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Briefer June 2020 Update of My Bookish Life

I just got an account at StoryGraph. It’s supposed to be similar to Goodreads but with a better recommendation system and a did not finish reading status! It’s also Black woman-owned, and it looks great. They have stats, and you can import your Goodreads library as well, so that makes things easier! I’m looking at the reading challenges they have and adding books to my massive list, which will be a page here soon.

I’ve kept up with my reading challenge at Goodreads to read 104 books in a year, tearing through The Elenium/Tamuli in a single weekend. I read all six in three days. I’ll have a post up discussing the series hopefully soon. There are a few posts I have in various stages of readiness, but none are ready to post yet.

 

text over pink peonies and an open book. text says ypdates and restarts tlinwright.com

Updates And Restarting For A New Month

February and March felt like they’ve gone on forever! We are okay, and are staying at home, only leaving for essentials, and I’ve gotten a lot done already: new garden beds set up and planted, cleaned out closets, my husband took care of the storage shed, I got our kitchen about 75% organized, and I have a list of things to do while at home.

I restarted my What I Read Today posts, but they are now on my Tumblr @ tlinwright.tumblr.com. My newest post is already up!

Plans for here: I have a lot of fantasy, science fiction, romance, and classics that I already own and I’m going to read those and write up each book as I complete it in addition to my Classics Club Challenge, Well-Educated Mind List, and especially focusing on the list I already made: my 2020 Plans which included selections from my Classics Club and Well-Educated Mind lists. I’m going to start the read my shelves series with the Belgariad by David Eddings.

My Stay At Home Plans

  • Restart my Harvard Classics Readings (Already did with the April 1 reading, and I will loop around to catch up the ones I missed in February and March)
  • Restart my Bradbury Challenge (Links posted on my Tumblr post, all those updates will be over there)
  • Catch up on my saved to watch later Youtube videos and subscriptions
  • Catch up on my RSS feeds and read blogs. (I hope there’s a resurgence in using RSS to keep up to date on blogs, I have a huge list of things that don’t always update daily)
  • Restart my reading lists already posted
  • Read the writing, blogging & business books I’ve bought and take notes for use.
  • Restart Duolingo. I think the owl is Disappointed in me.
  • Start Reading My Shelves. I have 3k e-books on my e-reader (an Asus tablet) and a lot of physical books. I’m also planning on doing reviews/writeups on each book as I finish it, posted here. The first series will be The Belgariad by David Eddings.
  • I also have plans for dusting off my crochet, sewing, and baking skills, and learning how to can and knit.

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