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Welcome 2023! Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year! Our holidays have been a blur of activity with the grandchildren home for winter recess. I binge watched The Witcher: Blood of Origin. So gory and good. I met my Goodreads goal and came in three books ahead 203/200. For the Audiobook Challenge, I managed 118 audiobooks. Stay Caffeinated.
Last Week on the Blog
- The Unbreakable Bladesong Druid By Annette Marie (audiobook review)
- Blood Is Thicker Than Lots Of Stuff By Chris Tullbane (audio review)
- The Dragon Of Cecil Court By Genevieve Jack (audiobook review)
- 2022 Audiobook Challenge Final Check-In (event)
This Week on the Blog
- Sleep No More By Jayne Ann Krentz (book review)
- Nexus By Ramez Naam (audio review)
- Buried Deep By Melinda Leigh & The Lost Bones By Kendra Elliot (book review)
- Bone Deep By Kendra Elliot & The Wrong Bones By Melinda Leigh (book review)
New Arrivals at the Caffeinated Cafe
Learn more:
- Silence For the Dead by Simone St. James
- Pivot by Kat Martin
- Peril by Kat Martin
A special thank you to Santa & Kensington
Around The Blogosphere
- January Can You Read A Series In A Month? Challenge with a twist- Because Reading
- Romance Reading Challenge 2023 hosted by Carol Rae’s Random Ramblings
- 2023 Upside Down COYER hosted by Because Reading Is More Fun
- Read-along Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne for 2023 hosted by Books of My Heart
- The Backlist Reader Challenge hosted by @ Bookwrym’s Hoard
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Melissa The Reading Nerd
Awesome job on your reading goals. Hopefully 2023 is as successful for you!
Kimberly
Happy New Year Melissa!
hena
Looks like some good reads. You did great on your reading goals!
Kimberly
Thank you. Happy New Year Hena!
vidya
Happy New Year and here is to a year filled with reading and great reads
Kimberly
Hear, hear! Happy New Year!
Nytxia
Happy New Year! Amazing stats. Happy reading in 2023!
Kimberly
Same to you Nytxia!
Melliane
Happy new year!
Kimberly
Happy New Year Melliane!
Tanya @ Girl Plus Books
You really nailed your Goodreads goal! And 115 audiobooks is amazing. I’m now curious about how many I read throughout the year.
Kimberly
You don’t keep track? How to remember if you read a book or not? Or is it, that you don’t track yearly totals?
Tanya @ Girl Plus Books
Oh yes, I definitely track my reading! And I do note the format I read. But at the end of the year I guess I note how much I read overall and don’t break it out by format. I did go back and check, though, since I was curious and my audio total was 52. 🙂
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog
Glad you finished your Goodreads challenge. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to finish mine. Let’s hope I have better luck this year!
Kimberly
Wishing you success in the New Year Ronyell!
Carla
Happy New Year, Kimberly. Wishing you and yours healthy, happy and safe, New Year.
Kimberly
Happy New Year to you as well Carla!
Stephanie @ Once Upon a Chapter
Happy New Year! I’m excited for Silence for the Dead! I hope you enjoy it!
Kimberly
I did Stephanie and also picked up An Inquiry Into Love and Death by her.
Jinjer
Wow! Congrats on those amazing reading stats! And Happy New Year!
Kimberly
Thank you Jinjer. Happy New Year!
Becki
Happy New Year! Congrats on meeting your book goals from 2022 🙂
Kimberly
Thank you Becki. Happy New Year!
Meezan
Happy New Year!! 🙂
Kimberly
Same to you Meezan!
Katherine
Congratulations on your goals! The new Simone St. James book looks great and I’m adding that to my TBR. Have a wonderful week and happy New Year!
Kimberly
It’s one of her backlist titles. I grabbed An Inquiry Into Love and Death with a gift card this weekend.
Nicci @The Lady Never
Happy New Year to you and yours, Kimberly!
Kimberly
Thank you Nicci. Happy New Year!
Sophia Rose
Happy New Year, Kimberly!
Sounds like a fun holiday weeks with the kiddoes. Way to go on the GR and Audio challenges last year. Wishing you many wonderful reads this year.
Have a good week!
Kimberly
Thanks Sophia. Your numbers were impressive. I haven’t reached those since pre-grandkids…lol Happy New Year!
Rachel @Waves of Fiction
I haven’t been on the computer much for the last couple of weeks taking an unscheduled blog break. So busy. I just made my Audiobook Challenge of 100 books! Down to the wire there with completing the last one last night! I’ll be doing up my final check in post combining it with my sign up for the 2023 sign up. Thanks again for hosting! Hope you enjoy the rest of the holiday, Kimberly!
Kimberly
Happy New Year Rachel. So glad you took a nice break and plan to join the challenge again!
Berls
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve a great time with the grandkids! We’ve been a blur here as well – but a good one 🙂 Thanks for sharing COYER and SIAM! Have a great week!
Kimberly
Happy to share. Happy New Year my friend!
Wendy
I hope you and your family have a happy and healthy New Year!
Kimberly
I hope the same for yours Wendy!
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
Congrats on your reading goals – there’s a sense of satisfaction when you reach it, isn’t there? Hope you have a fabulous year of good reading in 2023.
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
Kimberly
Agreed. I honestly didn’t think I would. Every month I was behind, but the HoHoHo readathon and books on my tbr pile pushed me. Happy New Year.
Jamie @ The Fantasy Princess
Happy New Year! Hope 2023 is a great year for you!
Kimberly
Happy New Year Jamie!
Victoria Hamel
Happy New Year! Im glad you are enjoying the winter break with the grandkids! Congrats on reaching your reading goals. This year Im working on consistency–
Kimberly
Consistency is a good goal.
