Tell Me Something Tuesday

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In what will be a surprise to no one – I’ve missed the past few weeks of TMST because I seem to have gone into blogger hibernation mode.

I’m thinking of maybe posting once a month wrap-up style until I get my groove back – a monthly book post, life post and TMST.

So, I’m going to do a little catching up today with a few past TMST topics. I had really wanted to do the Thanksgiving one especially because even if I’m being a slacker lately, the blogging community is one of the things that always keeps me going.

11/24 topic: Gratitude. What books/authors/narrators/bloggers are you most thankful for this year?

Answer: Easy answer (& it’s true!) ALL of you! But a few specific shout outs to…

Roberta from OffbeatYA for being my #1 cheer leader

Lauren from Shooting Stars Mag & Blodeuedd from Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell for still existing lol There are only a few of us *original* bloggers left.

Jen Ryland Reviews for…everything. She’s my go to for venting, advice and recommendations.

Amber from DuLivre because she’s just an awesome person & blogger. And have you seen her baby??!! Baby Aria pictures have gotten me through 2020. No, seriously. Special thanks to Amber for DM’ing bonus pictures when I need them most lol

Lindsi from Do You Dog Ear for being a great friend & texting buddy.

Jen from That’s What I’m Talking About – there are several of us now co-hosting TMST but really it’s Jen who has taken on most of the work coordinating and keeping track of topics so THANK YOU. She also won my pay it forward giveaway earlier this year and used her $25 to make a donation to the New Hampshire Humane Society in memory of Fonzi & it was such a thoughtful gesture and kind thing to do.

Authors/narrators – I’ve loved all of Elizabeth Acevedo’s books and especially her narration. And a new favorite is Joniece Abbot-Pratt. She narrated both Raybearer and Grown and is fabulous!

12/1 topic: Share a book centric childhood memory.

Answer: I was not a big reader as a child. My only memory of specific books was a dinosaur fossil book that I had. I carried it everywhere! I guess I thought I was going to discover dinosaur tracks or bones?? lol

My parents also collected National Geographic magazines so I read those a lot. And at a later stage (I think I was around 10) I snuck a copy of Helter Skeltor. It had pictures of the crime scene and I became both obsessed and scared the shit out of myself. 

12/8 topic: How do you organize your Goodreads shelf?

via GIPHY

Answer: I always have the best intentions of re-organizing my Goodreads shelves but yeah – they’re a hot mess. There are some random shelves still there from years ago when I thought I would go by genres etc. Basically, I use – month read, year, YA (why no other genre?? I don’t know my logic there lol) ARC, and now library, Kindle Unlimited shelves for each year so I can keep track of where I’m getting my books from.

I am surrounded by next level planners and organizers and always feel weird that I’m not like that but I don’t care?? I just read and mostly keep track of the total number for the year/each month. I don’t have shelves for what I want to read either.

Now I’m up to date on my topics! feel free to chime in on any of my answers & I’ll be back on the 29th (I hope lol) for favorite audiobooks because I DO have several! 2020 was the year I embraced the audiobook.