Book Blogging is Back!

Book Blogging is Back!

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CBailey31

Hello everyone.

Firstly, apologies for being absent with my book reviews, it has been 8 months since my last post but 2019 was a crazy up and down year for me, both professionally and personally. Book blogging unfortunately had to be one of the things I had to give up, but I am now back and raring to go..

Where have I been? well at the start of 2019 I got a new job at a different site (same company) and this took me a few months to get used to but everything is good and I really enjoy it. One of the biggest changes in 2019 though and one of the main reasons I just have not had time for books is my wife and I set up our very own business. We are very proud owners of No.14 Gifts & Accessories. We supply gifts & accessories for you and your home and you can view our website at www.no14gifts.co.uk or follow us on our Facebook page No.14 Gifts & Accessories and Instagram @no.14gifts. 2019 was our first full year and we have learned so much, changed our direction a few times, had good times and bad times, but it has been a blast. We are very much looking forward to 2020 and taking the business further. Those that have their own business or are self employed know how much time you have to give up in order to make things work, along with both of us working other jobs as well it is a very tiring thing to do.

At the start of 2019 I set my Goodreads target as 28 books to read. Now I know for a lot of people this does not sound like much but for me it was a big challenge. I am not the fastest of readers but I am getting quicker. Where did I finish? well I failed miserably. I just managed to finish on 12 books for the year but I am pulling the working two jobs card on this one. One thing I did continue to do in 2019, like all good readers is buy more books than you need. The problem I now have is my TBR pile was around 100 is now around 125 haha. 

2020 - First job of the year is always set my Goodreads target. I kept the same as last and went with 28. I know that I have a better chance to hit that this year and I will laugh at my 12 books when I overtake it. I have signed up to do my first #BlogTour of the year. The Waxwork Corpse by Simon Michael is the book I will be reviewing on the 12th March so make sure you keep and eye out for that. I am currently reading that book now and loving it so far. This is my 4th book of the year so I am already ahead of last years target, which is not really that hard to be fair.

I plan to read a mixture of new books along with some older ones which have been gathering dust on one of our three bookshelves,  plus I plan to sign up to do a lot more #BlogTours. I will hit my target this year I know I will.

Previously I used to mark my books out of five, but I am planning on not having a scoring system as such going forward. what I class as five stars could be completely different to what the next blogger, reviewer or reader would class as five stars. I am going to write about what I liked or loved about the book and what I did not like about the book if anything t all. This way you can get the feel of the book without skipping ahead to the score. I don't like to bash books and tell you how awful they are if I am not a fan because that person is a human being who has put in a lot of time and effort into writing a book. I will either not review it or keep it simple. Anyway the best part about books is I may hate it but the next person might think it's the best book they have ever read.

Anyway, I will not bore you anymore so I will leave it there. I just want to say I am excited to be back reading more and book blogging.

What is your reading target for the year? What has been the best book you have read so far in 2020? Let me know.

Speak soon

CBailey31