THE List: Books That Blew My Mind in 2017

It's a quick list because I'm spending some quality time with the boy before he heads off to his dad's for New Years, but I have to share. I sifted these babies into some general categories that are completely arbitrary. Bottom line: these are great books.

Books I Want to Give to Everyone
Hunger by Roxane Gay
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Biggest Tear-Jerkers
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (and everything else by) N.K. Jemisin

Awesome "Experimental" Novel by a White Dude (and I don't usually like these)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

HOTTEST, Funnest Romance
Beard Science (Winston Brothers #3) by Penny Reid

Most Surprising Comics
Afterlife with Archie

Short Stories + Campus Life
Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee

Favorites I Read With My Son
Super Rabbit Boy by Thomas Flintham
The Loser's Club buy Andrew Clements

I can't wait to see your faves of the year! Don't forget to check out my wonderful cohosts: Tamara, Kim, and Tanya Patrice!

#AMonthofFaves: Goals for 2018 (Mostly Non-Reading)

Challenges {The Year End Updates on Reading Challenges, Personal Goals, Resolutions} #AMonthofFaves – how did you do? Are you going to do more challenges next year?

I struggled with this prompt yesterday (obviously, since I didn't post), but I'm coming back around after some thought. I didn't do any specific reading challenges in 2017 because reading itself was the challenge.  Likewise, I plan to go into 2018 free-range reading, so I'm short on snappy reading goals to close out and/or commit to for 2018. Other than...you know...read. Something. Whatever I feel like reading.

Last night I was without book after finishing a couple of them earlier in the week, so I sat and thought about what really sounded good. I ended up purchasing a digital copy of Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Tr*mp's America, edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding. One and a half essays in, it's going to be a tough read, but it's free-range and it's working. Also, it brings me to my next goal. A life one.

Stay politically engaged. This is the long game. I feel like I've taken some solid steps in volunteering for some state and local campaigns I care about. It feels hands-on rather than ranting into the void. I still do plenty of that, mind you, but this is helpful grunt work. It's data entry and text message polling. It's canvassing and talking and donating. It's growing a thicker skin and developing a cooler head for conversation.

Journal more. I plan, I organize, I am engaged with the things I need to do on a daily, monthly, or yearly basis, but that can be a little cold and short-winded. I purchased a bullet journal with the intent of really focusing on the JOURNAL part of the name. It's rare that I keep track of what I'm into or write thoughts that don't get posted somewhere. I need more quiet moments of reflection that are just for me, and I hope this is the vehicle for those. It's also a creative outlet, so yay for that.

Support and engage creators. We are all creators. As bloggers or YouTubers, colorers, doodlers, or gamers. I've started to really get invested in a wide range of creative outlets and with various platforms where creators do their creating, and I want this type of engagement and support to grow in 2018.

If you posted about your goals, don't forget to link up, and as always, take a few minutes to visit my super fantastic partners: Tanya Patrice, Kim, and Tamara!

#AMonthofFaves: New-to-Me

Slayed me. 

I've read a lot of new-to-me authors in 2017, and I've been so pleased with all the great voices I've found. Here are a few highlights.

I read the first book in N.K. Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy, and I cannot wait to read more.

Rachel Held Evans is the Christian voice I needed to feel better about my moral and political beliefs and my struggles with church. Listening to Searching for Sunday on audio brought me to tears of relief.

Nayyirah Waheed's poetry collection, salt, is breathtaking and fiery.

Reading Allie Brosh and laughing my ass off.

Jenny Lawson is an author everyone loves, and true to what I'd heard, Let's Pretend this Never Happened made me LOL.

Allie Brosh is another one of those authors that people have told me to read for-e-ver. I finally picked Hyperbole and a Half up at Book Nerd Camp and LOLed randomly in front of a group of people for quite a while. Tears of laughter, y'all.

Sarah MacLean is the romance queen. Hawwwwt.

Nnedi Okorafor's Binti was excellent on audio, and I will certainly pick up anything she writes.

Which new-to-you books or authors blew you over this year? Link up down below, and don't forget to visit Tamara, Kim, and Tanya Patrice!

