So, as you’ve already might have found out, 2019 was a shit year for me. Reading-wise and in general, too.
I have started to work in a hospital, I have literally no free time to deal with my mental health, I lost two close relatives withing the matter of less than two months… it’s tough. Since June I’ve pretty much no time and energy to read, not to mention to review, and I find it so sad! I have to make it work this year, I really need it to function as a human being.
Okay, I don’t want to be so negative, I did get married this year, and that’s something that makes me very happy! (And let’s not get into the fact that we’re still living with our ‘temporary’ flatmate, because she’s simply not willing to move out…)
Though I’m very much behind with both reading and reviewing, I did manage to do many. So, here’s the goodreads summery of my Year 2019!
- 2019
I read 9,992 pages across 63 books 
MY AVERAGE RATING FOR 2019
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Full review: http://swiftcoffee.blog/2019/01/05/lo…
I thought this was simply gonna be a book of love and suffering, and mostly about being queer, I guess I imagined something average, but god, this was something powerful!
It was both strong and sweet, it touched a lot of important subjects besides the life and situation of LGBTQIA+ people, like gun violence, war, racism, the way America (and the world) is heading, and more, and every word made …more
Apart from the nice cover, I wanted to read this book because having read the blurb I immediately thought: true, what do I really know about absinthe? I mean, apart from the fact that anyone who’d dared to drink it when I was in my late teens was a badass?
This book was way more than I thought it would be, though. It doesn’t only contain a detailed description of the drink and its history, but also many stories about people who either drank or …more
My reading goal for the Year 2020 is 97 books!
Talking about reading challanges… well, I’m WAAAY behind with them, even with my own, The Untouched Bookshelf Challenge. One of my main goals is to catch up with this one and with the British Crime Classics Challenge. I really hope I can make huge developments in this area this year.
I’m also pretty ashamed about how much books I haven’t read and reviewed that I agreed to… I’m sorry guys. My only excuse is that this 2019 was indeed a crappy year for me. But no more excuses. I’ll do everything I can this year to read every book that’s waiting for a review from me.
Oh, and what I wanted to show you all… I’ve got a brand new bookshelf and I just love it! This is what makes this home…well, homely.
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