New Year = New Book Goals!
On New Year's Eve 2021, I set the following goals for 2022: Read 50 books. Read the books in my TBR stack. (I think I have about ten books in my nightstand that need to be read!) Write one hour each week for pleasure (52 hours for the year). This could be a blog post, story ideas, journaling, etc. Here's what I accomplished in 2022: I read 81 books. I read some of the books in my TBR stack... and I added some books to it, too! I wrote more through journaling and brainstorming book ideas. I wrote my book autobiography back in the summer, too! As I was reflecting on the books I read over the course of this year , I noticed some patterns. Many of the books I read were about summer and even had the word summer in the title. Summer is my favorite season, so, of course, I love escaping to summer when I read. I also noticed that most of the audiobooks I listened to were nonfiction books. Nonfiction is more challenging for me to read, so this makes sense! I often found myself...