National Parks 2024 Weekly Planner: July 2023 - December 2024 | 
My 2024 Year in Books post is up on my blog: https://imperfecthappiness.org/2025/01/03/2024-my-year-in-books/
No audio version this time as my voice is still not back completely after my illness and there are a lot of The Storygraph graphics anyway, which I could narrate, but I'm not sure it would add much.
Photo is of some super-cool clouds on our walk last night.
A #Roll100 wrap-up for 2024. I managed to read 15 of 36 picks, which is pretty good given that most of my reading time was monopolized by my master‘s degree. It‘s a part-time degree, so it will be taking up a fair chunk of 2025 as well, but I am looking forward to a clean slate of reading!
#Roll100 December 2024 picks:
1. Sherlock Holmes Essentials, Vol. 1 (Doyle)
2. Cinq semaines en ballon (Verne)
3. Doctor Who: Illegal Alien (Tucker)
My boring #BookSpinBingo list for November 2024. I just use posting the list as an excuse to play with all the backgrounds I keep downloading from PicCollage 😆
#Roll100 list for November 2024 contains all print books for once 😆
1. The Trojan Horse (Innes)
2. Mike: The Memoirs of the Hon. Lester B. Pearson (Pearson)
3. The Navigator of New York (Johnston)
I‘ve been reading a lot of articles for school this month and will probably fill up my #BookSpinBingo card the same way next month 😆
#BookSpinBingo list for September 2024 is all set. Thank goodness there‘s a comic book on the list (although have I read the comic book on this month‘s list? Absolutely not 😂)
#5JoysFriday
1️⃣ Going to see orchestra shows for The Legend of Zelda and Studio Ghibli!
2️⃣ Led a study group at work for friends interested in my master‘s program
3️⃣ My parents came to see the new house, and they loved it 🥰
4️⃣ Spent the past couple of days watching the Baldur‘s Gate 3 cast play D&D. So fun!
5️⃣ Found some nice photos to frame and hang on my walls
#Roll100 for September 2024:
1️⃣ The Tenth Doctor, Vol. 5: Arena of Fear
2️⃣ The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli
3️⃣ Sherlock: The Casebook, by Guy Adams
#5JoysFriday
1️⃣ My parents are dog-sitting my cousin‘s dog, so I am getting photo updates
2️⃣ Coffee time and lunch time with two great colleagues on Tuesday
3️⃣ Started a playthrough of Baldur‘s Gate 3 on my partner‘s computer
4️⃣ Bought tickets to see the hobbits at ComicCon
5️⃣ Just went on a hold-placing spree at the library. New month, new books on order 😄
#BookSpinBingo list is all set for August 2024. I‘ve been doing better at carving out time for reading lately, so hoping that continues.
#Roll100 for August 2024
1️⃣ The Eleventh Doctor, Vol. 3: Conversion
2️⃣ Maigret se trompe (Simenon)
3️⃣ Waverley (Scott)
The Doctor Who comic has by far the best chance of being read 😂
#5JoysFriday
1️⃣ got a free bookcase and it‘s already 90% full
2️⃣ met a cat on my way to work and it let me pet it 😍
3️⃣ laughed at a seagull pacing in the bus shelter like an impatient commuter 😂
4️⃣ the bunny that hangs out in our yard was here for like 3 hours on Weds
5️⃣ the Hobbits are coming to ComicCon 🤩
#5JoysFriday for week ending July 12:
1️⃣ Reached end credits on Disney Dreamlight Valley (and immediately bought the expansion 😂)
2️⃣ Baked a cinnamon loaf that turned out well
3️⃣ Had dinner with friends on Thursday
4️⃣ Went for a lunchtime walk in the sun yesterday
5️⃣ Now 95% finished my main knitting project!
#BookSpinBingo list for July 2024 is all set. I suspect that of the three named books on this list, the Farley Mowat has the best chance of being read.
After 2 joyful weeks in Denmark and Sweden, I‘m getting back to normal. #5JoysFriday
1. Went for a lunchtime walk with a coworker
2. I had a day off on Monday, which helps with getting back into the swing of things 😂
3. I bought some yummy biscuits in Sweden and will have to fill my suitcase with them next time I go.
4. A friend is bunny-sitting, so I had to visit 😄
5. I went for afternoon tea again!
Y‘all get a handwritten #BookSpinBingo list for June 2024 because I wrote the books down in the wrong order and can‘t be bothered to change my Word document to match 😂 As always this year it‘s half articles for school, half books, and three of the books are my Roll100 picks.
