So, my reading plans for Reindeer Readathon 2024 went flying out of the window, and I have no idea why. I started this Readathon with such promise (I told you guys that I audiobooked two prompts in my last post as well as the three titles I had my eye on). And yet, my brain just wasn’t having any of it. I quit my library audiobook of Virigina Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway around 50% in (nothing is worth this torture) and I put on hold two reads as not in the right headspace.
Then, after that, nothing really grab my attention. Nothing made me excited. I wasn’t in a reading slump, but I did think I was nearly there so I planned not to read over the Christmas period. Start 2025 fresh.
And somewhere over the past few days, I realised something: the books and audiobooks I found quite fulfilling in the past year or so are books I took time with and didn’t force myself to rush. They were, also, in genres or sub-genres I don’t naturally go towards, which I found quite surprising.
So, I decided that 2025 Reading should be books/ebooks/audiobooks that I found fulfilling to read, and not worry about rushing to blog my thoughts on here or my socials.
But I think this should be my goal for this coming year as a whole. While I did things this year I thoroughly enjoyed, I want to do more of it. More museum visits, more libraries, more book events that I want to go to, more things that I will enjoy physically/mentally/etc.
So, no plan expect to try and find balance and enjoy. But, with all the best laid plans, it will go off the rails quickly, me thinks. So, if you fancy following me on here or on any of my socials, you are more than welcome (I shall pop them below and I will try and keep them as updated as possible!)
INSTAGRAM - instagram.com/pewterwolf/
GOODREADS - goodreads.com/PewterWolf
STORYGRAPH - thestorygraph.com/profile/pewterwolf
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/ThePewterWolf
BOOKSHOP.ORG (Affiliate) - uk.bookshop.org/shop/PewterWolf
Now, with that all out of the way, all I have to say is thank you. Thank you to everyone this year for either reading my blog/socials (even though I am changing how I blog as I have been doing this for near 15 years!!!) and the all the authors/publishers/PR people and everyone in the bookish community who has either made me smile/recommend new (to me) books and for helping me keep going with this when there were days I just wanted to call it.
A special thank you goes out to my family, friends and the Other Half. I love you all.
Until we next meet, see you all in the New Year and happy reading.
