Rochelle L. Sharpe

I cannot believe I haven’t posted in over 2 years! I haven’t reviewed in so long either. Blogging just wasn’t a priority in the stage of life I was in.

Now, I really am ready to dive back in. I hope you will continue to join me, even though it has been years! I look forward to meeting new blogger friends too!

I had no work or other responsibilities during January so I took the time to get some much needed rest. It was so nice to have days with no expectations.

I want to give the blog a fresh new look. I started this blog way back in 2012 and with the neglect over the last few years I think a new look is what this blog needs. Stay tuned for that.

I have a few reading goals this year:

1. Read 100 books. This is kinda crazy, since over the past few years I’ve only managed about 50 a year. But I used to be able to do it and want to see if I can once more.
2. Read books I own. There are so many books on my shelf and in my kindle that I haven’t read yet, which is part of the reason I want to read 100 books.
3. Read more books from Australian authors that are from smaller publishers and self published. (I will be reading international authors too!)

Here are the books I received for Christmas, and a sneak peek into some of the books I’ll be reviewing this year:

I will be joing the Australian YA challenge hosted by Amy from Lost in A Good Book. I will do a seperate post about that.

My reading tastes have changed some since my old reviewing days. I still like ya, fantasy, sci-fi and romance, but I read clean fiction now. I prefer no swearing, low heat, not too violent or dark, and I also read faith-based/inspirational fiction.

I am still writing, and didn’t stop during my blogging hiatus. To keep this post from getting too long, I will do a seperate post on that.

That’s it from me.

What are some of your reading goals for 2024?