End of Year Book Tag | Bookmas Day 1

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Welcome back to such fun read

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I'm going to attempt vlogmas or bookmas

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These obviously aren't vlogs as you can see or hear these are going to be podcast episodes

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I

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Wanted to come back to make videos or podcast episodes again anyway

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So I figured this might be a great time for me to do that. I am definitely going to do my best to upload a new

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Episode each day, but we'll see how that goes is possible. I may skip a day

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It's also possible. I may skip a couple days, but I'm going to do my best to upload every day and

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To start off this

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Podmas or check all the podmas. Does anyone call it podmas? Does anyone do podmas? Maybe I should stop even saying podmas

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Should I just call it bookmas? Okay. Anyway to start off this bookmas

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We are going to be doing the end of year book tag and this tag was created by Ariel Bassett

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I like book tags and I might be doing more of these in these episodes

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I just really need to find something to do, but let's get started with these questions actually before that

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Did you know there are two end of year book tags? Should I do both of them?

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They kind of serve different purposes have different questions. Maybe I'll do the other one as well

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But let's get to these questions

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The first question is are there any books that you started this year that you need to finish?

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I actually thought I only had one book for this answer, but I actually have two

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I forgot about the other book. I started and didn't finish but the first one is the first book

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I'm currently reading and that is Lightlark by Alex Astor. I just started this the other day and I'm actually doing an episode

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On this book as I'm reading it it'll come at some point

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But this is one I definitely need to finish especially since I'm doing an episode for it

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The other book I almost forgot about is Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

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So I started reading this because I saw that there was a TV show on I think masterpiece

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PBS masterpiece. I saw there was a TV show so I started reading this and I was getting into mysteries at the time

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But I honestly think I'm going to have to restart it

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I might get the audiobook for it because I don't really remember

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Anything that's going on. I know that it has like a story within a story

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So maybe there's like two mysteries you have to figure out you have to figure out the mystery inside the story and then also figure out the mystery of

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The writer of the story. I don't know but it's I think I found it interesting as I was reading it

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I just don't really remember it

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So I'm going to have to start it over and what I'll probably do is put the audiobook on hold with Libby with the library

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That's what I'll do. That'll be the easiest thing. That's what I'll do

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Question two. Do you have any autumnal book to transition you into the end of the year?

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So it's December. It's winter

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Technically, it's not winter, but it's winter. It's cold. So we're going to skip to winter holiday specific books instead of autumn fall books

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I have a few here that I might read this year

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So the first one I have is the Kingdom of Sweets by Erica Johansson

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What I know about this is like the Nutcracker. It's a novel about the Nutcracker or maybe it's

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Like a retelling? Maybe it's like a read. Oh, let me open. Let me open the inside flap. This is gloriously

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wait

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This gloriously

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Transportive reimagining of the Nutcracker tells tale of twin sisters divided by envy and magic and set against each other

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One faithful Christmas Eve. So this book is set around Christmas. So this would be a good book to read

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I believe it's a fantasy. So that's up my alley. The next one I have is a winter in New York by Josie Silver

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I read another book by Josie Silver. What is it called?

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Is it called one day in December? Is it? I don't know. Maybe. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes

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It's called one day in December. Okay, but this is another is this a holiday book?

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I don't even know. I don't know. I believe it's set in winter. So this is another book

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I could pick up and the next one I have I have snow in love

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These are four stories and the authors are Melissa De La Cruz, Nick Stone, Amy Friedman and Casey West

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So these are short stories or novellas or I don't know their stories and the front cover has people in

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pajama pants, cozy socks, there are cups of coffee and there is the fireplace. Yeah, there's a fireplace with a fire

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So yeah, this will be one three. I'll pick this one up

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Question three. Is there a new release you are still waiting for?

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I don't think so. I'm really trying not to go to the bookstore and buy any new books right now

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I am trying my hardest not to do that. We'll see how well I'm able to do that for the rest of the year

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But I don't know if there are any new releases that still come out for the rest of year

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I'm interested in or that have come out and I don't already own the new release

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So I don't know I don't think so. I think that's the answer to this question

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No, is the answers question actually no no

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Question four. What three books do you want to read before the end of the year?

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So definitely I want to read lightlark like like this one. I definitely want to read

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Mack Pie murders is one I may get to if that's something I don't finish until next year

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I'm okay with that. So lightlark and then I don't know if I have another one

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I don't

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I'm looking at my shelves and I really don't know. Oh babble. Hold on. Let me let me look

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Okay, so I'm a mood reader

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Which means I changed my mind a lot on the books. I want to read and yeah

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So I don't think I have so the only book I grabbed from my shelf is babble by RF Kwong

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That is one I do want to read also. I guess I could say the one I mentioned earlier

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The kingdom of sweets by Erica Johansson. I do want to read a Christmas book before the end of the year

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So maybe I'll pick this one. Yeah, so I guess those three lightlark babble and the kingdom of sweets

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Or maybe I'll pick a winter in New York. It depends on my mood or I don't know

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I really should have been more prepared for this, but oh well question five

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Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favorite book of the year? Oh

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Do I hope so? I

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Have to say that this year has not been my favorite reading year

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I mean, I've enjoyed the books that I've read

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But I had a huge slump through the middle of the year where I just wasn't reading or I was like reading only one book a month

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And it wasn't I don't know

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I have to say I don't think I currently have a book that I want to say is my favorite book that I've read this year

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That might sound ridiculous. I can just pick any book. What book did I rate the highest? I could just pick that book

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But I just I don't think I have a book that I'm like

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This one I should say is my favorite book that I've read this year

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Maybe I need to really figure out what books I want to read for the rest of year and try to pick books that I think

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Maybe a five-star read

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Which is very hard for me because I don't normally give out five stars

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So I'm gonna have to figure that out and the last question number six

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Have you already started making reading plans for next year? Yes and no kind of but not yet

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Nothing solidified. I'm still working on that. I'm still figuring that out

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I'll definitely talk about my reading plans for 2025, but right now I would say I guess the answer to that is no

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No, I have not done it yet, but I plan to do it

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So I plan to make reading plans for 2025

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I just haven't done it yet and hopefully when I do did I make reading plans for 2024?

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I don't even remember if I did. Anyway, I'm gonna form a plan. I have a plan to make a plan

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So we'll get back to that. That was the end of your book tag

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I'm curious about what books you still need to read before the year ends

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Definitely let me know and I hope you continue to join me for this little experiment. I'm trying throughout December

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Thanks so much for listening. Don't forget to subscribe so that you don't miss new episodes and we'll speak soon