This Time Last Year

Every year, I write a post called This Time Last Year where I reflected on where I currently was in my life and where I’d been the year before. I normally do this in February, but I’m running a little behind this year, so I’m doing it in March.

I found the experience of writing it to be enjoyable, and it allowed me to reflect on things that I don’t normally reflect on.

While I’m mostly focused on reading and my reading habits, this post is just a general “how have things changed in the last year” post.

This Time Last Year I Was Reading: Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

My full review can be found here

Synopsis: The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil is dead under her hands, and her bone pile just stood up and walked away.

After dropping out of college, all she wanted was to resume her life as a tobacco hand and taxidermist and try not to think about the boy she can’t help but love. Instead, a devil from her past has returned to court her, as he did her late mother years earlier. Now, Laurel must unravel her mother’s terrifying legacy and tap into her own innate magic before her future and the fate of everyone she loves is doomed.

I’m Currently Reading: The Odyssey of Fletcher by Erik Dargitz

After a global virus seemingly wipes out the entire male population, a skinny, socially awkward, self-conscious video game junkie is somehow still kicking. And he’s wildly unprepared for this new world. Out there waiting for him are physicians who want to study him, a cult of spiritual extremists who want to deify him and brutal gangs with far more nefarious intentions. Throughout his journey, Fletcher does his best to act like a real man, being that he’s the only one around. Unfortunately, this only leads to more problems … for him and humanity.

This Time Last Year I Had Read:

• 7 Fantasy
• 4 Science Fiction
• 1 Thriller
• 1 Non-Fiction
• 1 Contemporary
• 1 Romance
• 1 Poetry

In 2024, I’ve read:

• 9 Fantasy
• 4 Science Fiction
• 3 Memoir/Autobiography
• 2 Romance
• 2 Non-Fiction
• 1 Magical Realism
• 1 Mystery
• 1 Literary Fiction

This Time Last Year My Reading & Blogging Goals Were: I wanted to read 100 books, read more romance, and complete a certain series.

My Current Goals Are: I have a full list. Some of those goals are the same, such as reading 100 books and completing a certain series. I also want to read a wider diversity of genres.

This Time Last Year The Series I Was Reading Was: I wasn’t reading a series at this time. I was only reading standalone books.

The Current Series I’m Reading Is: I’m about to start the first book in the Lightbringer series. I meant to read it last year, but that didn’t happen.

This Time Last Year I Was Watching: I was rewatching Justified.

I’m Currently Watching: I’m rewatching Sons of Anarchy because I haven’t seen it in a while.

This time last year, my cats looked like this:

Now, they look like this:

This is the end of my very quick reflection on “this time last year”. I didn’t want to go over everything that’s changed, and a lot of what’s changed are personal things I’m not ready to share, but this feels like just enough sharing for me.

What were you reading at this time last year? How have things changed for you in the last year?

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