Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is a Thanksgiving/thankful freebie, so I wanted to put together a list of bookish things I'm grateful for this year!
1. My local library. Without my library, I probably wouldn't read nearly as much, or else I'd be broke, because books are expensive! I'm so grateful there's a place where I can get practically any book I want, and it's all free!
2. The book blogging community. I'm so thankful for all the bloggers I've "met" over the last 2.5 years. Even as bloggers come and go, I've noticed that pretty much everyone I've come in contact with is super-nice, friendly, and supportive.
3. Meeting my favorite author - and still liking them! They say you should never meet your idols, because you'll probably end up disappointed, but that wasn't the case when I met Kate Morton at the Morristown Festival of Books in October. She is just as lovely and warm and charming as I'd always thought she'd be.
4. Finding more readers among my family and friends. I used to feel like I was the only person I knew that was a reader, but just this year I've shared recommendations with my stepmom; planned a buddy read with one of my sisters-in-law; and talked books with a fellow volunteer at Project Linus.
5. My own personal library nook. We bought a house last year and now I finally have the space to display and store all my books together - plus there's room to add more! (Don't tell my husband!) After adding a comfy reading chair, this room is the perfect place to spend a couple hours reading.
6. Physical books. There's something about the feel and smell of a physical book that just makes me happy and is probably why I haven't made the jump to an ereader yet! (Although, who knows, maybe next year's "thankful for" list will include a Kindle!)
7. Goodreads. Goodreads is such an awesome way to keep track of my reading online. Plus, it's fun seeing what my friends on there are reading and what they're thinking as they're reading, and I've found tons of new books just wandering around the site.
8. Pretty covers. I am a sucker for a great cover, and it's usually what draws me in and makes me want to find out more about a book.
9. The ability to travel without leaving my house. I love to travel, but I don't always have the time or money to do so. Reading can take you practically anywhere you want to go, from inside the White House to London to Paris and even to imaginary places like Narnia.
10. Audiobooks. Audiobooks have gotten me through some really awful commutes to work this year! I like listening to memoirs on audio and hearing the author tell their own story in their own voice.
What bookish things are you grateful for this year?
Great list! All the yes to Goodreads - it's not perfect by any means, but it's such a good way to keep track of my reading and I think I'd feel a bit lost without it now.
ReplyDeleteI know, me too! I wish I had started using it earlier!
Deletenice list! For me, almost all of the above, lol. Here is my post: https://wordsandpeace.com/2018/11/20/top-ten-thanksgiving-titles/
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Emma!
DeleteI’m thankful for book bloggers, too! You guys make my life so much more tolerable. I couldn’t live without Goodreads. I use it for tracking pretty much everything.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I'm really so thankful for the bloggers I've met, it really makes this whole blogging thing that much more special!
DeleteI'm totally grateful for my library! I don't go to the physical locations, but I get all my audiobooks from the app! And YES to Goodreads! I've been using it for so long I don't know how people go without it.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I only started using it a couple years ago!
Deletewhat a great list! I am also thankful for the library, goodreads, pretty covers, audiobooks and especially other book bloggers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Grace!
DeleteVery Nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joseph!
DeleteWhat an awesome list! I am so glad you got me back into reading - look at all the stuff I would be missing out on!
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes! I'm so glad I have someone to talk books with all the time!
DeleteI agree with everything on this list so much! Number nine especially means a lot to me as someone who struggles with travel--it's a great way to explore new worlds, cultures, etc.
ReplyDeleteI know, I've read so many books set in Paris that sometimes I forget I've never actually been there!
DeleteI really enjoy my local library as well. It is such a welcoming and cozy place. I love all of the things on your list, actually! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I know, my library is so great, sometimes I just go there and wander through the stacks.
DeleteOMG, yes! How awful would it be to adore someone so much, and then you meet them, and they are terrible humans. I love the electronic resources my library card entitles me too, and of course, I love the blogging community. Before I was blogging, I spent a lot more time on GR. I sort of miss interacting there, but I do try to get there on weekends.
ReplyDeleteExactly!
DeleteI think eventually I'll get an ereader, and then I can use my library even more!
I think of what a different human I would be without the library in my life. It's simply the best.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!
Thank you, Dani! My library is wonderful, too, honestly it was a really big priority when we were looking for a house that it be in a town with a good library!
DeleteThis is such a great list and I'm thankful for many of the same bookish things, especially my local library and the book blogging community. My life would definitely be much worse without both of those, lol.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I know! I'd be broke!
DeleteThese are all such great choices, Angela. Goodreads and covers are probably my two favorites- ahh!
ReplyDeleteJennifer Tar Heel Reader
Yes, nice!!
DeleteThis is an awesome list! I agree about the book blogging community, and your own personal library nook sounds great! I still prefer a physical book too, even though I read a lot on Kindle- but a physical book will always be tops for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Greg! I love having a place to display all my books.
DeleteWonderful list!! <3 Have a very happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erica! You too!
DeleteThis is such a wonderful list! <3 I'm also so thankful for other book bloggers and the community all around, everyone has been so friendly and welcoming and adorable overall <3 And goodreads, oh, what I'd do without goodreads....I don't know hahaha :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marie! Haha, I agree about Goodreads!
DeleteWhat a lovely list! I agree with most of these, of course, although I've never met my fave authors in person, and I don't have a reading nook, and I don't have bookworm family and friends to bond over books with. But if I did, I'm sure I'd be thankful for those too ;-)
ReplyDeleteHaha, thank you, awesome!!
DeleteI was about to say, "What a lovely list!" but I see someone beat me to it! I, too, am thankful for many of the same things... though my "library room" at home is more of an office than a reading space, because I work from home. Someday it would be nice to have a comfy reading chair in it, though.
ReplyDeleteThe comfy reading chair is key!
DeleteGreat list! I actually haven't met an author I didn't like and I don't know if that's because only personable authors go on book tours or if authors are just good people, but I'd believe either :)
ReplyDeleteI would, too!
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