#AMonthofFaves: Unique Books of 2017

The Most Unique, Weird or Memorable Book(s) Read This Year #AMonthofFaves – books you did not finish, were super weird, characters you disliked, book award winners (from this year) you read and didn't like, books you didn't think you would like, but you did.

Frosty Relations (A Witch's Night Out #2) by Tara Quan was a short, contemporary, supernatural (that's a lot of descriptors) that I downloaded on a lark when I couldn't settle into anything else. It's about Jack Frost (that Jack Frost), an asshole attorney, and Mina Mao, a long-time famil acquaintance of the Frosts. She also happens to work in HR at his firm. As usual, there's more going on than initial appearances, and while it sounded fun, it fell flat for me. I tire of the asshole with a heart of gold trope, and this one is actually a novella, so I needed way more character development.

The Southern Reach Trilogy (Authority and Acceptance) by Jeff VanderMeer was a minddd fuuuuuck. That's just the only way there is to describe it. I read the first book in the trilogy a couple of years ago, and for whatever reason, I picked up the second book this year. It grabbed me quicker and surer than the first installment, and before I knew it, I'd raced through the second and third books. They defy description, but if you like sf novels, give 'em a try.

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon was scary af. I actually thought to pick this one up after I tweeted that I wanted something to scare the crap out of me. Someone on Twitter recommended this one, and I happened to have it on my shelves. It's a family-based scary story. Think winter woods, nowhere to go, and a missing child. A child who comes back? Maybe. In the closet. Creepy, creepy, creepy.

The Soul of An Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery is one I'll shove into every set of hands I possibly can. It's a seemingly unlikely topic...a woman who develops a meaningful relationship with an octopus? It's a beautiful, touching, lovely memoir, and it's SO INTERESTING. I highly recommend the audio, read by Sy Montgomery.

I'd love to know some of the most unique books you've read this year. Link up below, and don't forget to visit Tanya Patrice, Kim, and Tamara, too!

#AMonthofFaves: I Love...

I Love … December #AMonthofFaves – Rep your home's holiday look, share pictures of your holiday decorations. Christmas tree, your favorite holiday traditions, holiday festivities, favorite ornaments, places to go, holiday drinks, holiday eats, holiday themed reads.

Visit all the partners in crime! Here are Tanya Patrice, Kim, and Tamara!

What do I love about December? Coziness. I love coziness. Specifically...

Curling up by the Christmas tree is #goals this time of year. Since we decorated the tree, and since taking this picture, I've added about 8 zillion candy-colored balls to the tree for more festivity. 

Can't be cozy (or really alive, awake, and upright) without dogs in this house. Greyson, Buddy, and Trouble were right cozy in this picture, and if you follow me on Instagram, you've seen lots more. 

Give me warm drinks, books, and mood lighting. 

#AMonthofFaves: Catching Up and Best Changes

Best Changes You Made To Tweak This Year #AMonthofFaves – best changes you made or routines you kept that to better organize your day / life; your = morning, evening or daily routines.

Free ranging...taste-testing books.

I've talked about it for a long time, and I've been a proponent, but I feel like I didn't ACTUALLY become a free range reader until this year. With so much trouble focusing, I really had to accept that some books will grab me, and I will finish those, and some books won't grab me, and they will slow down my reading mojo. I'm no stranger to DNF'ing. My latest victims: 

• Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

By nature, my Etsy shop takes a ton of time. Designing, printing, cutting, packing, and shipping stickers, bookmarks, and other goodies is quite a feat, especially with lots of grading to do from my other jobs. While I don't have a specific day-of-the-week-specific Etsy shop schedule, I have gotten much better at the process of working through the tasks associated with the shop. I have new releases a time or two per month, I run sales the same amount, and I've gotten a handle on processing orders: creating a pull list, printing in batches, cutting in batches, and packing/shipping in batches. Batches are the best. 

My desk might be a mess, but I have good overall organization going!

A big part of my organization this year has been working my planners. I still love my Erin Condren Life Planner in the vertical layout, and I keep most things in it...especially the monthly overview...in addition to the daily layouts. Occasionally, if I'm so overwhelmed with granualr detail that I can't include it in the EC, I will pop open an Evernote document and go right back to the Getthing Things Done productivity methods I brought into the mix back in 2016.