Bookworm
Happy New Year! You had an awesome reading year! I like the Witcher show and looking forward to the next season.
Kimberly
Happy New Year! Yep, I am ready for more Witcher!
Lola
Happy new year! And congrats on meeting both your audio and reading goals for 2022.
Kimberly
Happy New Year Lola!!
Vi @Inkvotary
Happy New Year, Kimberly. Hope it will be a good one for you. And us all. Happy reading.
Kimberly
Happy New Year, Vi.
LORI CASWELL
Happy New Year! I am happy your home was filled with love and laughter!
Kimberly
Thanks Lori. Have a Happy New Year!
Mary Kirkland
Happy new year. I plan on watching that Witcher show too.
Kimberly
Enjoy!
Alicia
Happy New Year!
Kimberly
Happy New Year!
Anne - Books of My Heart
Awesome job on your challenges! Happy New Year
Kimberly
Happy New Year!
Greg
Happy New Year!!!!! *confetti* lolol
I haven’t watched any of the Witcher stuff but my kids know all about it ! 🙂
Kimberly
Haha…I love the Witcher stuff.
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)
That’s awesome that you met your Goodreads goal, I dropped mine down by one at the last minute in order to meet mine, lol. Happy new year!
Kimberly
Hehehe…I will never tell!
BonnieReadsAndWrites
Congrats on meeting your challenges and Happy New Year!
Kimberly
Thank you. Wishing you a wonderful 2023!
Mareli Thalwitzer
Happy New Year Kimberly! I’ve just made my 100 books last night, but won’t aim that high again in 2023. If I make it, great! If I don’t, also okay.
May your year be filled with the best books!
Elza Reads
Kimberly
Totally get it! Happy New Year!
Jessica @ a GREAT read
Glad to hear you had nice holidays! And yay for meeting your challenges!
Nice new reads! I need to add this new St. James novel to my list! I remember seeing it at some point and thought it sounded good! Though I am starting to get a little stab of guilt every time I add a new TBR book and old ones continue to go unread and all that! Lol.
Happy Reading!
Here’s my StS
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
Kimberly
LOL, well, this is a back-title of hers. I have been grabbing them and reading one or two a month.
Lover of Romance
Great job on all of your challenges! HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope this year is such a great one for you! Holiday time can be such fun! I hope you get some fun time with challenges this year.
Kimberly
Thanks Renee. Happy New Year. Wishing you joy!
A Voracious Reader
Happy New Year, Kim! Congrats on reaching your goals! Woot!
Kimberly
Thank you! Happy New Year to you my friend!
Stormi
Happy New Year!
Kimberly
Happy New Year friend!
S. J. Pajonas
Wow! Great job on your challenges! Happy New Year!!
Kimberly
Happy New Year to you!!
Jodie
Happy New Year Kimberly to you and your family! I’m looking forward to being a part of the Sunday Post community in 2023! All the Best.
Kimberly
Thanks Jodie. Happy to have you. Happy New Year!
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out
Happy New Year Kimberly, I’m looking forward to another year sharing with the Sunday Salon community!
Wishing you a great reading week
Kimberly
Happy New Year Shelleyrae!
Sophie
Happy New Year Kimberly! We also had a tv marathon here LOL And I am signing again for the audiobook challenge.
Kimberly
Woot! Glad to see you joining again.
Louise Hallett
Happy New Year – wishing you an amazing 2023 with lots of great books.
Kimberly
Thank you Louise. I hope you do the same!
Jill
Happy New Year!
Kimberly
Happy New Year Jill!
Amy @ A Novel Start
I wish you every success, health, wealth, and happiness this year!
Kimberly
Thank you, Amy! May you find the same.
Emily @Budget Tales Book Blog
Happy New Year! That sounds like you had great fun.
I have caught up on lots of Christmas TV! I love a Christmas special.
Have a great weekend!
Kimberly
The same, well binge watching series.
Lorna
I’m jealous you have a new Simone St. James book! I watched the first season of Witcher back when it first came out. I haven’t watched the second season. It’s gory huh? I don’t remember a lot of details. Anyway, Happy New Year again.
Kimberly
It’s from her backlist. I am slowly picking them up.
Lorna
Well another one to see if my library has to listen to! I hadn’t heard of it. Thanks!
Mark
Happy new year! Congrats on beating your 2022 reading goal!
Kimberly
Thank you Mark!
Jenni Elyse
Happy New Year!
Kimberly
Happy New Year Jenni!
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
Yikes! over 100 audio books is impressive. I wish I used them more, but really it only fits into my life to listen on my commute – so I had 24 audio books which is double last year. Happy New Year!
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
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Kimberly
Yay for doubling your listening. I listen from my smartphone with wireless earbuds.
Laura Thomas
Happy New Year, Kimberly!
Kimberly
Same to you Laura. I hope it’s a good one!
Yvonne @ Socrates Book Reviews
Happy New Year! You did great with your Goodreads and Audiobook challenges. I did well with Goodreads, but I fell short on the audiobook challenge by one book.
I hope you have a great week and a great 2023!
Kimberly
Oh, no…one book! But, it was only one book. Hoping you nail it in 2023!
Laurel-Rain Snow
Have a great and Happy New Year! Enjoy your challenges and your books.
Kimberly
You to Laurel!
Taylor @ Taylor Fenner’s Bookish World
Happy New Year! Great job on your reading goal! I finished 2022 with 106 books read.
Kimberly
Fantastic Taylor! Happy New Year!
Lisa
Loving the covers of your new arrivals. Which one are you reading first?
Kimberly
I’ve already devoured Silence for the Dead. The others won’t need a review until May, so I am digging into my January/February tbr pile.