hmm, i made this post last year on december 24th... but maybe this year i'll start it about the middle of the month

I keep forgetting to read books. XD
Just craft and sleep and work. But I have made a tiny bit of progress in a few books, I just haven't updated my list in a while.

well, nano is over, so i'm back to reading books again. XD

My nano wasn't too successful for word count but I did get something done.

My only thought about opening the 2019 thread early, is that this one would probably get abandoned, though it would give people time to set lists. Just no starting until January 1st. ;)

yaay for getting something to be done!

hmm, true. but no, not jan 1st XD

I mean no starting on challenges until January 1st. The reading part.

oh, right, i knew that. good point.

XD

I have de-secreted the two books on my list that were secret. More YA reading.

ooh secret reading! are they ARCs?

I actually don't know what "ARC" means but I see the word enough. They are books for Reading Link Challenge. Now that the list is made public, I can say what they were.

an ARC is an Advanced Reader Copy. i've never had one myself for any book, but i believe they're sent to people to read and write a review before the book is available everywhere.

but yours is cool too. =)

Ah! I do in fact have one of those. I didn't know it was supposed to be a secret though. Oops.

I'm going to have to start building my list. It's going to take me a while. I have books in two locations that need reading.

XP I should really try to finish 2 more books at least!
I keep forgetting how close to the end of the year it is!
*transfers all in progress books to next year's list*

not sure if ARCs are supposed to be secret or not.....

I've reviewed a couple books that were pre-release, and some that I think were just to pad up existing reviews. I think everything is out now though, minus one not showing up until next year.

I'm getting over-Christmasy and have decided to wrap my tbr list and shelve them like that, so that when I go to read my next book, I won't (maybe) know exactly which one I'm grabbing and I read whatever I open. I've wrapped three books leftover from school, and when I get home it will be all the fiction I bought but haven't read.

i'm still reading a Richard Castle book. i'm not sure if i'll finish it first, or i'll get a book i requested from the library =)