Hello readers! Its the last day of 2023 and Blogmas! This is the first time I have successfully done Blogmas every single day in December. With a lot of planning ahead, it isn’t as hard as it seems.
Thank you for reading my posts! I am truly grateful for every single reader whether you read all my posts or just one.
It’s been a crazy year, but I’m looking forward to 2024. I think it’ll be much better than this one.
However, 2023 blogging has been really good! Well… the second half anyhow. There were 184 days from July to December and I posted 167 times during that period! I already have most of my posts planned until the end of March for 2024.
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I managed (in the second half) to post more regularly on here than I ever have. I read so much as well! I read nearly 100 books from July to December.
I worked really hard to overcome my executive dysfunction and that is a big reason I’ve blogged so much. I have to do some extremely detailed planning every day and it’s exhausting, but it has been so worth it.
I also started Booktok, which has been so amazing. I had so many assumptions about it before joining that were just not true. I also quite Book Twitter. It was so toxic over there. AND, I started a book club. Sure, there are only like 10 people on it, but it’s still fun!
Life Update:
I spent the last week hyperfocusing on Ancestry. I have had this account for a long time, but I found a new leaf and that sent me down a 3 day long rabbit hole. I found out I am related to Charlemagne. Then, I continued to find him again and again. Seriously, like over 10 times. I lost count. Why did everyone just marry their family back then? That is so weird.
I also found a common ancestor between my husband and I, which was weird. It was like 12 generation back, though. I have a separate tree for him and one for my daughter as well for her birth mother’s side.
Other than that, I have been taking it easy after Christmas. I got Skyrim on the Switch from my BIL, which was the perfect gift. Our Xbox is outside in the garage, so I can’t really go out there and play it often. I can’t just leave my daughter alone in the house, so I only get to play at night. I don’t really want to spend my husband’s days off out there either as I’d rather spend time with him.
I love to play games, but I don’t play that many different ones. I got my switch in 2021 and only bought one game, which was Animal Crossing. I then got a Bratz game for Christmas in 2022 and now I have Skyrim. The only other video game I really love is Dishonored.
I like Assassin’s Creed, but the games are just too hard for me. What can I say, I’m a creature of habit.
On the Blog Last Week:
Monday – My Opinions on Popular Booktok Books
Tuesday – January TBR
Wednesday – The Last WWW Wednesday of 2023
Thursday – Winter Books Challenge Tag
Friday – The A to Z Challenge
Saturday – Stacking the Shelves
Upcoming This Week:
I really liked making a calendar last month to show you guys what I was posting for the month, so I’m going to do it again at the bottom of this post! If you saw the last one, you know it did change a bit. I can’t promise this one won’t, but it should stay like 80-90% the same.
Reading Update:
Today I am trying really, really hard to finish Fourth Wing and Assassin’s Blade. If I do that, I’ll be super happy! My husband works until midnight tonight though, so I do have a plan to start The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson. I’m hoping to start 2024 off with a bang and read a ton! We will just have to see.
ARCs on my Shelf:
I was surprised to find this in my inbox! Arianna Isabella sent me an ARC copy on Christmas, but I didn’t notice for a few days. It is the sequel to Sins of the Shadows and comes out on Valentines Day.
What I Watched:
You guys may be surprised to hear I didn’t just watch Hell’s Kitchen this week! I mean, I did watch it, but not only that.
I also watched two episodes of One Piece, the live action. I have watched a bit of the anime, but not a lot. I really enjoy the show! I was watching it with my husband, but won’t be going forward. He said he just doesn’t care for stories centering pirates.
A Look into January:
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