FEBRUARY WRAP UP ⇀ 29 books in 28 days! Desperately trying to evade a reading slump 😂📚❤

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m coming to you with my (shorter than last month’s, but still pretty long) February wrap up! I’ve decided that this year I want to do my wrap ups differently and that they’ll be spread across 3 different blog posts so expect my Love/’Hate challenge wrap up , my Feb stats and my tbr to be coming your way in the next few days!

So… Feburary… How was the shortest month of the year also the longest??? I worked a whole lot and I started prepping for uni and I got very stressed and then I got too relaxed and then I got anxious about not being stressed and then I started getting into a reading slump and then I *just* barely escaped a slump and then I almost got into another one and now we’re here.

So, it’s been a long month but I read something every day and I genuinely enjoyed what I read so I’m super excited for March even though I know I will be even busier than I’ve been in months. Heads up, there won’t be any crazy challenge for March because I’ll be starting uni so no more 31 books in 31 days posts because I’ll be lucky if I finish even two books.

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WWW Wednesday // 24.02.2021 | Starting to slow down! Falling into a reading bubble?

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m coming at you with an update for how my reading has been going for the last week, and what I’ll be reading over the next weeks!

As you may or may not know if you frequent my blog, I’m currently doing 28 in 28 for all of February. So, I’m aiming to read 28 books in February and so far I’ve read 26! I’m also well ahead of my StoryGraph and Goodreads goals which is really exciting! I’m definitely going to slow my roll in March though, because it’s suprisingly exhausitnf reading a book a day… Also, genre-wise I think I’m falling in a reading safe space which you’d think would be a good thing but actually it just means I’m not branching out with my reading, so I’m hoping that in March I’ll be able to read more diversely than I have been this month.

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking On a World of Words and you can find my other WWW Wednesday posts and find my progress here.

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EVERYTHING I CURRENTLY HAVE ON HOLD AT THE LIBRARY | aka. a glimpse at my march tbr

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Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog and welcome to the newest addition to my library updates series! I did a few of these last year and really enjoyed talking about the books on my immediate tbr, so I figured why not carry that rhgouth into 2021?

I have 14… Yes, 14 books on this list so grab a drink and a snack! I pretty much always have 5+ books on my holds list at all times because I’m notorious for putting books with long wait times on my holds list (this isn’t even talking about my Libby holds which I’d be happy to do a post about!) because I find that I tend to put a lot of new releases on my holds list in advance for my next month’s tbr! This systems works for me because I find that having the books physically in my room always reminds me to read them and gives me structure for my reading month! (especially since I typically read exclusively via audiobooks so i can often get lost down the rabbit hole but, having the books in my line of vision really helps me stay “on track”.)

*Click on the titles to go to the goodreads pages!
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WWW Wednesday 17.02.2021 | Falling into a reading slump??? 😰😫😬

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m coming at you with an update for how my reading has been going for the last week, and what I’ll be reading over the next weeks!

As you may or may not know if you frequent my blog, I’m currently doing 28 in 28 for all of February. So, I’m aiming to read 28 books in February and so far I’ve read 18! I’m also well ahead of my StoryGraph and Goodreads goals which makes me very happy. I do think it’ll be interesting to see how my reading goes in March though because I really think if I don’t slow down I might fall into a reading slump which would be really unfortunate since I’ve been really loving reading lately.

That being said, I am falling into a re-read focused mood so I wouldn’t be suprised if, for the rest of the month you just see me reading regency romances and re-reads. We’ll see!

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking On a World of Words and you can find my other WWW Wednesday posts and find my progress here.

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The TBR Tag // TAG MONDAY

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog and welcome to Tag Monday! This is a new feature on my blog that I’m hoping to keep up with for the whole of 2021. I’ve been a bit slack with posting over the last year so I’m hoping that having a dedicated day to write up some tag answers will give me the motivation to also write other posts and talk with all of you!

Today I’m doing the TBR Tag because I’ve been going through my Goodreads tbr a lot lately to try and transfer it over to the StoryGraph, so I figured why not do the tag to go with the activity?!

The original tag was created by A Perfection Called Books and you can find it here.

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WWW Wednesday 10.02.2021 | Trying to avoid a slump!

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m coming at you with an update for how my reading has been going for the last week, and what I’ll be reading over the next weeks!

I’m currently doing 28 in 28 for February and so far it’s going pretty okay for me! So far I’m on track for reading a book a day but I think if I’m not careful I’m going to get into a reading slump. I’ve got my fingers crossed I read some great books this week!

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking On a World of Words and you can find my other WWW Wednesday posts and find my progress here.

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The Reader Problems Book Tag // TAG MONDAY

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog and welcome to Tag Monday! This is a new feature on my blog that I’m hoping to keep up with for the whole of 2021. I’ve been a bit slack with posting over the last year so I’m hoping that having a dedicated day to write up some tag answers will give me the motivation to also write other posts and talk with all of you!

Today I’m doing the Reader Problems Tag which I saw do the rounds a few years a go but I don’t think I ever did it so I figured better late than never!

You can find the original tag here.

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Currently Reading & What I’m Reading Next | Early Feb 📚💕🎧

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Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog and welcome to my new reading update series! I posted the first book in this series last month and really enjoyed the format and talking with you all about what I’m currently interested in!

As for a life update, I’m currently working again so I’m back to working 2 jobs a week and on top of that, this month I’m planning to read 28 books (so, 1 a day) and so far its going really well for me! So, so far I’m having a successdful month and have enjoyed what I’ve read. Fingers crossed my good luck continues! 🤞🤞

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WWW Wednesday 03.02.2021 | Reading a book a day!

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Hi friends, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m coming at you with an update for how my reading has been going for the last week, and what I’ll be reading over the next weeks!

I’m currently doing 28 in 28 for February and so far it’s going really well! I’m currently reading my 5th book of the month and I’m hoping to finish it tonight!!

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking On a World of Words and you can find my other WWW Wednesday posts and find my progress here.

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FEBRUARY TBR ⇀ Attempting 28 in 28 📚

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In January I read a riduclous amount of books so guess who’s trying to make lightining strike twice! 😂🙈 I have to go back to Uni in March so I’m trying to fit in as much reading as I can before I am forced to really slow down and focus on other things. I will be going back to working two jobs this month so I have literally no idea how reading a book every day will go for me but I’m hoping I can catch up on the weekends.

Also, a fun update for my reading throughout this year. My tbrs have always been more of a guide for my reading and a show of the mood I’m in at the beginning of the month, but I’ve decided this year that I’m going stop forcing myself to read off my tbr if I’m not in the mood for the books. 2021 is about getting through out and being realistic. 2021 is the year of the mood read.
*If you’re interested to know my thoughts on a particular book though, please do still tell me because that will definitely give me extra motivation to pick it up!
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