Day 1: A Cold and Cozy December with Coffee and Great Literature

December is among us. Making one post a day in December (blogmas) is something I'm excited about for so many reasons.

I changed from another blogging site and lost SO much content, and this is a way to put more of my bookish thoughts here on this site.

Today's topic is all about my setting an intention for the reading month ahead. Everyone loves a good and long TBR (I do not), but it's good ti stop, reflect, and decide what kind of reading month you want to have.

I often look ahead at my monthly calendar, see how many hospital visits there are, working obligations, and then plan what mood I want my reading to take,

After a long and hard year (with a hard upcoming month), I'm deeply in the mood for literary fiction and emotional romances. This means I will scour my kindle for translated works I've had my eye on and deeply moving romance storylines.

I've settled on beginning December with these two reads:

I couldn't do the audio
started over on the page and love it

VERY excited for this one

December Reading Intentions

📕 Read less books this month

📕 Reflect on the Classics I've chosen for 2023 and cut the list in 1/2

📕 Recreate a spreadsheet to capture my reading 

📕 Don't read more than 2 books at a time (maximum 3 if one is on audio)

📕 Watch much less BookTube/YouTube 

📕 Overall, slow down in general

I'm wishing that your December is off to a slow and cozy start. Just remember, you don't need to wait until January 1st to enact any change. 

You can stop, reassess and do things differently starting today.

Happy cozy cold reading my slow living friends.