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Top Ten Tuesday was created by\u00a0The Broke and the Bookish\u00a0in June of 2010 and was moved to\u00a0That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a>\u00a0in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.<\/p>\n As a mood reader, bookish goals area a sort of movable feast \u2013 an inchoate mass of vague ambition and hopes. Will I be concerned if\u2002I don\u2019t meet these goals and ambitions? Not a bit! Is reading a chore or a joy? Definitely a joy for me, and a slavish adherence to goals neither motivates nor inspires me! If they do for you, then I am happy for you but it feels too rigid for me.<\/p>\n Genuinely<\/strong> any reading is wonderful and, whether you read one book or a hundred and fifty, you are a reader!<\/p>\n I have also been learning Italian over the last year or so, even turning the settings on my phone into Italian which has affected much more of its use than I\u2019d expected: maps, apps, games, news are now both in the Italian language and actually have an Italian focus.<\/p>\n As always, as a mood reader, I don\u2019t tend to avoid specifying any specific genres to read. That said, I did make a conscious decision a couple of years ago to branch into science fiction more, and am glad I did!<\/p>\n I did feel at times in my reading last year \u2013 and the year before \u2013 that my reading was rather samey<\/em>.<\/p>\n NetGalley is a fantastic resource for readers and \u2013 I hope \u2013 a positive experience and opportunity for writers. <\/p>\n I\u2019m not doing too badly with this already: I have four books for 2024 approved, and have requested a fifth, and two of those are on my Most Anticipated Books<\/a> post last week.<\/p>\n I have moved from Goodreads to Storygraph this year. I have been on Goodreads for many years, but have never really become part of the community there and Storygraph has a range of pretty graphics! <\/p>\n I do also keep my own tracker with the usual data \u2013 dates books begun and finished, page count, publication date \u2013 and a few pieces of other data.<\/p>\n I did fall far behind in my blog posts last year, especially in the latter half of the year.<\/p>\n January 23:<\/strong>\u00a0Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn\u2019t Get ToPrevious Top Ten Tuesday Topics<\/h2>\n
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January 30:<\/strong>\u00a0New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023
February 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Top Ten Quick Reads\/Books to Read When Time is Short (Books under 150 pages, or if you\u2019re not a novella reader maybe spin this to be books you could read in a day or a single sitting.<\/em>) (Submitted by Jennifer @ FunkNFiction.com and Angela @ Reading Frenzy<\/em>)
February 13:<\/strong>\u00a0Love Freebie (in honor of Valentine\u2019s Day tomorrow<\/em>)
February 20:<\/strong>\u00a0Bookish Superpowers I Wish I Had (e.g. never accidentally buying the same book twice, every book I buy would be automatically signed\/personally dedicated by the author, the ability to read faster, etc.<\/em>) (Submitted by Cathy @WhatCathyReadNext<\/em>)
February 27:<\/strong>\u00a0Covers\/Titles with Things Found in Nature (covers\/titles with things like trees, flowers, animals, forests, bodies of water, etc. on\/in them<\/em>) (Submitted by Jessica @\u00a0a GREAT read<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n