Sorry this post is late! Last week was a mess of grading! Be sure to visit Tamara, Kim, and Tanya Patrice, and don't be shy about linking up your own posts whenever you can get around to them. 

#AMonthofFaves: Blogger Love Edition and a Video!

#AMonthofFaves [The Blogger Love Edition] - Recommend some bloggers and for us to check out and tell us what you like about each blog, e.g. bookish, food, fashion, travel, lifestyle, money, mom blogs, productivity etc.

Hey hey hey! Busy weeks are busy, and I'm off to a breakneck start. If #AMonthofFaves was going to happen today, it had to be a quick, one-shot deal, so here we are with a Facebook Live video: some shout-outs, what I'm reading, and some quick life updates. Exciting stuff! 

My blogger and vlogger shout-outs! 

Koffee - SIMS4/gaming

Deligracy - SIMS4/gaming

Sarah's Bookshelves

Running N' Reading

Doing Dewey

Amanda's Fig and Thistle Youtube - I brain farted and didn't mention you in the video, but I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!

My favorite "follow me around" vloggers post. 

Whew! Don't forget to visit my partners in crime: Kim, Tanya Patrice, and Tamara! Link your own post below! 

#AMonthofFaves: 3 Popular Books Worth the Hype

I HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS PROMPT! I had to go back into Goodreads and poke around, but I definitely have things to say.

I've mostly been out of the popular book loop but some of these are overall-popular while others are probably more popular within their own genre communities. Let's dig in!

I will read abso-freaking-lutely-anything that Caitlin Doughty writes. Then I'll probably listen to it, too. She's become an auto-buy author for me, and From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death did not dissapoint in the slightest. I love her candor and humor in regards to death practices all over the world. She reminds me a bit of Mary Roach in Stiff in the way that she's able to find a giggle in the morbid without being disrespectful at all. Open pyre funeral in Colorado, anyone?

Ohhh, Roxane Gay...you slay my heart every time. I listened to Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body all in one go as I was driving to Tennessee to meet up with friends, and while it gutted me, it was also the perfect way to listen. As a fat woman, I could relate so much to Gay's point of view and to many of her life experiences...living life online, taking stupid chances, moving across the country. It was a lot of similarity...experientially and emotionally. It was so good to hear someone give voice to issues I've grappled with my whole life but never knew how to express.

I am SO not into Archie comics, and I never have been. They're enough of a cultural staple that I know enough to follow along if I want to watch Riverdale, but a fangirl I am not. However, as is the case with a lot of things I don't love (see Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland), I adore a good take-off...something that spins a same-old, meh-for-me story on its head, and that's exactly what Afterlife with Archie vol. 1 does. The characters are just a bit screwier, darker, deader. I loved this first volume so much I gave it five stars, and I'm already on to the issues that comprise volume 2. It's available for download on Comixology Unlimited if that's a thing you do.

So there ya have it...three popular books (in very diferent circles) worth the hype!

What were some of your faves this year? Link up down below and don't forget to visit Tamara, Tanya Patrice, and Kim!

This Is How We Blog (#AMonthofFaves)

This Is How We Blog #AMonthofFaves – Essential Computer Programs, Browser Plugins, Websites and / or your blogging routine, blogs on blogging that you follow, blog tips you learned and used this year

I feel like, for me, #AMonthofFaves will be a lot of me writing, "Hey! I didn't do this much in 2017!"

I haven't felt much like talking. Writing. I have things to say, and I say them to my Representatives' staffers on the phone, and via FAX, and on Women in Science postcards, and in rants and snark on Facebook and Twitter. I share short snippets and memories on Instagram. Blogging just hasn't been a thing I can do. Longer-form sharing just hasn't been my bag.

I hope it's my thing in 2018. It's starting to feel better.

Don't forget to LINK UP! Visit Tamara, Kim, and Tanya Patrice!

