Angel’s Guilty Pleasures

It’s the end of 2020…  I can say that I am happy to see 2020 go.  It has been thee worst year.  We saw the COVID-19 pandemic hit; resulting in lockdowns, health and mental issues, and so much more.
As for the blog I really struggled once COVID hit to be engaged and too read or listen to books.  I had so many reading slumps and continue to be stuck in a slump.  I also have seen my reviewing of books stop.  I try, but haven’t written a real review in months.  I do add my initial thoughts on Goodreads, but have no interest to formalize a review.  I just have no interest in reading, reviewing, or blogging these days.  I’m hoping for things to improve in 2021, but I will go with the flow.  As for challenges I started off well and then things died down.  I completed and surpassed all my challenges, but one.

 

GOODREADS CHALLENGE: First off is the Goodreads Reading Challenge. My goal was 150 books. Same goal as the past two years. I like this number. It doesn’t stress me out and is a reasonable goal for me. I surpassed my goal!

You have read 283 of 150 books in 2020

 

LIBRARY LOVE: For the Library Love Challenge my goal was Overdrive Junkie 36+. I read/listened to 51 books from my local library. You can check out my full list of reads here. I read a lot of manga this year and re-listened to a few favorites in the Shifters Unbound series by Jennifer Ashely and Pride series by Shelly Laurenston.

 

NEW RELEASE: For the New Release Challenge my goal was 1-30 books per year (New Release Newbie). I read/listened to 33 new releases. You can check out my full list of new releases read here. My most anticipated reads of 2020 where Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews and A Siren in the Deep Blue by Kerreyln Sparks. Their where/are more, but I’m behind on my 2020 reading. I also really enjoyed author Lindsay Buroker who is a new to me author.

 

AUDIOBOOK: For the Audiobook Challenge my goal was Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30. I surpassed this goal and moved my goal to Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+. I listened to 74 audiobooks. You can check out my full list of audiobooks here. Many where re-listens, but I did listen to new stuff. Some of my favorite new listens this year where Southern Spirits series by Angie Fox and Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie.

 

START ON YOUR SHELF: For the #StartOnYourShelfathon my goal was to read 12 books on my shelf that I’ve not read yet. I read 1 book. You can see my list of books I wanted to read here. The one and only book I did read off my shelf was Born of Darkness by Lara Adrian. I failed at this goal!

 

REVIEW WRITING: For the Review Writing Challenge my goal was to complete reviews for all the 2019 books I read that I hadn’t finished reviewing. That was a total of 25 books. I completed that goal. You can see a list of books and reviews here.

 

DISCUSSION: For the Discussion Challenge my goal was Discussion Dabbler 1-10. I did 22 discussions for the year. You check out all my posts here.

 

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