Wednesday 31 May 2017

Month in Review(s) - May 2017

Ahhhhh May. The month when we all gave up hoping 2017 would be better than 2016, and decided to just do damage control from here to Christmas.




books, fruit, drink, flowers pic




(I joke - but only slightly. People in 1917 would be shocked by how short a distance we've come.)








Anyways, reading-wise, I am over 20 books behind on my Goodreads* challenge.



Goodreads challenge status




Yup. Over 20. I'm blaming it on the bad depression-months I've had this year - I read a lot more slowly when my depression's bad, because of the whole can't-think thing.

I may end up putting my total down by the end of the year if I wanna take the pressure off. Which isn't cheating. Well... no more than I normally cheat anyway. 😎







*Before you ask, I keep my Goodreads private - sorry!









I've also been battling my way (very slowly!) through my review back-log! Hopefully I will have even more for you in June.




So these are the reviews I wrote in May:





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Kids















And that's so-long to May!


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18 comments:

  1. Don't worry about your Goodreads challenge, Cee! As long as you're good mentally, who cares how many books you read!

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    1. Thanks Em! *hugs* I'm happy that I've read 62 already tbh :) If I need to put it down, I need to put it down *shrugs*

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  2. Haha! I love your first sentence. Very true. Also, people put too much pressure on themselves with Goodreads. Just read and enjoy it. Who cares about numbers? Happy June!

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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    1. Ha thanks! And yeah - numbers are silly! Lol XD

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  3. hahahaaha I was going to ask! seriously Cee??? GR is a social media. Get out of the GR closet and become public ;-P so we can chat about books there too :)

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    1. Nope. Too much drama on GR, plus I don't always feel like talking about a book I've read, plus it's linked to my private Facebook. So, sorry, no. ;) I do what I want!

      Also, could you maybe not refer to it as 'the GR closet,' if that's ok? - it's a little thing, and I know you totally didn't mean offence, but given that I only came out to... well... anyone, less than a year ago... and a lot of the people on my private Facebook/GR don't know I'm queer... I'd just rather you didn't, if possible.

      Again, I know you didn't mean anything by it! It's fine! It's just a kind of... personal thing, I guess.

      Wow, that comment got gloomy fast! Sorry!

      Anyways, I just like my GR to be private b/c I'm the bookish rebel ;) Thanks for the comment XD

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    2. Sorry if this is a duplicate but I'm not sure where my reply went :)

      I am so so so sorry about my comment! I usually refer to myself as a "romance reader in the closet" but I totally see what you mean so I'm very very sorry!

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    3. No problem! Honestly. I totally knew it wasn't intentional. *hugs*

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    4. omg Thank god you knew it!! I was so mortified! hugs and kisses xoxoxoxx

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  4. Wow 210 books for the year is a big challenge! Seriously I would not put that much pressure on myself. LOL, my target is only 48, that's like just one book a week which is still a lot for me.... I must be a very slow reader!

    Dinh@Arlene's Book Club

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    1. Ha, I set it @ 210 b/c that's what my end target was last year (I ended up putting it up from 200) - if it's gotta go down, then it's gotta go down *shrugs*

      You aren't a slow reader! Honestly, I a) am a fast reader, and b) cheat a lot ;) Lol!

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  5. I'm so behind on my challenge this year, but its' all self inflicted pressure so I try not o be too hard on myself. You still are making great progress!

    Tori @ In Tori Lex

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    1. Thanks! :) And I know, we put too much pressure on ourselves! We can always put the total down though.

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  6. To be fair, 210 is a really high goal! I couldn't reach that either!

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    1. That was my end goal last year which I reached! Which is why I set it to the same amount this year. If I've gotta put it down then I've gotta put it down. *shrugs*

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  7. I'm terrible at reading when I'm struggling with depression, I'm totally brain dead. 20 books is a lot to catch up on, I'd definitely reduce it!

    #RVHT

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    1. Ha, I may have to. Lots of reading months left in the year though! ;)

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