Tag: happy new year

Reading Goals for 2022

Happy new year friends! How was your New Year’s Eve? As usual – the island of Oahu was lit up with illegal aerial fireworks, nothing stops it – even laws. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I don’t mind it because I grew up here but I just feel awful for the terrified pets and busy first responders who have to run around keeping people safe.

I think I did good in 2021 sticking to my reading goals although my main goals were just to read less and buy less books. I think I definitely accomplished the latter. As for reading less? I thought I read less but it looks like I read more!

What did I learn about myself and reading in 2021?
  • I’m such a mood reader. If I’m not feeling a book, I just have to put it aside for awhile and pick it up when I’m in the mood to read that genre. I bounce from fantasy to contemporary romance – it helps, but this year I think I added a bunch of thrillers which was fun!
  • I still don’t tend to read sci-fi or mysteries – also heists…it has to be carried out so well for me to enjoy a heist book.
  • I miss re-reading my favorite books – I just don’t make the time for it anymore, but I used to love it because certain books become my best friends. I haven’t had a book bestie since I started this blog! 😔
  • I actually stuck to not buying hardcover books! Yay me! I only bought ebooks that were super on sale, I’m proud of myself for my self-control lol. Now my NetGalley requests are another story but I did cut down on blog tours.
2022 Reading Goals:
  • Read LESS. Read what I want to read and make sure I have enough time to finish it especially if they are arcs. I read about 13-15 books a month and it would be nice to get it down to 8-10 at least.
  • Keep my book buying ban still because I save money when I borrow it from the library and 2022 is about controlling my finances.
  • Cut down on NetGalley requests.
  • Have the guts to DNF more books that I’m struggling through.

I think those are good and simple goals. I love reading and when I see so many amazing books out there it’s so hard to say no. I have a TBR list and never refer to it during the year, I just keep adding to it. I need to stop that and maybe try and pick a few books in a month and really relish reading them. We’ll see how I do.

What are your 2022 reading goals? Are you changing any habits and nah? Happy reading friends, let’s make it a good year!

🎆~ Yolanda

2021 ~ Happy New Year!

Fireworks have been popping off here for weeks now, but last night was crazy as usual. Today is my nephew’s birthday so we are going to celebrate that and Sunday is my daughter’s birthday so we’ll be having cake all weekend it seems. 🎂

Since I didn’t do a weekly updated Christmas week, let’s do one today:

New Books Acquired:

NetGalley ~

Overdrive Online Library ~

Kindle Books ~ (bought)

TV, Movies, Etc…:

Netflix ~

Bridgerton – whoa…talk about 🔥🔥🔥…spoiler ~ there are lots of sexy times in Episode 6 haha. I mean there are some here and there in the previous episodes but yeah…episode 6? Overall, I’m a sucker for romantic period pieces so I enjoyed this one. I read a few of the Bridgerton novels years ago, but not all of them and I don’t think in order either. I don’t remember much because it’s been years but I’m definitely down for watching season 2. I LOVE Eloise, the actress who played her was great, yes Eloise and Penelope and Lady Danbury were my favorite characters in this first season of the Bridgertons. The diversity is great because we all know historical romances are usually white characters, so seeing various ethnicities in the show was fantastic.

excuse me, i love you ~ Ariana Grande’s concert documentary ugh, her voice is ridiculous. Would love to see her live in concert and this show made me miss concerts SO much. 😭 I loved concerts when I was younger and it slowed down when I had kids, but the times I can go to a concert is a TREAT. Anyway, I loved the show.

Adulting:

  • My nephew’s birthday is on 1/1 and my daughter’s birthday is on 1/3. She expects more presents and honestly, all I want to get her is a cake haha…she has way too many toys. I donated a bunch of clothes, toys and books the past two weeks to make room for more things coming into the house. But now I just want to clean house again. 🤦🏻‍♀️
  • I wanted to get a dog halfway through the pandemic. It’s been 2 years now since our fur baby Sky (a husky) has passed and seriously…this year was so trying I missed having a doggy. So I thought I was ready, it hurt losing Sky…but wow, is everyone buying the puppies and how are they buying them because the ones I’ve seen are SO expensive? I looked on humane society and the spca a bunch but the small dogs are usually adopted so fast and though I love big dogs, this time around I’m looking for a small dog, even small/medium is fine. My doggy nephew jumped into my car this past Christmas, I was about to take him home haha – he must remember that I dog-sat him when he was a puppy and he slept in my daughter’s bed for a week! Yes Aunty spoils him with lots of love.
  • I got to sleep in this week, meaning I slept in until 7:30am! HOORAY! lol…I honestly do not look forward to remote schooling coming back again. We’ll see if my son’s school makes any changes tot he schedule.
  • Etsy shop: I have a 25% off sale going on to clear out items before I start making anything else. Honestly I haven’t poured resin in almost 3 weeks now! Maybe I had a little bit of burn out. So I’m gonna rest for a bit and decide what I want to do next.

Have a great weekend everyone! And happy new year!

🎆 ~ Yolanda