Reacting to My 2024 Reading Goals | Bookmas Day 4

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Welcome back to Such Fun Read.

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I had wondered the other day if I had set any reading goals for 2024, pretty much because

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I don't always set reading goals for the year outside of choosing my Goodreads reading challenge

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goal.

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So I really wasn't sure.

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And it turns out I did.

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Made a video and everything is up on YouTube.

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So I wanted to go back and revisit these goals, see how successful I was, see how much of

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a good idea it was for me to even make goals.

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And it looks like I only made six.

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So I want to go ahead and react to these goals and see one, if I completed that goal, and

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two, if I didn't, will I carry this goal over to 2025?

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I mean, that is if I should even make a list of goals for 2025.

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Spoiler alert, I should probably stop making goals.

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So first off, I want to catch up on some series I started last year in 2023.

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We have Fox Love, which is a sequel to Bella Donna by Adeline Grace.

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I read the first book last year and I really enjoyed it.

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So I definitely want to continue on and it is a book that I purchased.

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So I definitely want to read the books that I own.

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And this one like the others I'm going to mention, I want to know what happens next.

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Also there's As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson, which is the third book in the A Good Girl's

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Guide to Murder trilogy.

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Also A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas.

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This is a part of the ACOTAR series and I believe it's the last book that was released,

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the most current book that was released in this series.

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I'm very, I am rather hit or miss on this series, but I do want to know what's going

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on.

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I do want to know what's happening and I do want to know if I'll ever change my mind

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and actually like re-sand.

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I can't do it!

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I can't!

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And the last one I want to mention here is the Mistborn trilogy.

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Completing this is definitely a goal for 2024.

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Reading the Well of Ascension, reading the Hero of Ages, continuing on in this world

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is a priority.

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So it looks like goal number one was catch up on some series.

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Well, let's, and I did mention some books that I wanted to read.

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Let's see if I read them.

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So the first book I mentioned was Fox Club, the sequel to Bella Donna by Adeline Grace.

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I did not read this.

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I did however purchase the third book in the trilogy with Stereo.

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So at least I own the complete trilogy, I guess.

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The next book I mentioned was As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson, the final book in the A Good

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Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy.

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And same as the last one, I have not read this yet.

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It's been on my list to read all year.

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This one definitely.

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So I have looked at the book.

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I have thought about picking it up.

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But for some reason, I haven't read it.

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The next one I mentioned was A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas, the latest released

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in the Akatar series.

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And again, no, I have not read this.

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I don't know what was going on with me in 2024.

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Maybe I just forgot I even made this short list because this is pretty hilarious.

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This is pretty hilarious.

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And the last one, I am completely annoyed with myself.

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I'm very annoyed with myself.

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Completely the Mistborn trilogy, The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages.

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I could have done that this year and I didn't.

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I don't know why.

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I honestly do not know why.

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I honestly do not know why I did not pick up any of these books.

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I don't know.

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I love the first book.

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Loved it so much.

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Let's just move on to the second goal before I get more angry at myself.

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My next reading goal is to reread the All Souls series by Deborah Harkness.

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So I own quite a few copies of the series.

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I'm kind of obsessed with this series.

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If you want to know what my two favorite series are, on one side of the coin you have The

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Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown and on the other side of the coin you have The All Souls

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series by Deborah Harkness.

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I don't know.

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They are definitely total opposites, but I love them dearly.

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I love them both dearly.

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So goal number two was reread the All Souls series by Deborah Harkness.

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A new book in that series came out this year as well.

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I own that and I haven't read it yet.

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Now did I reread the entire All Souls series?

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No I did not.

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Did I start a Discover Witches, the first book in the series?

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Yes.

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Yes I did.

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I even did some chapter read alongs on my YouTube channel and I'm currently completing

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those read alongs on my SubSac newsletter.

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There'll be a link in the description box down below if you want to follow along.

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So the answer to this is no, but I started.

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I probably will go ahead and do a reread of them next year.

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Maybe I can't promise, but I definitely want to finish reading the first book and then

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hurry up and read the most recent release so that I can know what's happening to some

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of my favorite characters.

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The next one is another possible series I end up re-reading and that is the Shadowhunters

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series by Cassandra Clare.

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Now I've read the Moral Instruments, I've read the Afernal Devices, I have not read

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the Dark Artifices and I believe it's called The Last Hours.

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So I'm either going to reread all the ones I read and then start with the ones I haven't

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read or just start where I left off.

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I'm not sure.

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But this series is a lot of fun and I have a lot of fun reading them.

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Oh, there is the Malak trilogy, right?

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I own the first book of it.

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I guess that's part of it I need to read as well.

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Hmm.

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And I think there are some short stories I'm going to have to get as well.

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There's a lot of reading.

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There's a lot of reading to be done here, but I am going to at least get started back

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into this series this year.

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Rule number three, reread the Shadowhunters series by Cassandra Clare.

