to live up to that standard. I think if I were to pick a favorite genre in 2018, I'd have to say it's a contradictory tie between YA contemporary and classic literature. My hope for next year is that 2019 will be a better year overall, not just for reading but for life in general. 2018 was a really rough one for me personally and I want to leave it all in the past and start fresh. Hopefully that will be the case. My Top 5 Reads of 2018: My Worst 5 Reads of 2018: That's it for my 2018 wrap up. Tell me, what was the best book you read this year? Did you find any new favorites? I sure hope you did.
I enjoyed my time reading this month a lot more than in the past few months.
Here are the 9 books that I read in November. This week's task is to try and chose the five characters from books that you'd most like to invite to Thanksgiving (or Friendsgiving) dinner. Here are mine.
Can you believe there's less than seven weeks left in the year? This week's topic is all about those last few books I hope to squeeze in before the new year.
This week is in honor of the Tome Topple Readathon this month found on BookTube. Are you a lover of big books, or do you prefer a shorter read?
There's only two reading months left in this year. While I have to admit, I am a bit worn out at this point, having read around 140 books already this year, there are a few books I'm looking forward to still.
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