This is How We Read (#AMonthofFaves)

This Is How We Read #AMonthofFaves– eg. Number of books read so far, genre you read the most from, picture of favorite (or most often used) reading location, most read author, % eBooks, hardcovers, paperbacks and/or audiobooks, hint at what your favorite read of the year is (let us guess), types of books you wish you read more of, month you read the most and least)

Oh friends. Y'all know this year of reading has been a rocky one for me. Really, really rocky. This whole year has been something of an emotional wreck, largely regarding politics and The World. I've been finding solace, but that solace is as often as not...something other than books. Life is full of seasons, and that's just where I've been this year. 

It's actually really surprising to me to look at my books read list and see that I'm nearing 50. That's a pretty standard number for me in a year, and this year has not felt standard. I read in fits and starts, binge on books here and there, and then live in a book desert for a few weeks or months. 

Right now I'm sitting at 47 books read for the year, and I expect I'll be sitting right at 50 or a little past by the end of the month. Between contemporary romance, sf, and reading/listening to short chapter books and middle grade with my kiddo, I should be in good shape. 

Thinking over the format of my reading this year, it's overwhelmingly digital. The last print book I read was in July, I think. I tend to read on my phone A LOT. Mostly I'm playing an audiobook via my TuneIn app or scarfing down romance on my Kindle app. I tend to read when I'm sitting still which is often in my son's school pick up line in the afternoons, in bed while I'm falling asleep, or when I wake up for a few hours with insomnia in the middle of the night. 

How have you read this year? Don't forget to LINK UP and visit Kim, Tanya Patrice, and Tamara! 

#AMonthofFaves - 2017 Favorites Edition

#AMonthofFaves [The 2017 Favorites Edition]– eg. to eat, drink, wear, smell, see, do, enjoy, best purchases, most used gift received etc, favorite concert, outdoor activity, place visited, most squee worthy moment of the year.

Here we are for A Month of Faves! Without skipping a beat, let's get right to the faves!

Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 for Nintendo DS! I looooove thisss game! I'm sure no one is surprise because Harry Potter. I have very rarely played through a game in its entirity, but I am well on the way with this one. I've completed story mode (50%), and now I'm going back through to gather all the wizard's hats and goodies in free play. 

Ever since I started in on traveler's notebooks, they have become my favorite planning system because they are completely customizable. I purchased a Chic Sparrow Deluxe Creme Brulee and haven't looked back! 

Dream and Anchor notebook is the black one!

My favorite traveler's notebook inserts, printable and a great value, are from PrintablePineapple on Etsy. 

TNs can be really expensive, and I started with a fabric one that got me SOOOO hooked and which I still love. It was from Dream and Anchor. 

My favorite place to be most of the time is my home office. It's a good thing since I spend at least six hours a day here! Not only do I work from home, this is where the Etsy magic happens, and it's just generally cozy and my favorite. 

When I'm chillin' in my workspace, you're likely to find me writing Women in Science postcards to my Sentators and Congressman. 

Finally, this year has been amazing for spending time with my favorite friends. Not only did I get to attend Book Nerd Camp in Tennessee with the likes of Heather, Amanda, Katie, and Carrie, I also got to have some quality time with Amanda here in Texas recently. AND, I met my single longest-time internet friend (known her since I was 16) this year! 

Want to LINK UP your own #AMothofFaves post? Please do! 

#AMonthofFaves 2017!

Join hosts  Girlxoxo, Traveling with T and Estella’s Revenge for our 4th annual #AMonthofFaves blog event – a fun way to recap the year that was. We have every day of the event (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) planned out for you, so you can join in anytime. There will also be a link-up on all our blogs – put a link to your post so  that we can stop by each and every post to leave comments, high fives, good vibes and well wishes. Here's what we'll be blogging about.

#AMonthofFaves 2017 December Blog Topics

Fri. | Dec. 1 – #AMonthofFaves [The 2017 Favorites Edition]– eg. to eat, drink, wear, smell, see, do, enjoy, best purchases, most used gift received etc, favorite concert, outdoor activity, place visited, most squee worthy moment of the year.

