There’s something magical to me about the week after Christmas. It feels suspended in time, a bonus week with the entire family home after a beautiful holiday but before the fresh start of a year ahead. 

It’s full of possibilities and I often spend this week thinking about the past year and making plans for the year ahead, not to mention cleaning out a closet or two, too.

And since my reading life is a very important part of my actual life, that means taking a hard look at the bookish data I collected all year long so I can think intentionally about the year ahead in books.

Today, I’m sharing all the pertinent stats from my reading life and my upcoming goals for the new year, too. Listen to find out all the details and steal the three unique questions that can change how you look at your reading life forever.

Here are the books mentioned in this episode. You’ll find links to my Amazon, Bookshop  and Libro.fm affiliate stores. Thanks for your bookish support!

I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel (Amazon / Bookshop / Libro.fm)

Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly (Amazon / Bookshop / Libro.fm)

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (Amazon / Bookshop / Libro.fm)

Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Amazon)

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Amazon / Bookshop / Libro.fm)

If you’d like to download my FREE Bookish Spreadsheet, you can grab it here. 

If you’d like to give my new book journal a browse, you can do that here. 

Now, it’s your turn. How do you reflect on your reading life and set goals for the year ahead?

Share your titles and ideas in the comments below. Don’t forget to add your recommendations for short books to read this week, too!