【reading blog】crunch reading just to be back on track

Good afternoon!

Yes, I know. This is a lot later than my usual blogging time. You could say things had gotten busier around here since I woke up this morning. It's 3:46 PM here as I'm writing here. But I did read for today. I think that's a good thing. I tried to read as much as I can while doing things around here.

As for my reading update from yesterday,  I got to finish reading several books! What do you know? Then again, three of them were just the shortest books from my old currently reading list that were added since the early 2024, to be honest. You could say I'm in a hurry to be on track with my Goodreads Reading Challenge for this year. And what better for me to do that?

【reading blog】Blogging Plans And Just Reading One Book

Good morning!

This is actually a blog entry at past 8 AM here in 🇵🇭 since... sleep keeps winning. Urgh! Of course, there is a reason. I really couldn't sleep last night and I ended up sleeping at past 1 in the morning. It's a good thing that it's weekend. I don't have to wake up early to help my sister prepare for work. Maybe that's why I ended up sleeping that late. I just know I don't have to wake up way too early. 😁✌️

One more day before I reach my second week of daily reading. What do you know? I made it! Well, I did fail at reading as soon as I wake up. Sleep always wins on me. So the challenge that I chose to keep up was to reach my reading goal and write about it the next day to give updates. And so far, I was able to do both. Maybe I should do a weekly recap blog entry? Or not. I mean, I've been writing my daily thoughts about what I've read here on my blog. So doing that would only feel repetitive. But I seriously think I should write something different each week that may or may not have something to do with reading. As a way to make this blog a little diverse, in my opinion.

【reading blog】Two Books Done And Started A New One!

Good morning! Here we go again with another daily blog entry about my reading journey, if it's actually right to call it that way. I'm trying my best to stay awake, to be honest. But maybe doing this will help in some way.

I removed my "Want to Read" book list in Goodreads yesterday. That's more than 300 books in the list that I declared to read over the years since having an account there. But looking at that list had ㅡ sometimes ㅡ give my mind some pressure and that sense of wanting to catch up with people reading so much who could "devour" books so easily. This shouldn't be, and yet it happened. And to be honest, deleting that list is better. It was like... giving off a sense of mystery, no matter how small, about what to read next (or even more so, what to finish reading next).

【reading blog】Started Reading New Books And A Realization

Good morning! Though in my case, it's a rather late, and also a rainy morning here in Baguio, 🇵🇭. It's nearly 7:30 AM as I'm writing here, just so you know. I'm pretty sure it was also raining in some other parts of the country because of the storm that, according to the internet, it already exited PAR (Philippine Area of Responsibility) since yesterday. But it would still bring rain to other areas for affecting the habagat (southwest monsoon).

I wasn't planning to make this blog entry a weather update or something. But I can't help it. The fogs and the rain was what greeted me when I woke up at 5:40 in the morning earlier and look out of the window. And since it was also cold, I also ended up sleeping a little more. Yes, as you guessed it, I slept late once again. Past 12 midnight while watching Youtube reaction videos and some reading challenge vlogs (again).

【reading blog】Another Novella Done While Trying To Figure Out My Blogging Pattern

Good morning! Welcome to another day of my daily blog. I hope that you have a good day, wherever you are in the world while reading this.

Oh, geez! I'm still sleepy. This is what happens when you end up sleeping at almost 1 in the morning even though you know you have to wake up at 5 AM. Seriously insane, if you ask me. I didn't think I'd end up writing this a little later than usual. But drowsiness got the best of me. Can't beat that at this point, so I let it.

【reading blog】2 Books Down, Even Though They Were Just Novellas (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

Good morning, y'all!

Oh, gosh! I feel like I'll have a headache any time soon. It's 5:12 AM as I'm writing here and I still feel sleepy. Then again, can you blame me? It's cold outside, woke up again at past 1 AM and didn't get to sleep at past 3 AM. That's the third time already, you know? It's crazy, to be honest. I didn't realize that this kind of pattern would start to emerge. I couldn't help wondering what brought this on, though. But I think I might be able to figure something out sooner or later. We'll see.

On the other hand, I have a good reading session yesterday that I couldn't even believe I did that. And the surprising thing for someone who was dealing with a major reading slump like me? I got to read a total of 214 PAGES! *internally screams so loud* That's insane, you know. Okay, maybe I was exaggerating what I was feeling here. But to think I would be able to actually read that many pages in one day, that's a lot. That's 257% more (thank you, percentage calculator) than my page count quota from yesterday.

【reading blog】Done Reading Another Book While A New Mental Debate Started

Gosh! I hate waking up like this when I only slept for an hour or so after waking up in an ungodly hour, if I say so myself. Shorter explanation? I was awaken at past 1 AM and didn't get to sleep until 3 AM, even when I tried my hardest. And to think I have to wake up at 5 AM... Urgh! I am not liking this at all.

On the lighter side, I GOT TO FINISH READING A BOOK! Yes, I have to write it in caps lock for emphasis. I'd rather do it that way. 😁😁 I'd still consider it a book even when it was just only a short amount of pages and it was meant for kids. I finished reading the 11th book of Hardy Boys, "While The Clock Ticked" in 3 days. It's a little slow for a middle grade (was it categorized there?) book. But I was only reading what was in my page count quota and would only add more if I have both the energy and the time to read more. I'd like doing my reading that way for now. No pressure, you know.

【reading blog】6 Chapters To Go... And Then Some

Good morning! It's time of the week again where I have to wake up at 5 AM and I'm doing what I can not to fall asleep again after that. Maybe I should've fixed that other alarm clock so that I won't have to fall back asleep even on the weekends.

I don't know what to think about yesterday, to be honest. It felt like... everything passed by in a blur or something. I can't understand why I felt that way when I was just at home all day and doing my own thing. Thankfully, I got to finish my page count quota even with all my mind's craziness.

my thoughts on reading vlogs after watching a lot of them lately

It's too much for my brain to comprehend. It's a lot for my "reading urge" to keep up.

At least, that was the initial reaction, by the way. In this case, I've watched quite a number of reading vlogs since the start of the month and I have no idea why I decided to do that when I rarely (and I mean VERY RARELY) watch any reading vlogs until... this month of September. Strange, right? But here's the thing. I only choose certain topics when watching reading vlogs. In my case, I chose to watch reading challenges. Like:

【reading blog】Surpassing My Page Count Quota. A New Reading Plan.

Good morning! I honestly just woke up and it's already 7:03 AM here. Still feeling quite sleepy. But I know I should've done this when my alarm went off at 5 AM. Yikes! Done it again. I guess I was just too sleepy. It doesn't have to be this way, you know. I put a reading challenge to myself just so I can get over my bad reading slump.

Though the random number generator was helping in some way, I also want to do this early in the morning. Or was it because my body knew that it was a Sunday and I don't have a task to do on an early weekend? I'm not sure. But I still want to do something productive as early as possible.