As usual, I have no idea where the time went but I do think I managed to read a lot considering how busy I was this past month, so that’s a first (in a while)! It helps that I read two of my favorite books of the year so far (one of which is only my second full 5-star read of the year…that’s so sad tbh). I read 8 books in April; check out all of them below.
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March has never felt so long to me…particularly because I am in a horrible slump. I have motivation to read but I’m not really enjoying anything that I’ve picked up this month ðŸ˜. And not for lack of trying! I’ve dnf’ed at least 3 books this month (but also…they were just not good), which kinda set me even more back in wanting to read. I did read 8 books this past month, but let’s hope for better in April!
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We’ve made it, friends: it’s the big seven (7!!) year anniversary of magical reads (7)!! I said it last year but I’ve basically made it through this entire last year just so I can get to this lucky number 7 year :’). To celebrate, I’m continuing my tradition of another Q&A post! Happy seven years of magical reads 7 💜.
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Even though we got an extra day this year, February passed by way too quickly for me. I had a horrible reading month because honestly I’m only in the mood to read romances right now, but I don’t have a super big selection of choices. Let’s hope that I get out of this funk soon! I did read 7 books this month though (and still desperately need to catch up on writing reviews/posts).
In other news, it’s March aka my blog-iversary month! This year marks 7 years of having this blog, which is particularly special to me since this is magical reads (7). As in the past few years, I’ll be doing another Q&A, so please submit your questions in the form below!
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January, you have worn me down but you have not defeated me…That is to say my reading motivation basically evaporated for the majority of this month, HOWEVER I was able to reread a 600 page book physically (as opposed to electronically), which is everything that my brain does not want to do, so this is a win ! I also read 11 books this month, so even though my will to pick up a book keeps vanishing, I’m glad I could still get through something.
I’ve been trying to reread more, mostly because I do not have the motivation to write any reviews right now so I don’t want to touch my ARCs. I have made it a goal this year to write shorter reviews, but trying to get my brain to focus and sit and write even a short review is still like pulling teeth. @ me, think of all your pretty pretty ARCs sitting in your inbox that you can’t download until you get your Netgalley ratio to a more reasonable number…(don’t think about the fact that you’ll have to review those too)…
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2023 was a much busier year for me, which has been reflected in my reading and blogging. Just like 2022, I wasn’t able to beat last year’s challenge but I finished the year with a higher count than I thought I would! I read 138 books in 2023; here are (almost) all of them, not including the rereads.
Again, the title of this post is a misnomer: These are the best reads of the past year for me, which of course is much more subjective than it suggests. This is a list of the 73 (give or take, I’m not sure I counted this correctly) that I’ve read for the first time in 2023 and rated about 3.5 stars, meaning that I more or less recommend all of these.
Check out this post for my top ten favorite reads (and some honorable mentions) of 2023. If you want to see the books that emotionally wrecked me, this is the post for you. I also had a Lot of disappointing reads this last year, and you can check those out here.
*** This list has redacted titles from St. Martin’s Press and its associated imprints in solidarity with the readers’ strike against SMP.
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Happy New Year’s Eve! December was a bit of a whirlwind for me where I was insanely busy the first half and then had some time to breathe around the holidays. This meant that I got to read a lot (but really because I was slamming down as many short books as I could) in the second half but I basically read nothing in the first half. Like, think of how many books I could’ve finished this month if I had the time…whatever! I ended my reading challenge much higher than I thought I would, with 14 books this month, totaling 138 books for the entire year.
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November has been a strange month for me, honestly; I feel as if it has flown by and yet felt like a lifetime at the same time. This was reflected in my reading progress for the month. I hit a horrible slump in the first half where I just simply did not feel like reading anything; then, I pretty much only felt like rereading things. At this point, I’m just trying to go where my heart takes me, which means that I have a stack of ARCs and reviews to catch up on now…Anyways, I read 10 books this past month, putting me at 124 for the year!
(I’ve pretty much given up on beating my reading challenge from last year [153 books]. I would have to read 25 books this month and while it’s been done before, I really don’t see myself having that much motivation this year…if only I had more motivation to read in November 😦 )
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The way I was meant to have a big blogging comeback in October and then so many of my posts fell through (partially due to strikes)…Yet another blog hiatus is imminent but after that, I have so many posts planned, so fingers crossed that I’m able to muster up the energy to write them. Reading-wise, I was in a bit of a slump in that I wanted to read but hated every single one of my ARCs upon opening them.
Thus, I was pleased to find out that I did manage to read 10 books in October! Typically, when I’m in this type of mood, I just reread books and/or read a lot of random new books that I don’t care if I dislike, which is exactly what I did (so this worked out, I guess). I’ll need to get back on the ARC grind soon but it’s been nice borrowing random books from my library and rereading some old favorites. Unfortunately, I definitely will not beat my reading challenge from last year at this rate, but it has been a Year, to say the least, so at least I’ve been able to read at all.
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September, what a month…For once I didn’t go through my regular September slump but I just did not have time to read at all. I did manage to read 10 books this month but sadly had to return 2 library holds unread…let’s hope that I get more time to read soon!
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