December 31st, 2023-January 6th, 2024

December 31, 2023

The Sunday Post

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

# 66 Resolutions

To be honest, I don't recall if I got one or two books last week. Next week I promise to reveal the book titles that I got for New Years. I was pretty much sick this week so I stayed home, tried to finish books I was reading and that's that. On 26th of December we put up our New Years Tree, (evergreen tree) in every room. One in mine, one in my mom's, my dad's and my son's. (My son's insistence) We also put some lights out in the backyard. I definitely have mixed feelings about the upcoming New Year, the 2024, year I will be 39 as my son often reminds me. I used to be on a special program shelf awareness where I got a lot of freebies, but decided to unsubscribe mainly because I have a lot of books that I need to read. It will be a bit difficult.

Last Week On The Blog

This Week On The Blog

New Arrivals At Svetlana's Reads And Views

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

(From The Book Date)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.

Paragraph: So I've finished reading THE UNBROKEN by C.L. Clark which is highly good and here is my million dollar question: why isn't this book series more popular? Reading R.F. Kuang is akin to reading white fragility which is not a compliment. But reading C.L Clark is a complex and beautiful journey. Oddly enough, I've started to read THE BRITANIAS by Alice Albinia which covers history, colonialism, feminism and travelogue as experienced by British Isles from the time of Romans to modern day. At first I thought it would be a fiction, but its non fiction and it is a challenging read for me.

Current Reads:

265/473 109/347

Plans:

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

How it works:

I assign each Tuesday a topic and then post my top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join me and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.

You’ll find the schedule of upcoming TTT topics below so you can plan ahead. I’ll post a Linky here on the blog each week so you can link up your post (if you want). If you don’t have a blog, post your picks in the comment section below! Have tons of fun talking books and getting to know your fellow bloggers!

NOTE: If a weekly topic is listed as a “freebie”, you are invited to come up with your own topic. Sometimes I will give your topic a theme, such as “love”, a season, or an upcoming holiday. That just means that you can come up with any topic you want that fits under that umbrella.

You’re more than welcome to use the Top Ten Tuesday image I designed above (or any of my older/seasonal ones), or make your own that fits your site’s theme.

January 2: Favorite Books of 2023

Shelf Control

Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.

Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! For more info on what Shelf Control is all about, check out my introductory post, here.

Want to join in? Shelf Control posts go up every Wednesday. See the guidelines at the bottom of the post, and jump on board!

Title:

Author:

Published:

Length:

What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads):

How and when I got it:

Why I want to read it:

What do you think? Would you read this book? And if you’ve read it, do you recommend it?

Please share your thoughts!

Books from Backlog

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.

If you would like to join in, please feel free to enter your link, link back to this post, and then spend some time visiting some of the other posts.

This week’s neglected book

Book Title:

Series:

Publisher:

Genres:

Pages:

Format:

Source:

Summary:

Why did I add <Book Title> to my bookshelf?

What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?

Let's Talk Bookish

January 5: 2023 Reading Wrap-Up

Prompts: Happy New Year! How many books did you read in 2023? What were some of your favorites? Least favorites? Did you meet your reading goals for the year? What do you want to continue in 2024? Any reading-related changes you’re planning to make?

Stacking the Shelves