One Hundred Days

Believe it or not, we have officially hit DAY 100 of 2023! I can‘t believe how fast this year has been flying by, but I thought I should take this as a chance to check in with my annual goals, and decide if i should reevaluate or adjust any of my reading plans.

How are you guys doing? Are you hitting your goals? Reading fantastic books? Choosing new genres? 🖤🎉 #Day100

MicrobeMom Yay! I am doing great! 12 books ahead of my reading goal. This has never happened before. 12mo

Clwojick @MicrobeMom Well done! 🎉🎉🎉 12mo

Birdsong28 I'm ahead by 5 books on my main reading goal and have nearly finished one out of my two books for April for my reading challenge called read my tbr! 12mo

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AllDebooks I'm ahead on reading goals despite a real slump over the last 6 weeks. I have an annual theme every year. This year is poetry and I need to get more of those selections read, as I have a pretty eclectic mix 12mo

Monica5 I'm on track with mine. 41 books so far, so happy with that! Goal is 100. 12mo

Clwojick @Monica5 woohoo! You‘ll definitely hit that if you keep this speed! 12mo

Clwojick @AllDebooks good idea. I definitely don‘t read enough poetry, but maybe I‘ll add a goal for next year. 12mo

Clwojick @Birdsong28 Woohoo! 🔥⭐️👏🏻 12mo

marleed My biggest goal was to steal a couple days at the end of each month to read down a chunkster to a reasonable page count for the next month. My issue was being :so focused on book count that my over 500 page TBR had reached its angle of repose and books were tumbling down like the last rock atop a quarry. It‘s working, I‘ve finished one chunkster each Jan-Apr! 12mo

Clwojick That‘s a good idea! I‘m glad it‘s working for you! I have a couple LONG audiobooks on my upcoming TBR. Maybe I should try this between April/May. @marleed 12mo

BBooks I'm 80% to my goal for the year. 📚 if I count rereads I'd be at my goal of 30, hope to get to 50 but did slump a little thus the rereads. It's a good reading year so far 😃 11mo

Clwojick @BBooks Great job! I definitely count rereads! 11mo

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Lauredhel

One Hundred Days | Alice Pung

Review just posted separately; this is my #booked2023 progress check-in post. One to go for this quarter! @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae

julesG 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y

Cinfhen Fantastic 🙌🏻🥂 1y

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Lauredhel

One Hundred Days | Alice Pung

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This was a thought-provoking book. Filipino-Australian Karuna lives in a council flat with her overbearing, emotionally (& occ. physically) abusive mother. The situation escalates when Karuna becomes pregnant and gives birth. I get the feeling we're supposed to feel like the mother is at least sometimes trying her best, but what I came away with is that the fallout from trauma tied up with 'tradition' is horrifying, and echoes down generations.

Lauredhel I also came away with hope, and joy in Karuna's resilience and her determination to do her best by her child despite their circumstances, and her hesitant gathering of allies. Perhaps trauma doesn't have to keep echoing down generations. 1y

Lauredhel #Booked2023 #ReproRights for the right of pregnant people, however young, to determine whether they continue a pregnancy, and whether and how they parent if they give birth @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae

#Pantone2023 #EmpireYellow @clwojick

#fourfoursin23 #WombatCombat for Australian setting and the constant friction and fighting between the two MCs
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Clwojick Spot on! Way to go! 💛 1y

Cinfhen Perfect color match 💛 1y

Cinfhen And really beautiful review 1y

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