Books to End 2022: December Reading Plans

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I don't use really strict TBRs. I eschew that kind of tightly bound structure in my reading. After all, I'm not in the field of literature, neither am I gunning for the arbitrary title of "most well read" amongst any set of people.

I say it over and over and I'll say it again... I read to be transformed. To be entertained. And to be made anew. 

I reread because revisiting the books that helped me through hard time (hell The Street by Ann Petry) or shaped my empathy for those who cheat (hello Anna Karenina) feel like a warm hug and a freshly hot organic cup of coffee. In essence, it feels delightful.

As 2022 comes to a close, I have so much to reflect on. Not just in my reading, but in my life. This has been one of the hardest years (and if you knew my life's story that statement alone would make you pause).

I deleted Storygraph AND Goodreads initially and lost track of my books. I deleted my spreadsheet and lost track of ALL my books. I've since recreated a spreadsheet and rejoined Goodreads with a fresh and brand new account.

I've assessed my reading and realized with going back to school (NOT for Literature), I won't have nearly as much time for bookish musings, so I will have to choose very, very carefully come next year.

This last month of year will find me indulging in some Kindle Unlimited novels and I am planning to end the year with a reading of Clarice Lispector's The Hour of the Star. I am most excited for this one.

I'm carrying a few over + adding some other entertainment

I Remain in Darkness by Annie Ernaux

The Debut by Anita Brookner

So excited for this one

Black love = sign me up

This cover is stunning

Long biography carry over of my fav

My first Trollope

The Half Life of Valery K

What I'm most excited about for my reading in December

1. To wrap up and move away from Kindle Unlimited reads so that I can focus on my owned books
2. To finish the year with a new to me classic author (Trollope)
3. The few novellas which are great for anxious days
4. Early dark nights ripe for hot decaf and a charged kindle
5. Ending the year with another Anita Brookner novel
6. Balancing what I anticipate to be transformative literature with entertaining reads

It's at this time of year that lots of creators make vlogmas or blogmas. I believe that I will participate in blogmas in an independent sort of way. I have a few things I'd like to write about and novels I'd like to show, and blogmas is a great way to do so. 

This bookish site is meant to be a catalog of my reading life and experience with novels so that I can come back and look at how I felt about what I read. I have a low readership and I appreciate every person who comes by this site. 

I hope that as you design your reads for the end of the year, you focus on what YOU truly want to read and before you participate in all the many readathons set forth by the bookish community, that you check in with yourself and progress along your own personal reading journey. It's all about letting novels (no matter the genre) to change you.

Happy book choosing my deep reading friends.