My Year in 100 Books

As of the 8th of April, a year has come and gone. In that year I've read 107 books. That is a lot of books.

It has been fantastic. Some books I absolutely loved, while some books were just "meh." Some books reaffirmed beliefs I already had (feminism is important, as is immunization), while others contributed to drastic changes in my life (I am now a vegetarian). Some fiction touched me in such a way that I wish that I could read it again for the first time and think about the plot and the characters often, while other stories faded fast from my memory.

I feel like I learned a lot. I learned that I need to be more empathetic, and that entering into a conversation with someone about an issue can be extremely frustrating, but extremely worthwhile. I learned that sometimes it is important to give up on books that don't grab me by the first several pages.

Now that my year is over, I'm at a bit of a loss for what to do next. I've really loved writing about all the things I've read, though I am looking forward to not needing to read a book every three days (some weekends I just want to marathon Archer), and I would like to find ways to keep communicating about books, and issues that interest me.

If you have read this blog, I would like to thank you. Thank you for paying attention to me in all the noise of things that need attention on the internet. Thank you for caring about books enough to click the link, and thank you for putting up with my sometimes preachy prose. Thank you for everything.

I would also like to ask you. Would you like it if I continued some kind of book related blog? Would you read it, would you like to see different things in it? Would you prefer a different format (youtube, podcast ect...) What did you like about this blog, or what didn't you like? I would very much appreciate any feedback.

I'm hoping to stay involved with projects like this in the future (check out We Read Drinks by Andi B, Arielle S, and myself), and I will try to keep posting here occasionally to keep everyone posted.

Thank you for everything, and happy reading to you all.