Holiday Reading Review

[ironed_orchid]

Happy New Year Bitesized Readers!

Congratulations on making it through another year. I hope you managed to read some good stuff.

Here are some reflections on reading prompts for you. Feel free to answer as many or few as you like.

How did you make/find time to read in 2017?

Do you think you read more or less than in previous years?

What were your reading highlights of 2017?

Did you reach any reading goals in 2017?

What made up the bulk of your reading in 2017? (e.g. novels, stories, fic, non-fiction, articles, social media, work related texts)

Where did you do most of your reading in 2017?

If you exchange gifts at this time of year, did you give or receive any good books?

Have you managed to get any reading done over the holiday period?

Do you have any reading related resolutions or goals for 2018?

Comments

[bonnefois]

How did you make/find time to read in 2017?
Have severe health problems helped, lol.

Do you think you read more or less than in previous years?
A little less. That was mostly because I got a lot of reading done on my vacation and had a solid 3 months with 20 books read.

What were your reading highlights of 2017?
ehhh lemme see I already wrote it in an entry:


Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
The Best Laid Plans by Lynn Schrunberger and Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
for fiction this year.

The first two were fun and fearless stories which completely broke the conventions of their genres. I talk more about it in earlier progress entries. Turtles All The Way Down is a nuanced and often heartbreaking look at mental illness, mystery, and how it affects friendships and relationships without being issueficcy.

For nonfiction,
Mindset: A New Psychology of Success by Caroline Dweck
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to your biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy
all of Gretchen Rubin's books
The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan

The first three changed my life. Mindset literally shifted me from a very dangerous style of thinking I had unknowningly picked up. Presence was an incredible read, Gretchen Rubin is deeply inspiring and made me want to go on my own year long journey, while The Gratitude Diaries made me think about gratitude in a different way.


Did you reach any reading goals in 2017?

I set a 100 books goal and reached it.

What made up the bulk of your reading in 2017? (e.g. novels, stories, fic, non-fiction, articles, social media, work related texts)

I don't really count social media. It was split fairly even between nonfic and fiction. maybe 60 fiction/40 nonfic. I hope to eventually up the ante for nonfic, but I have bookshelves to clean out so I can't be picky lol.

Where did you do most of your reading in 2017?
Uhh, in bed?

If you exchange gifts at this time of year, did you give or receive any good books?
Well, I bought some kindle books with a gift card I got. Did that count?

Have you managed to get any reading done over the holiday period?
Yeah, I got 4 books last year and 2 this year.

Do you have any reading related resolutions or goals for 2018?
100 books again. No limits or focuses because I need to thin down my bookcases. Well, I guess the focus is on my own books as opposed to library books.

[ironed_orchid]

Have severe health problems helped, lol.

Still impressive that you managed to read new books that made a real impact. when my health is bad, I often can't focus on new material and end up re-reading for comfort.