Okay, here we go. And I’m determined not to have my lowest total ever this year. I’ve been beating that record in a downward trend the past 3 years running. I hope I can get back to what I loved about books in the first place and enjoy them again.
Category: Totally Random
I can’t believe this is the 6th year of this list online! Last year was my lowest by far because I just did not have the time or inclination to read when H was born. I’m excited to see how I do this year, but a little trepidatious. I am so easily overwhelmed by all the prolific readers I know through the library and kidlit communities, and I just can’t keep up. I’m not the fastest reader to begin with, and I always have so many other things going on that I definitely rely heavily on audio books to keep me well read. I’m still trying to get current with my knowledge of recent releases after maternity leave. There are always way more amazing books than time to read them, and more and more I’ve found my attentions drifting back to grownup books. It’s actually pretty interesting; since H was born, a lot of the books, films, and TV shows I used to find entertaining are impossible to get through for me now. I am over dystopia. I am struggling with YA. I am more drawn to middle grade than I used to be. Maybe it’s all the bleak material rolling out the past few years. Having a baby with her whole life before her makes me shy away from terrifying visions of the future. And extreme violence; I have not been able to watch Criminal Minds since she was born, for example.
I’ve decided to keep a running index of the crafty things I’ve made. I’ve been doing an end-of-year post since 2010 with all the craftiness of that year, but I was going through one of my sketchbooks recently and decided I wanted an index of everything I’ve made in the years since I started this blog. I’ve learned so much about sewing and crafting, and I realize now that I started this blog when I was just really teaching myself how to sew. Some of my early projects are hilariously bad, but I love seeing what I’ve come up with since. So here it is, working backwards from today to 2008.
Okay, 5th year of this list! Wow, that’s pretty cool. Actually, it’s the 5th year that I’ve kept this list online, but I have notebooks full of reading lists going way back. I did not do very well in 2011, but as I write this on January 6th we’re still waiting for H to arrive in March. Not so much reading time, I fall asleep too easily.
This will be the 4th year that I’ve blogged my list of all books read (books for kids that I read for work, and books for teens/adults that I read for fun). Here are the totals for each year so far: