Let’s Talk Bookish: Mid-Year Check-In

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025.

Let’s Talk Bookish June 27th:
Mid-Year Check-In

  Prompts: Now that we’re halfway through the year, let’s check in! How has your reading year been so far? What reading/blogging achievements are you most proud of? Looking forward, is there anything you want to change up for the rest of the year?

I feel like my reading year has been pretty good so far! I’m making really good progress on all my reading challenges, and for most of them I’m either at the halfway point or very close to it. I feel like I’ve had the pleasure of reading some really good books so far this year, too, and that’s always nice.

Achievements…I think I’m just proud of the fact I’m ahead of my target on my reading goal so far! That’s always a nice feeling. For blogging, I’m still sticking to a pretty consistent schedule, and although there are some days I don’t post anything, I do post on most days. On the other hand, at some point I fell behind on reviews, and though I have been trying to catch up, it’s proving just a little bit of a struggle to do so.

As for changing up, I really am hoping I can catch up on reviews! At one point, I slowed down my reading a bit and managed to at least start catching up, but then I ended finishing a few different books around the same time, putting me behind again. Though since the end of April, I have been focusing a lot of Divination Hollow’s Pride in Horror Month, and making sure all posts for that were scheduled, so that has taken away some of my other ‘review’ time, too.

So yes, I would like to catch up on my reviews and make sure I’m back on top of them. I’d also like to ‘get ahead’ a bit more on my regular blog posts, and try to make sure they’re scheduled at least a week in advance! At one point, they were, but other stuff often gets in the way. I’m also hoping I can clear a few reading challenges before autumn, and give myself a bit of space to dive into more ‘seasonal’ books.

As always, I’d love to hear about your own mid-year thoughts – is the year going well for you so far? Are you where you want to be for the end of June, or are you maybe taking a turn in a different direction?