#TopTenTuesday Books I Meant to Read in 2023 #TuesdayBookBlog

Top Ten TuesdayTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

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This week’s topic is Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn’t Get To. And I’m supposed to list only ten? I need #TopHundredTuesday for this topic! Narrowing it down slightly, the books listed below were part of 2023 reading challenges that I didn’t complete: my Backlist Burrow personal reading challenge (books 1 – 5) and the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge (books 6 – 10).

Links from the title will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

  1. All Day at the Movies by Fiona Kidman
  2. The Infinite Air by Fiona Kidman
  3. Himself by Jess Kidd
  4. A Dry Spell by Clare Chambers
  5. Pure by Andrew Miller
  6. To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek
  7. The Cross and the Curse (The Bernicia Chronicles #2) by Matthew Harffy
  8. Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
  9. Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
  10. Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets by Alison Weir

Which books would you have liked to get to in 2023?

#TopTenTuesday Bookish Goals for 2024 #TuesdayBookBlog

Top Ten TuesdayTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Bookish Goals For 2024. I love setting reading goals. Achieving them? Well, that’s a different matter…

  1. Goodreads Challenge 2024Achieve my Goodreads target of reading 104 books (I didn’t hit my target of 120 books last year so I’ve set a target I think is more realistic).
  2. Read at least 25 books that have been in my TBR pile for longer than two years, i.e. they were acquired prior to 1st January 2022. 
  3. HenleyLiteraryFestivalAttend Henley Literary Festival and, if possible, at least one other literary festival in person.
  4. Complete the When Are You Reading? Challenge 2024.
  5. What's In A Name 2024Complete the What’s in a Name Challenge 2024
  6. Complete the 20 Books of Summer 2024 reading challenge.
  7. Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024Complete the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024
  8. Read all the books on The Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist before the winner is announced.
  9. Complete my Backlist Burrow challenge (that I started in 2023) by reading the remaining books I chose from the backlists of six authors.
  10. Maintain a 95%+ feedback ratio on NetGalley.

Do you have any book-related goals for 2024?