✤ These Are A Few of Our Favorite Things
✤  Keep It!? Revisiting Faves From Last Year #AMonthofFaves 
✤ Favorites and Must Haves For Winter Survival #AMonthofFaves

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Mon. | Dec. 4 – This Is How We Read #AMonthofFaves– eg. Number of books read so far, genre you read the most from, picture of favorite (or most often used) reading location, most read author, % eBooks, hardcovers, paperbacks and/or audiobooks, hint at what your favorite read of the year is (let us guess), types of books you wish you read more of, month you read the most and least)

✤ This Is How We Read #AMonthofFaves 2016

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Wed. | Dec. 6 – This Is How We Blog #AMonthofFaves – Essential Computer Programs, Browser Plugins, Websites and / or your blogging routine, blogs on blogging that you follow, blog tips you learned and used this year

✤ This is How We (Co)Blog {2016 Edition}

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Fri. | Dec. 8 – 3 Popular Books Worth the Hype #AMonthofFaves- and/or Not Worth the Hype

✤ 3 Popular Books Worth The Hype #AMonthofFaves

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Mon. Dec 11 - #AMonthofFaves [The Blogger Love Edition] - Recommend some bloggers and for us to check out and tell us what you like about each blog, e.g. bookish, food, fashion, travel, lifestyle, money, mom blogs, productivity etc.

✤  #AMonthofFaves {The Awesome Blogger Shoutout Edition}

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Wed. | Dec 13 – Favorite Book to Movie or TV Shows #AMonthofFaves – what were your favorites (and / or least favorites); did you both watch the movie and read the book; which was better?

✤ 5 Favorite Book to TV Shows #AMonthofFaves2016

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Fri. | Dec. 15 – Best Changes You Made To Tweak This Year #AMonthofFaves – best changes you made or routines you kept that to better organize your day / life; your = morning, evening or daily routines.

✤ Our Most Useful Tools For Getting It Done #AMonthofFaves

✤ #AMonthofFaves Tips and Tricks for Managing Life and Home

✤ Best Changes We Made To Our Everyday Lives #AMonthofFaves

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Mon. | Dec 18 - I Love … December #AMonthofFaves – Rep your home's holiday look, share pictures of your holiday decorations. Christmas tree, your favorite holiday traditions, holiday festivities, favorite ornaments, places to go, holiday drinks, holiday eats, holiday themed reads.

 

✤ Favorite Holiday Eats & Drinks #AMonthofFaves2016

 

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Wed. | Dec 20 – The Most Unique, Weird or Memorable Book(s) Read This Year #AMonthofFaves – books you did not finish, were super weird, characters you disliked, book award winners (from this year) you read and didn't like, books you didn't think you would like, but you did.

 

✤ The Huh? List of 2016

✤ Reading Outside The Comfort Zone #AMonthofFaves

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Fri. | Dec. 22 – “New to Me” Author Discoveries #AMonthofFaves - which books by authors you hadn't read from before made you.

✤ 5 New-to-Us Awesome Author Discoveries

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Tue. | Dec. 26 – Challenges {The Year End Updates on Reading Challenges, Personal Goals, Resolutions} #AMonthofFaves – how did you do? Are you going to do more challenges next year?

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Wed. | Dec. 27 – Top 10 Blog Posts From GXO This Year #AMonthofFaves

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Thu. | Dec. 28 – Favorite Book Covers From Our Reads This Year #AMonthofFaves – what did you like about each one?

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Fri. | Dec. 29 – Top 10 Books that Blew Your Mind This Year #AMonthofFaves – squee worthy reads

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Join us by writing your response to any or all of the prompts above - feel free to put your own spin on the topics (we will for some), and then visiting the host blogs to link up your post. Comment below if you're in - and remember you can join in on any of the topics at any time!

#AMonthofFaves2016: Reading Outside My Comfort Zone

Ahhh, surprise finds this year. There have been some...especially romance novels. 

Before we go any further, be sure to check out GirlXOXO.com today along with TravelingWithT.com! My cohorts in crime always come up with great stuff. 

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willing was a romancey good time. I won't rehash the whole plot since I've posted about it before. Just go on over here. 

Right now I'm reading An Affair Before Christmas, by Eloisa James, which was a Book Riot GET BOOKED podcast recommendation. It's a lot of lush fun, and it's not too spicy so far. I'm 200 pages in, and no one is naked yet. Just sayin'. I am really enjoying it for something light and holidayish.

Can't wait to see what you've found that challenged you or fell outside your norm!  Don't forget to link up down below!

