Welcome to my 15th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2024, and set some new goals for 2025. I’m adding a new section to the post this year. First, I tally up the posts I wrote in 2024 and my goal progress. Then I move into my usual posting and reading overview, followed […]
Sooo, I ended up working only two days in December. My term ended Dec 13, but I was in Vancouver to Dec 4 (Wed), and then I had so much vacation time banked that I took off Dec 9 to 13 (Mon to Fri). I kept quite busy, though, with reading, blogging, enjoying some wintry weather, completing some deep house cleaning, wrapping gifts and writing Christmas cards, and spending time […]
Originally hosted by Jamie @ Perpetual Page Turner, I like how this survey delves into the specifics of books read and gives me a chance to review all I read and wrote this year. I have completed this survey every year since I started book blogging full time (2014). I removed some questions for which I didn’t have an answer. So, be sure to visit the original post if you’d like […]
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We Came to Welcome Youby Vincent TiradoSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept 2024Publisher: William Morrow (HarperCollins)Length: 384 pages Genre: HorrorTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +16)Representation: Protagonist is Black (Dominican American) lesbian, spouse is Korean lesbian (author is non-binary Afro-Latine) Summary 💬 Where beauty lies, secrets are held…ugly ones. Sol Reyes has had a rough year. After a series of workplace incidents at her university lab culminates in a plagiarism accusation, Sol is put on probation. Dutiful visits […]
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Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Books I Hope That Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes. I spent a good amount of time yesterday (Dec 23) drafting a post for today, “X Posts to Get to Know Me as a Blogger”. Then I realized I had essentially already done that earlier this year in “A Falling Letters Timeline“, where I listed my favourite posts by year 🫠 So instead I have decided to participate […]