Sunday Post 12

Happy New Year, friends! I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season and you're ready for a shiny new year! I'm happy to be taking the 2023 journey with you!

I accomplished my reading goals in 2022. My original Goodreads goal was to read 40 books, which I sort of achieved. I realized six of those were audiobooks that I listened to and I really wanted to actually "read" 40 books, so I increased my goal it to 50 books. I ended the year with 52 books, so mission accomplished. On Goodreads, I also participated in a cozy mystery challenge, where I had to read cozies in ten different themes. I was down to the wire on that one, but I did finish it.

I am all set up for my 2023 reading goals, which I will update monthly on my blog. I've created a page just for 2023 Reading Challenges, which you can find by clicking on the link on the right sidebar. The first two challenges are similar, as they both involve reading cozy mysteries. One of the reasons I like challenges is because they connect me with other people who are on similar journeys.

Today I am linking with Reading Reality, who hosts Stacking the Shelves and The Book Date, who hosts It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (This is posted on Mondays, so be sure to check the link then.)  On their blogs you will be able to see links to the posts from others who are participating in these blog hops, and if you're a blogger you can join too! 

I finished reading Read and Gone (Haunted Library Mysteries 2), by Allison Brook over the holidays. It was a great Christmas-themed cozy mystery and I will review it on my blog soon. In the meantime, you can read my review of Death Overdue (Haunted Libary Mysteries 1) here. 

I am still reading this non-fiction book, Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer. I am planning to finish it this week. I'm reading it for a book club, which meets next week, and I want to have time to think about the questions related to it. Riva Lehrer is an artist who was born with spina bifida, which is the same birth defect I was born with. It is a very insightful memoir. 

The next book I will start reading this week is The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, by Michelle Obama. So far I just skimmed the intro., but it seems like a book I will really enjoy.

I will not be starting any new cozy mystery books until next weekend, so in the meantime I'll continue reading the short stories in The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is one of my slow and steady reads for the year (and probably for next year as well).

Since I read a children's book last week, I am also linking with Unleashing Readers, who hosts the younger readers version of It's Monday! What are you reading?

I read Snow in Jerusalem, by Deborah de Costa when I first received it years ago and I read it again to end 2022. It's a heart-warming story about two boys, one Muslim and one Jewish, who meet and bond as a result of unknowingly caring for the same stray cat.

I am also participating in another blog hop today - Sunday Post, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer. With this blog hop, I'll recap what I've posted over the couple of weeks. If you missed a post you want to read, just click on the link below. There are only two posts since my last Sunday Post.

• Sunday Post 11 - 12/18
• The Santa Stakeout (Hallmark movie review) - 12/28
• Puzzle 17 (Happy New Year!) - 12/31

As for what I'm watching, I am going to continue with Hallmark Christmas movies through the first week of January or a little longer, then I'll start watching other movies, including more Hallmark cozy mystery movies. I have a lot of catching up to do with those. I'm going to start something new on my blog. At end of each month I will recap all of the movies I watched that month.

I am planning to resume my regular blogging schedule this week, so I hope to see you around. Have a great week and an amazing new year!