#5JoysFriday
1. My classmates in my master‘s program are always super encouraging. We pull each other through each assignment.
2. We‘ve had great weather at lunch, perfect for walking.
3. I‘ve enjoyed all the cat manga I read this week.
4. Chatted with 2 great friends today. I always feel uplifted talking to them.
5. I am off for 2 weeks! 😎
#5JoysFriday
1. Afternoon tea with friends outdoors on a perfect sunny day
2. A housewarming gift of The Complete Far Side ❤️
3. A band I love is releasing a new album, first in 10 years
4. Played a bunch of Stardew Valley
5. Got good feedback on the first assignment of my next master‘s course (we won‘t talk about the struggle with assignment 2 😬)
#5JoysFriday on Friday this time 😂
1. The in-law family had their 1st BBQ of the year for Mother‘s Day
2. The hosts have a beautiful tuxedo cat with green eyes 😻
3. Saw a 🐰 on the way to work on Tue
4. Had a great email discussion with a colleague about my course
5. Received pretty flowers 🌷from my nephew
Once again #FiveJoysFriday goes into Saturday 👀
1. New episodes of Doctor Who dropped on Disney+ this week!
2. Today I had tea with friends I hadn‘t seen for a couple of years.
3. I then went book shopping with these friends 😄
4. We bought some local strawberries (probably greenhouse rather than outdoor), which were good
5. I‘ve been filling my calendar with cool concerts in the fall/winter!
I‘m behind with #5JoysFriday because I had a cold most of the week and was not very joyful 😂 I‘m feeling better now so here‘s my list.
1. Went for 🍦on Sunday
2. Played a LOT of Disney Dreamlight Valley while resting on the couch
3. Had a Zoom session with my master‘s course classmates. They keep me motivated!
4. Saw a 🐰 IN OUR BACKYARD!
5. Yesterday was the first day warm enough for sandals 😎👡
Had some nice moments this week so thought I‘d jump into #5JoysFriday ☺️
1. Reshelving books in our new house
2. Finishing the first course of my master‘s program
3. Seeing a 🐰 on my way to work one morning
4. Attending a friend‘s craft night for the first time in a few months
5. Having a group video call with work friends
Wow, a #Roll100 list without an audiobook 😂
1️⃣ Maigret se trompe (Simenon)
2️⃣ Gideon‘s Risk (Marric)
3️⃣ Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden‘s Syndrome (Scalzi)
Keeping things consistent with the #BookSpinBingo list, just changing out the books in the spaces dedicated to Roll100 picks. Still slogging my way through coursework… might do a 1:1 correspondence next month rather than having 3 papers in 1 space. We shall see.
April 2024 #Roll100 picks add yet more audio to the queue!
🎧 The Essential Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2
📖 Trouble Follows Me, by Ross Macdonald
🎧 The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli (read by Benedict Cumberbatch 😍)
Of course the #BookSpinBingo gods chose the one of my three firm picks that is least likely to be read 🤣
#BookSpin: Le Matou, by Yves Beauchemin
#DoubleSpin: three chapters or articles for coursework
I just realized I never posted my original #BookSpinBingo board for February 2024 (just the list), so here‘s the wrap-up:
✅ BookSpin: readings (selections from 3 different course books)
❌ DoubleSpin: Dalek Empire 3.2
1️⃣ bingo: I1 to I5
The good thing about keeping things ultra-flexible for #BookSpinBingo is that I get my lists ready a lot sooner 😂 The firm picks for March 2024 are a French book, a Doctor Who audio, and an older thriller.
I am here for this double readathon of #20In4 and #FabulousFebruary. My goal will be to fill at least one more bingo square for course reading (I count 3 textbook chapters or articles as 1 square on my BookSpin bingo card) and to read one non-fiction book from the library.
January 2024 #BookSpinBingo wrap-up:
❌ BookSpin: Dalek Empire 3.1: The Exterminators
✅ DoubleSpin: Three chapters of readings: Snook ch. 7, Amalberti chs. 1 and 2
1️⃣ bingo
I didn‘t read a lot of what I wanted to in January 2024, so keeping things loosey-goosey for #BookSpinBingo in February. The only firm choices are my Roll100 picks.
I‘m off next week on a course, so the readathon comes at a perfect time! I plan to finish two of my Roll100 picks (Dalek Empire audio and The Empress of Salt and Fortune) for sure, then the rest will be left to chance.
January 2024 #BookSpinBingo board:
#BookSpin: Dalek Empire 3.1: The Exterminators
#DoubleSpin: Three chapters of readings
Both my audiobooks AND a print book I‘m currently reading are on the same line! Of course none of that line is a readings square 😂
My #BookSpinBingo will be a lot different this year because I am starting a part-time Master‘s degree. I did the math and figured that last year, I finished a book every 3 days, so to give myself the illusion of reading progress, I made half my spin list “three chapters of readings”. An article will count as one chapter. We‘ll see how well this works 😁
Looking forward to another year of #Roll100! Here are my picks for January 2024:
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Vo)
Les poisons de la couronne (Druon)
Dalek Empire 3.1: The Exterminators (Big Finish)
Glad to have an ebook and an audiobook in the mix as I will be travelling in January 😄
