A Mid Year Reading Check In
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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I work at a public library and I am constantly exposed to new titles both in our library system and in ones we are able to borrow from. It makes focusing on my personal physical tbr very difficult! lol. Most of the time I try to alternate between personal and library books. This "sometimes" works. lol. I just try to remind myself that I am blessed to be surrounded by choices. 💕💕📚📚
I think it’s great that you support your local library so much 😍 maybe there is just a balance to be found between reading library books and reading the books on your own shelves? But I think it’s perfectly okay to go through phases with both ☺️
All you need to know is that I'm a member of five libraries and that I'm trying to get my number of owned books from three digits to two unsuccessfully for years. Now draw your own conclusions.
Albus crashing your videos in the background makes me think he's trying to provoke you into giving him his 15 min of fame. I'm now very intrigued to see his mischievous face on screen 😊. It's got nothing to do with the fact that I'm obsessed with cats, none at all😂
Hahahaah, maybe I'll try get him to make a guest appearance!
I get really excited about the library as well although my goal this year has been to try to read from my shelves. My dnf rate so far is 25% which is lower than usual (30-34%). I think that's probably because I'm reading more from my shelves whereas I take more chances with library books.
My reading is doing great, at least for the numbers and enjoyment. When it comes to the reading plans I had starting the year, than not so much :D Let's see how we fare with those for the rest of the year.
I am not gravitating towards new releases, as I noticed that they often are not mentioned a year or two later (e.g Nightcrawling was among many booktubers favourites of 2022, but I haven't heard about it since).
My mid-year stats are very satisfactory!
I have 7 goals for the year and have reached all (for 6months) of them:
1. No adding US books to my tbr for 2024 (I had 23 already, took one off my tbr and added another, so that's fine)
2. Read 12 African books (read 9 so far)
3. Read 12 Non-fiction books (read 8 so far)
4. Re-read 12 books that I rated 4☆ and more (read 5. In December, I mostly reread, so that goal will be reached easily)
6. Read 6 classics/modern classics (read 11)
7. Read 96 books or 30000 pages (read 54 books and 16000 pages)
An extra stat that is not goal-related: 9 DNF's
I love looking at your stats and goals as well as sharing mine😊!
I've also done a similar thing with my library. I keep requesting and borrowing books and then not reading them. I think it's ok as it's supporting the library, but each reservation is 90p, so it can add up and be a bit silly if I'm not reading most of the books! I have 12 books out at the moment and I'm waiting for 3 more to come in. After that I'm definitely going to focus on my own unread books, as I'm trying to get my owned tbr down this year.
I hope you get to the realm of the elderling books! I finished the series in the last couple of months and really loved it, the books get bettter and better througout the series i think. Would love to hear your thoughts on them!
The first time through the 2nd and 3rd trilogies were my fav. So we'll see if I still feel the same :)
There's a Fitzalong hosted by Literary Diversions where they're doing one book every two months!
I really like the Realm of the Elderlings audiobooks and I find audiobooks a great way to reread, especially if you combine with physical reading. I know some people don’t like the narrator for Farseer and Tawny Man, they do have quite old fashioned posh accents for some reason but I think once you get used to it they do a good job giving life to the story!
I did audiobook some of them when I read them through the first time. I don't love how posh the narrator is but it probably makes sense with Fitz's upbringing. I preferred the woman who narrated the liveship trilogy though.
I have 30 books out from the library. Yes, 30! And the last 2 books I read were books I own, so it's like I'm not even trying! I don't even remember what most of these books are about or why I put them on hold in the first place. And some are books I suggested they purchase, so I should at least prioritize those. (I excuse not reading them by telling myself I've curated many of my library's better books, which will hopefully bring those books to the people in my town. That's a valuable service, right? 🤣 )
I love your channel and your reading but I do think borrowing books from the library, keeping them, not reading them, sending them back then re borrowing them ( a 100 loans and only 27 read plus another 18 out ) is a bit selfish. Makes it harder for others who would like to read them and can’t afford to buy them. Like I said I really enjoy your channel but this does seem extremely excessive and I’m sorry but a bit selfish.
I've had many librarians comment on my channel and ask that people keep doing this because the more books people borrow the more funding a library is given. Plus I can see if someone is waiting to pick a book up so I return them straight away.
That’s good. I was just concerned about the people that don’t reserve books online ( it costs a £1 a book where I live). Quite often people like to pop into libraries and browse ( myself included ). If the books aren’t there because they have been sat checked out for weeks unread it doesn’t give others a chance to do that. Honestly no hate but I’m just coming at it from someone who likes to browse round my local library.
@seanandhelen yeah I get it. Most of the books I borrow are new releases so loads of people have them on hold which means as soon as I return them they get put aside for the next person to collect. It is a bit of an unfair system because its 60p to reserve a book here so you basically have to pay to read a new release as its unlikely to hit the shelves for a while. But certainly when I've borrowed an older book then returned it unread I've felt a bit guilty.