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I honestly do not remember making this goal at all.

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I really, I really don't remember.

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I really do not.

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But you know what?

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I want to do it.

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I did not do it by the way.

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No, I did not complete this goal, but I want to.

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That sounds fun.

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That really does sound fun.

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And I may end up doing like episodes per book or whatnot.

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That actually sounds fun.

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I will definitely put a pen in that.

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The next goal I have is very, very long overdue.

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And that is to read Jane Austen.

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Now I've read Pride and Prejudice, but I have not read any of the others.

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And I'm actually not happy with myself about that because I consider myself to be an Emma

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girl.

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I love Clueless.

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I love Clueless.

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And the Emma adaptation that came out a few years ago.

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I love that.

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I bought it.

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I'm obsessed with it.

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I watch it a lot actually.

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But I haven't read the book and I feel like if I'm going to be an Emma girl, I have to

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actually read the book.

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But that is a plan this year to read Jane Austen.

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I'm going to read Emma, reread Pride and Prejudice, then you have Mansfield Park, Persuasion,

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Sense and Stability, and Northanger Abbey.

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Reading these books this year definitely needs to happen.

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Well, well, well, goal number four, read Jane Austen.

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I'm so mad at myself.

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No, no, I did not.

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My goodness, what is wrong with me?

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Why do I make these goals and then not follow up on them?

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I don't know.

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I had looked at Jane Austen.

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What?

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I had looked at my copies of the Jane Austen books this year and thought, hmm, maybe I

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should read that.

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And then I didn't read it.

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So this is just making me sad, honestly.

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Me looking back on these goals is honestly just making me sad.

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But that's okay.

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That's okay.

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That's, that's quite all right.

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I guess I'm gonna have to be all right with it because it's not like I can go back in

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time and change things and make sure that I've read these books.

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But yeah, let's just move on.

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Let's just move on.

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Another author I own quite a few books of that I have not read and that is N.K.

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Jimmison.

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I own the Inheritance trilogy.

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I own the fifth season.

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I own a couple other of her books that are in front of me so I don't have their names

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right now.

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But I've heard so many good things about N.K.

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Jimmison.

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I believe each of the books in the Broken Earth trilogy won like an award.

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So yeah, she's definitely an author that I believe I need to read.

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Goal number five, read N.K.

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Jimmison.

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So I believe I just heard myself say I've never read N.K.

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Jimmison.

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I think I lied because I'm pretty sure I had read the first book in the Inheritance trilogy

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before.

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I don't really remember it because it was a few years ago and I honestly don't remember

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it.

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But I'm pretty sure I did.

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Now, did I read any N.K.

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Jimmison in 2024?

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That would be a no.

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That would be a no.

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I did not.

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I'm pretty sure I've read at least one of her books.

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So that's that's a thing.

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So that's a success.

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Just not from 2024.

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I'm going to I'm going to count that as a success just because.

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And the last author, obviously, no one should be surprised about no one at all because that

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is Stephen King.

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I still have yet to read Stephen King.

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I know.

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I know.

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I've been talking about this for the last few months.

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I understand that.

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But 2024 is going to be the year that I read Stephen King.

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It's happening.

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It's happening.

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It's happening.

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So.

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I mean, I've pretty much grown quite the collection of unread Stephen King books.

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I have that collection.

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Why don't I just go ahead and start reading them?

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And that is something I plan to do in 2024.

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Rule number six, read Stephen King.

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Oh my goodness.

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No, no, I have not read any of these Stephen King books yet.

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And it is December.

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It is December of 2024.

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I made these goals, I believe, in January.

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And no, no.

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So that's a no.

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Pretty much a no for all of these goals.

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Huh?

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Well, at least I made goals.

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At least that's something I did.

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At least I decided to sit down and make some goals for myself.

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That's good, right?

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Yeah, that's a good thing, right?

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Now let's see.

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Will I, will I carry over any of these goals into 2025?

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Even though I probably shouldn't even make goals for 2025.

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Let's see.

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The reread of the Xiao Hunter series one.

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That one is at the top of the list because that one I really do kind of want to do because

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I do think that will be fun.

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The next thing on here I must do is continue on in the Mistborn trilogy.

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Seriously, I need to stop that one.

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I need to do that.

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I need to continue on and complete that trilogy.

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Seriously, no more messing around.

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Let's do it.

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Asuka is Dead by Holly Jackson.

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I mean, yeah, I probably should because then I'll have that trilogy completed.

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So that one, yes.

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The others I don't know as of yet.

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I'm not ready to make any goals for 2025 yet.

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So I kind of want to wait until closer to the end of the year or early next year before

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those goals are made or even if I decide to make goals.

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So yeah, that was fun.

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It really wasn't, but that was fun.

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And I'm curious if you made any reading goals for 2024.

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Did you forget about them like myself or were you able to keep them?

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Let me know.

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But thank you so much for listening.

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