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Spring 2019 Wrap Up

Back in March, I posted my Spring 2019 TBR here. So much has managed to occur in such a short amount of time. I did not read all the books that I said I was going to read, at all. In fact, of the ten books on that list, I only read one: A Study in Charlotte.

To make things even odder, I read that book the day after I wrote the tbr post and then again in May because I forgot important details when trying to read The Last of August. It's a little disappointing though because I was really excited about reading some of those books and just was unable to finally be able to get to any of them. Still, at some point I'll read them. I just have so many books that I want to read and there just is not enough time for me to actually get this all read.

I'm out of school now, which should make finding time to post on this blog easier. However, it has proved more difficult than I had initially hoped. Sure, I managed to read through finals, but back home proves to be harder than I had initially expected. I took a hiatus in April because Camp NaNoWriMo and finals was a little much to try to take on all at once, but I hope not to have to have another, hopefully by actually getting ahead on my blogposts, which so far I have not had the best luck doing.

Though, thanks to an insane amount of reading in January before the spring semester began, I am at 77 books for 2019. My initial goal was only 68 because that was one more than last year, but after I surpassed it, I tentatively raised it to 150 books, though I still have no idea if that one is actually going to be able to happen. I certainly hope so, but I definitely won't be too disappointed if it doesn't. Whenever I look back at stats like this, I'm always surprised at whatever I find. Right now, I'm 8 books ahead, while currently reading four, but I need to try to get more ahead if I want to hit 150 books because of how crazy it always seems to be at school.

Honestly, there is just so much that has been going on. I mean, I started a bullet journal this spring, which I honestly thought I was never going to do again but I'm really enjoying the types of pictures that I'm drawing, even with my drastically limited artistic ability.

I'm way behind on writing reviews, but here are my 5 star reviews posted this spring. There are a few more books I've read that are 2019 releases as well, but I just haven't been able to get to reviewing them yet because I'm so behind.

I participated in Top Ten Tuesday more consistently this spring, and hopefully not taking a hiatus Anticipated Releases and Young Adult Romance Recs.
anytime soon, I'll be able to get back to it even more often. Still, some of my favorite posts were

This spring has gone great, and I honestly just cannot wait for the rest of the year. How did your spring or month work out? Be sure to let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading!
Alyssa

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