Per my post about 2023, I really need to refocus on refilling my creative well. So, this year, I’m limiting the number of author interviews I do and reshuffling my to-read list to be mainly about backlist titles. Plus, I am releasing a novella of my own, which I am more than thrilled to unleash upon the world.
Continue readingDoing something a little different this month: posting about books I recently acquired or have some kind of deadline on reading.
As far as blog posts go, later this month, I’ll be posting about my second bout of burn-out. Riveting.
Continue readingPosting a day late, but here are the books I intend to read. Not featured is a beta read for K.A. Black, which I am pumped about.
I’m wrapping up a beta read and starting another one this month. How is it August? What is time?
I will also be launching a serial on Wattpad sometime this month! It’s called Sable Cetacea Revolution and it will have mechs, whale titans, queer rep, and political intrigue.
The TBR is a bit different this time around. I have a lot of research to do before I can start my revision of Undead Princes.
I read most of May’s TBR. Check out this month’s reading list, trying to crunch through my ARCs and things that are in progress according to Goodreads. Things with a * are from last month’s TBR.
Hard Copies
Kindle
Audiobooks
In terms of other reads, I have a novel and a short story to beta read. My own work will continue marinating in the back of my head as I prepare for the rewrite.
Shelter-in-place continues through May in Illinois. Halfway through this month, I’m going to slowly start making a plan regarding employment and read these fine reads in the mean time. Things with a * are from last month’s TBR.
Hard Copies
Kindle
Audiobooks
My own novel is still with alpha readers, so I’m returning the favor and also doing some beta reading this month.
Shelter-in-place continues through April in Illinois. I will keep reading horror and others.
Hard Copies
Kindle
Audiobooks
No betas this month, but sending a draft to two friends for alpha reading. Exciting stuff.
I am going to start announcing the books I intend to read per month, starting with January 2020.
Hard Copies
Kindle
Audiobooks
I read 118 books this year, mostly thanks to an aggressive ARC schedule and audiobooks. The list here are 19 books which I read this year that I loved, but weren’t necessarily published in 2019.
Jo Writes Fantasy 