#AMonthofFaves2016 is HERE!

I'm super late announcing this because I put a moratorium on my Internet usage over the Thanksgiving holidays. I needed a sanity break, but now I'm back along with Tanya Patrice and Tamara for another installment of #AMonthofFaves. Here's the schedule for December. Feel free to come and go, dip in and out, and link up your posts on any of our blogs throughout the event!

Thu. | Dec. 1 – These Are A Few of My Favorite Things #AMonthofFaves2016 – eg. to eat, drink, wear, smell, see, do, enjoy, best thing I bought, most used gift received etc, favorite concert, outdoor activity, place visited, most squee worthy moment of the year, biggest change.

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Fri. | Dec. 2 – 5 Popular Books Worth the Hype #AMonthofFaves2016

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Mon. | Dec. 5 – This Is How We Read #AMonthofFaves2016 – eg. Number of books read so far, genre you read the most from, picture of favorite (or most often used) reading location, most read author, % eBooks, hardcovers, paperbacks and/or audiobooks, hint at what your favorite read of the year is (let us guess), types of books you wish you read more of, month you read the most and least)

Tue. | Dec. 6 – This Is How We Blog #AMonthofFaves2016 – – Essential Computer Programs, Browser Plugins, Websites and / or your blogging routine

Wed. | Dec. 7 – Most Useful Tools For Getting Sh&! Done #AMonthofFaves2016 – Apps, websites, planners – how and what do you use to get life and / or work Shit done?!

Thu. | Dec 8 – Favorite Book to Movie or TV Shows #AMonthofFaves2016 – what were your faves; did you both watch the movie and read the book; which was better?

Fri. | Dec. 9 – #WeekendReading {Picking Favorites} – Let’s support each other by sharing our faves from other #AMonthofFaves participant blogs, eg. your favorite posts, a book added to your reading list, or a blogger you just discovered

Mon. | Dec. 12 – The Most Unique, Weird or Most Memorable Book(s) Read This Year – not necessarily your favorite book because it could be memorable for how bad or how much you liked or disliked the characters.

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Tue. | Dec. 13 – 5 Books on Our Winter Reading List  #AMonthofFaves2016 – which books are your must read this winter?

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Wed. | Dec. 14 – Best Changes We Made This Year #AMonthofFaves2016 – to your Day / Life / Routines / Blog / Habits

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Thu. | Dec. 15 – 5 Fave “New to Me” Author Discoveries or Audiobook Narrations This Year #AMonthofFaves2016

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Fri. | Dec. 16 – #WeekendReading {Picking Favorites} – Let’s support each other by sharing your favorite post, book, or something else, mentioned on other #AMonthofFaves participant blogs

Mon. | Dec. 19 – Reading Outside My Comfort Zone #AMonthofFaves2016 – Surprise Find(s) This Year

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Tue. | Dec. 20 – 5 Must Haves for Winter Survival – shout out your favorite brand or stores or favorite items

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Wed. | Dec. 21 –Keep It! 5 Purchases That Were Totally Worth It #IRegretNothing #AMonthofFaves 2016 – what did you buy this year – big or small – that you love, bought more of, got your monies worth

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Thu. | Dec. 22 –  I Love … December #AMonthofFaves2016 – Favorite holiday festivities, favorite ornaments, home decor, places to go, holiday drinks, holiday eats, holiday themed reads

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Fri. | Dec. 23 – #WeekendReading {Picking Favorites} – Let’s support each other by sharing your favorite post, book, or something else, mentioned on other #AMonthofFaves participant blogs

Mon. | Dec. 26 – Challenges {The Year End Updates on Reading Challenges, Personal Goals, Resolutions}– how did you do? Are you going to do more challenges next year?

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Tue. | Dec. 27 – Top 10 Blog Posts From GXO This Year

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Wed. | Dec. 28 – Favorite Book Covers From Our Reads This Year – what did you like about each one?

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Thu. | Dec. 29 – Top 10 Books that Blew My Mind This Year – squee worthy reads

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Fri. | Dec. 30 – Top 10 Other Sh$t That Rocked in 2016 … Or 5 Reasons I’m Glad 2016 is Over