#lauralizabeth

NW - Zadie Smith ⭐️⭐️

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret - Judy Blume ⭐️⭐️

Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dutch House - Ann Patchet ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Boy Parts - Eliza Clark ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Butter - Asako Yuzuki ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Atonement - Ian McEwan ⭐️⭐️⭐️

BFFs: The Radical Potential of Female Friendships - Anahit Behrooz

The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My focus for this next year is to get back to myself by:

1. Finding a new job

2. Continuing to get back to exercise & improve my body - continue to improve my flexibility, strength & fitness. Keep on top of my diet.

3. Starting to read again.

4. Making more time for my friends & family

Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata ⭐️

Tender is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica ⭐️

Sweet Bean Paste - Durian Sukegawa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Boy, Snow, Bird - Helen Oyeyemi ⭐️⭐️

Luster - Raven Leilani ⭐️⭐️

Klara & the Sun - Kazou Ishiguro ⭐️⭐️

On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue - V.E. Schwab ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bluets - Maggie Nelson

I’m starting a new job on Monday. My first new role in 10+ years. It’s also the first time being back at work for a year as I’ve just completed a period of maternity leave, & on top of that, it’s my first time physically being in an office for nearly 3 years.

I’m taking a big risk with this job as it involves a big pay cut (right in the middle of a cost of living crisis 🤦🏼‍♀️) & it’s a whole new career direction for me. If it works out how I hope it will 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 there’s a lot of opportunity for progression, I’m also going to get lots of training & the role is close by too so I’m hoping it will be a better fit for me & my family.

1. I read 40 books this year ✅

2. I got a new job, I start on Jan 9th - it’s a completely new career direction & I’m making the move from working in education to the corporate world so we will see how that goes…✅

3. Kind of, I’m in physio, which is gentle exercise I guess

4. I smashed this. I lost 46lbs of pregnancy weight & am back to my ideal weight ✅

5. Let’s not forget I had A BABY this year. The most adorable boy you ever did see 🥰

ETA