Happy New Year! New year - same me...probably lol

Happy New Year everyone! As in my last post in December, I made a new header, and am required by Roberta (Offbeat YA) to do a post in the month that it's up. lol So here you go!

I'll start with a bit of a wrap-up for 2022:

I read 38 books according to Goodreads. Way more than I thought I did. 

My reading was SO eclectic this year. I was always a big romance and YA reader but they just don't appeal to me right now. I leaned heavily on audiobooks, and that's new for me as well. 

Almost all my books came from the Libro.fm (audio arc's) program or the library. I bought Dead Silence, Heartstopper and Born a Crime and was sent Gone Dark, August of the Zombies, All the Right Reasons, Nerve, Meet Me in Outer Space and Are You Listening for review at some point years ago - so it was nice to clear out a few older books from my physical shelf.  

My favorite book was Heartstopper - a ray of sunshine in graphic novel form (as is the Netflix show).  I really enjoyed Book Lovers, Duke Actually, the ending to the August of Zombies trilogy and Born a Crime and Carrie Soto is Back. Other than that, I didn't have many books that I LOVED. 

As I mentioned, my reading was very eclectic and I tended to read way outside my comfort zone. I like books that make me happy and let me escape. I tend to avoid feeling sad or confused when reading lol But my 2022 reads tended to *stay with me* rather than wow me. 

My *stay with me books* were 

Gone Dark - a weird, not fully satisfying post apocalypse story that I never-the-less enjoyed

The Kindred - which I described as a cinnamon roll of a book. It was a sweet, LGBQT, fat positive, kind sort of YA sci-fi

All covered in my *WTF Did I Just Read* post - The Walls Around Us, The Woman in the Library, Roxy. All three were really strange, yet compelling stories that stuck with me.

The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle was a kind of sad little story but ultimately satisfying and I keep thinking about Albert and all his quirky neighbors and hope they are still doing well. 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - One of these days I'll write a review for this one. It left me so conflicted and kind of rattled and I still don't know I feel about it months later. It spans decades and probably more accurately covers the human condition and long term friendship than most stories I've read. Of course, that makes things messy and flawed and not necessarily neat and happy - which makes me sad lol

On to 2023!!

 I'll start with the first TMST of the year, since it's a good segue into the topic.

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. 

It is co-hosted by (Linda from Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell, Roberta from Offbeat YA, Jen from That’s What I’m Talking About, Berl's from Because Reading is Better than Real Life  and me) 

Join in by answering this weeks question in the comments or on your own blog.

Question: What are your blogging/reading goals for the new year?

Answer: To read or blog. At all. lol I haven't felt like reading in ages. I didn't finish any books during November or December despite being in the middle of 3. I do feel like blogging but by the time I find something to say, it seems daunting. 

So, maybe I'll pull it together and blog about....something. 

As for life goals - I don't make resolutions. I used to do a WORD but I'm not really feeling that either so I'm going to just keep on, keeping on....🤣 These days that honestly feels like enough. 

Until then I hope you are all having a good start to 2023!