Books I Want to Read in 2020
I did not do well with my list of books I wanted to read in 2019. I think I read maybe 5/30 or so. This year I am scaling the list back and making sure I make the books on my list a priority. I made a video of the books I want to read but I’m kind of terrible at book synopsis’ because I don’t like knowing much about books before going into them so I thought I would copy and paste some descriptions from Amazon here for those who like to know a little more! Here’s the video: BOOKS I WANT TO READ IN 2020…
My Favorite Books of 2019
Last year was a pretty average reading year for me. I read 72 books and rated nine fiction books five star that I would still consider five star books (and one that I would bump down to a four star because I can now hardly remember the book and I only read it a few months ago). I also had a number of five star non-fiction reads throughout the year as well. I created a video of my favorite fiction books that I read in 2019, if you are not a video watcher I will also include a list of the books below. Also, if you are interested in my…
What We’ve Been Reading Lately – December
December was a pretty decent reading month in our house. The cold weather makes for some good indoor reading time. THE MOM I am starting something this month (well, I actually started a couple of weeks ago): attempting to chat about books over on YouTube. There is a whole BookTube community on YouTube that I really enjoy watching and commenting on and for 2020 I wanted to contribute to the conversation by sharing some videos. I have a video with my reading wrap up if you prefer that. If not, you can read on. I read eight books this month and for the most part they…
On Planners, Setting Goals and Habit Tracking
The beginning of the year always has me thinking all things goals, about my one little word, finding the perfect planner for the year and keeping track of some new habits I want to form. I feel like I have tried every planner known to man and still haven’t found the perfect one. There are little bits from various planners that I like so I usually have a hodge podge of a planner. To be honest, if I was more artistic bullet journaling would be my preferred method, but my writing is kind of a disaster and I can’t draw or doodle to save my life. So, what…
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