Tag: bookstagram
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2023 comes to an end
My 2023 Reading Wrapped Up What a crazy year, for reading and in my personal [and now business] life. I read 96 books in the year of 2023. The same number I had read last year, thus not obtaining my first goal to surpass my 2022 number of books read. I did, however, beat my…
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shelfie sunday
Happy Shelfie Sunday featuring my selling bookshelf that’s hanging out in my foyer. The beginnings of a bookstore that looks very different than I imagined. Having a headspace for a homestead that comes with learning so many new skills and different challenges every day in addition to a bookstore? Apparently I love to overwhelm myself…
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changing 2023 reading plan
I’ve been discussing how I want to read more books (and more pages) in 2023 compared to last year. I’m not entirely sure if I’m going to accomplish this goal, so I am going to make myself a secondary goal. And at the very least attempt this secondary goal. This second goal is to read…
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favorite month by reads
What’s your favorite month of the year? Why? If I look at my favorite month of the year by the number of books that I’ve read, within the last two years my favorite months would be Both months with 12 books read and finished (some started a month or so before, when it came to…
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reading update
What I’m currently reading feat. some of the leftover wedding cake. Not that I’m biased or anything, but that was probably the most delicious wedding cake I’ve ever had. With settling down in a new house, wedding planning over, and there’s all of this extra time on my hands, what is a woman to do?…
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october 2023, you were good to me
The quickest month with the most beautiful ending. I will forever cherish the month of October than I ever have before. October Reading Wrap-up I engaged the most withThe Undertakers by Nicole Glover Just the Nicest Couple by Mary KubicaThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris I raced through The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.…
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continued personal growth
What have you been working on? There are so many projects that I’ve been working on. There are also several things that I’ve been talking about doing but have not yet begun. Seeing as my wedding is just in a few days, I think it will be a great time to increase my work on…
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work on your goals
What are rainy Saturdays for? Productivity – so we can inch closer to accomplishing our goals.Even if it looks different outside and I wanted to cuddle up with several books and be lazy, I had commitments that I had made previously and I stuck to them. And what was the result of that? All positive…
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tagging authors in “bad” reviews
Since starting this blog, I’ve read several posts (specifically on bookstagram) that bookstagrammers should not tag authors in “bad” reviews. And I guess I have the unpopular opinion (that I’ve rarely seen voiced from others) that reviewers should be free to tag authors in bad or negative reviews. Even if tagging an author goes directly…
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New old books
Book haul The newest additions to my life that are for my personal growth and learning. These books hauled mainly for enjoyment, but who knows, maybe they’ll become more than just pleasurable. I have absolutely no idea what The Sex Lives of Cannibals is about – I just love the title of it, it’s so…
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