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Promise Me This
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bookshelves: books-read-in-2019, books-read-in-2019-new, format-ebook, how-own
Dec 31, 2019
bookshelves: books-read-in-2019, books-read-in-2019-new, format-ebook, how-own
This is one of those books that was very up and down for me! I didn't like the beginning much, but it grew on me a lot in the middle. Then it just dragged on and there were too many obstacles. So two stars in the end.
But I did like it as really a Titanic survivor story and I DO forget how quickly WWI followed it.
Annnd this finishes my other reading goal of reading two owned ebooks every month. This is the second year in a row that I've done it and I do enjoy it. Both for the pleasure of actually attacking that reading stack and for reading books that are a little older. And books that I was once desperate to read and yet someone never did!
Next year I think I'm going to continue doing 2 owned ebooks, 2 owned physical books a month, and add a fifth owned book that can be of either type. (According to GoodReads, I have 242 unread books. I need to add some ARCs I picked up from work over the last few years, but otherwise, I think that's about right.)
But I did like it as really a Titanic survivor story and I DO forget how quickly WWI followed it.
Annnd this finishes my other reading goal of reading two owned ebooks every month. This is the second year in a row that I've done it and I do enjoy it. Both for the pleasure of actually attacking that reading stack and for reading books that are a little older. And books that I was once desperate to read and yet someone never did!
Next year I think I'm going to continue doing 2 owned ebooks, 2 owned physical books a month, and add a fifth owned book that can be of either type. (According to GoodReads, I have 242 unread books. I need to add some ARCs I picked up from work over the last few years, but otherwise, I think that's about right.)
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Reading Progress
April 17, 2012
– Shelved
(Kindle Edition)
May 29, 2013
– Shelved as:
own-unread
(Kindle Edition)
December 16, 2013
– Shelved as:
unread-historical-r...
(Kindle Edition)
November 9, 2014
– Shelved as:
unread-own
(Kindle Edition)
November 9, 2014
– Shelved as:
own-unread
(Kindle Edition)
Started Reading
December 31, 2019
– Shelved
December 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
books-read-in-2019
December 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
books-read-in-2019-new
December 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
format-ebook
December 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
how-own
December 31, 2019
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Finished Reading
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Dec 31, 2019 08:14PM
Just want to comment on your proposed 2020 reading on-hand goals because it's an excellent goal. (I feel like I shout this at you every year, swear I will do it too, and then disappear off the face of the earth like some kind of dang fool.)
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Ha! Maybe I'll start leaving you nagging comments on every review: WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU OWNED, KRIS? (But maybe what I'll really do is make note of it in my reviews through the years. I don't know why it's been somewhat of a ~secret goal.)I probably say this every year, too, but I really do feel overall comfortable with my book buying habits these days! I have no lingering 2019 purchased ebooks. Maybe 5 physical books, which are mostly ARCs from work. And one is a gift, so that's not my fault. :P
You should make note of it! It’s a great goal and one I didn’t know you had ;)Also, wow to no lingering purchased ebooks!
That's amazing, Katie! I ... definitely have, erm, fallen into some bad habits of late. (It's my new shelves! I have a way to organize my treasures so YES I'M BUYING ALL THE BOOKS AGAIN AHAHA.) But this means my to-read (physical) stacks are impressively robust. The ebooks thing is also SPECTACULARLY impressive!
It helps a LOT that I have such great libraries! I can easily get my hands on the vast majority of what I want to read. (Keep in mind though that that is ONLY for 2019, haha. Plenty of lingering ones from before!)Kris, that sounds like an ENTIRELY valid reason to buy books. :D
