Another month, another stack of reading goals

I made good progress with most of my January goals! I didn’t accomplish them all, but I did finish my main TBR for the month and that was despite some slumping, illness, and mental health struggles. 😅 I hope February is a little more productive, though!

January goal check-in: 

• succeed at all of my monthly checklist goals ❌
  • I didn’t make it through all of them, so they’re being rolled over, as you’ll see further down in the post 😅
• start taking reading notes again ✅
  • yes, I did this one! I have a whole multi-page spread of notes just for The Shadow of What Was Lost in my GoodNotes app on my iPad
• complete all of my January buddy/group reads on time 🤷‍♀️
  • I mostly accomplished this one! I’m still finishing Bewitched and Slaying the Vampire Conqueror, which my partners have finished already, but it wasn’t too long ago so it’s not a huge failure 😂

My goals for February are: 

• read a book per day 🤯
• blog 3+ times per week
• start blog hopping weekly again!

monthly checklist:

Every month I’m going to try to make progress on my seasonal TBR, 2024 TBR, 2024 series goals, and TBR jar goal! Since I didn’t finish all of my January goals, they’re being rolled over to this month.

• 2 books from 2024 TBR (+1 from January)
  • leftover: Clown in a Cornfield, Cabin at the End of the World
  • new: House of Flame and Shadow, What Feasts at Night
• 2 books from seasonal TBR
  • That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon, Cinema Viscera
• 2 titles from TBR jar (+2 from January)
  • leftover: Darkest Unsolved Mysteries, Cinema Viscera
  • new: Snuff, Let’s Go Play at the Adams’
• 2 prompts from TBR jar
  • prompt picks: fantasy, romance
• 2 books from 2024 series goals (+2 from January)
  • leftover: City of Heavenly Fire, Caraval
  • new: Legendary, Finale
• 1 book from 35 by 35 TBR
  • The Shadow of What Was Lost (currently reading)
    

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February’s picks:

Misty inspired me by reading one book per day last February, and when I found out she was going for it again this year, I decided to join her! I’m not going to list 29 books because that would make this post too long, but I will list some of what I plan on reading!

1. Wayward Children series // Seanan McGuire → I’ve read all but the newest release and the short stories, and I think Misty’s only read the first one, so we’re buddy reading the whole series! Almost all of the audiobooks are on Hoopla, which should make this one pretty easy. 😄
2. Mindf*ck series // S.T. Abby → I’ve been meaning to read this series for SO long! Misty and I are buddy reading these, too, though she’s already read the first one.
3. Butcher & Blackbird // Brynne Weaver → another Misty buddy read! I’m seeing this everywhere and the FOMO got to me lol
4. House of Flame and Shadow // Sarah J. Maas → OBVIOUSLY we’re buddy reading this 😂 we’re starting it TODAY!
5. Bride // Ali Hazelwood → the Books Out of the Blue BOTM pick and my first Ali Hazelwood read! (feel free to join us!)
6. The Fine Print // Lauren Asher → my friend Ashleigh is hosting a buddy read of this on Storygraph if anyone wants to join!
7. Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives // Adam Cesare → a few of us in my discord buddy read the first book in January and I’m excited to continue the series!
8. Bunker Dogs // Gage Greenwood → this book and the rest of the list are buddy reads in Charisa’s discord!
9. Playground // Aron Beauregard
10. Psychic Teenage Bloodbath // Carl John Lee
11. Gone to See the River Man series // Kristopher Triana

February’s reading journal spreads:

I’m SO happy with how my February spreads turned out! I found the cutest little sticker pack for like $2 at Michael’s and it was all cat-themed Valentine’s Day stickers, and I immediately knew I wanted to use them to inspire the whole month. My goal was to make it “look like Valentine’s Day threw up everywhere” and I think I accomplished that. 😂

What are you reading this month?

— destiny ♥

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