Happy 2018 everyone!
I hope 2017 was a good year for you and that 2018 will be even better for you. 😀
2017 was a pretty bad year for me hence why I disappeared a bit in the last few months, I couldn’t bring myself to read and because of that, I wasn’t in the mood to talk about books. I was so tired that I just couldn’t concentrate on anything except work, podcasts and cheesy TV shows. However, in the last few weeks, I slowly started to get out of this slumpy mood and I allowed myself to read total guilty pleasures read (I binge read the first six books in the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning in a month, a urban fantasy series that doesn’t have the best intrigue but that I still very much enjoy). I also gave myself the time to read some books I didn’t have the chance to read earlier in 2017 such as Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer and Acadie by Dave Hutchinson. I ended up loving Seven Surrenders even if it took me a month to read and I slowly realized that I shouldn’t put pressure on myself to read. I read for fun and it shouldn’t feel like a chore.
Anyway, yesterday I started to write extra short reviews of some books I enjoyed this year and it made me so happy, I didn’t realize writing about books missed me so much. So here I am again. New year, same me, I still love books and I love talking about them and I will continue to do it as long as it is fun.
I wish you a really awesome 2018, hopefully you’ll see a lot more of me and my posts as I slowly learn to organize myself to take the time to do the things I love.
I will see you again very soon with all the round-up posts of the year.
Happy New Year!
Maryam
Glad to hear you’re slowly getting back into the swing of things.
Hope to see more from you as the year progresses!
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I didn’t realize writing missed me so much, I definitely want to be more consistent this year! 😀
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Happy New Year Maryam! Sometimes breaks are good, looking forward to more posts from you this year😊 I hope 2018 is a better year.
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Thanks Tammy!
I will do everything possible to make 2018 a better year and I look forward to it! 🙂 Breaks are good sometimes but I can’t believe I haven’t been posting at all in the last two months, it feels weird…
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Happy New Year Maryam! I hope 2018 will be better for you!
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Thank you, I appreciate it! 🙂 I hope 2018 is going to great year for you too!
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Happy New Year! Breaks are always a good thing, and I’m glad that you are finding happiness in reviewing again!
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Thanks! I missed blogging so much and I really hope I won’t have to disappear for this long again in the future! ^^
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Sorry to hear about your recent troubles, but here’s hoping the new year will be better. Happy 2018!
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Thanks a lot Mogsy! I wish you a happy 2018 too 🙂
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Happy new year! I’m glad to hear things are improving for you – it’s the worst when even the things we love become too hard (I’ve had a bit of that myself this past few months, and I just hate it).
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Yes, it is really the worst, it’s like your brain can’t handle anything for a while and you are too tired for anything that requires brain cells… 😦
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Exactly that. Just a squishy grey mass for a while.
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Sometimes that’s all we need, to take a little space for ourselves, enjoying cheesy shows and indulging ourselves: in the end, we’ll come out refreshed in body and spirit – I’m very happy you overcame your negative mood 🙂
Here’s to a GREAT 2018, and to many good books!
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Thanks a lot Maddalena!
2017 wasn’t the best year but at least now I feel so much more energized and I really want to focus on doing the things I like and not waste too much time on unimportant things (I will still watch cheesy shows once in a while but not all the damn time haha).
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It seems that we all go through these slumps – I think we put ourselves under too much stress sometimes with reading deadlines, challenges and release dates. It’s good just to read for fun. I took a couple of weeks off over Christmas which was really good and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Didn’t feel any pressure or need to write posts and it was great. Perhaps we all need a little holiday from the blogging/reading every now and again.
Hope you have a wonderful 2018.
Lynn 😀
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Yes it’s true that a little holyday once in a while in good way to relax, I really needed that! 🙂
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