#2017reading

So 2017 is over, how weird is that? Christmas has been and gone, although that now means more money for more books haha, just me who thinks like this? *shrugs runs off to go buy ALL THE BOOKS* Anyway happy new year to you all, I hope you got everything you wanted for Christmas, well within reason. I mean I would love to get a huge castle to live in, but I mean lets be realistic here (for once…

I'm surprisingly enjoying the Paper Magician more than I thought I would. I'm trying to take it slow with this book. I want to be able to enjoy all of it, so I read it when I can at work. (I may also be doing so that way I can play my next adventure).

Over the past god knows how many years I had kind of fallen out of love with reading for fun. When I was younger I would read and read and finish entire books in one day and then I started college which then turn into university and life got in the way of reading. 

Don’t get me wrong, during these years I did read, but rarely for fun. I was mostly reading text books, course books and I started relating books with hard work. 

However in Summer last year after moving into my very own first home and finding myself having more time on my hands I decided to buy a book for the first time in years. Once I started reading again that was it I was hooked! I started following tons of booktube vloggers on YouTube (I wish I was brave enough to do this) and rediscovered everything I remembered about reading. 

This year I have decided to continue my reading for pleasure but have also decided to broaden my horizons when it comes to reading. Over the past couple of months I have found what I enjoy reading and I have tended to stick inside my little bubble of genres. This year however I am much more keen to read and expand my mind. 

My reading goals for this year are to try and read at least one book a month that is written by an ethnic minority writer (I have come to realise that still in this day and age there still seems to be much less books published by minority’s which blows my mind). I would also love to read further into feminism and gender equality in general as this is something I am extremely passionate about. Lastly I aim to try and read some more non-fiction this year, when I’m buying new books this is never something I reach for but this year I have seen so many great reviews about non-fiction on YouTube that it has completely inspired me!