My birthday is coming up way too fast. (What project will this year’s existential crisis spawn? This blog was last year’s.) I decided to treat myself to a few bookish things this year and I’m very happy with my choices. I also have a few things still on my list: more bookish objects that would… Continue reading Happy birthday to me: the bookish gifts I bought myself this year
25 books I want to read in ’25
As each year winds down, I make a TBR (“to be read”) list for the approaching year to keep my reading momentum. Typically, this list begins as the remnant of the current year’s list, all the titles I kept putting off until it was too late, and then I build on that. Each year’s TBR… Continue reading 25 books I want to read in ’25
My 24 Favorite Reads of ’24
As a high school librarian and a ravenous bookworm, I read a lot. In fact, I read so much in 2023 that in 2024, I made a goal to read LESS. I ended up reading 131 books instead. Whoopsy-daisy. From those 131 books, I’ve selected my favorites from each month of 2024 to share in… Continue reading My 24 Favorite Reads of ’24
2024 Reading Wrapped: I made a goal to read less and failed HARD (oops)
Hello again to my small scrap of the internet, all negative seven of you who read this thing (negative mathematically, not in terms of your attitude, which I’m sure is lovely). I made two big reading goals for 2024: to tackle at least half of my physical TBR (“to be read”) list and to read… Continue reading 2024 Reading Wrapped: I made a goal to read less and failed HARD (oops)
My 2024 reading goal to read LESS…and how it’s going
Last year (2023), I set a goal to read 60 books. As a librarian and an avid reader, I exceed this most years. How much I exceed it varies, but usually I land at around 70-90 books. I read 120 books last year. When I hit triple digits toward the end of November, I joked… Continue reading My 2024 reading goal to read LESS…and how it’s going
paige in the library 