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A Bookish Confession

12/28/2016

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So a couple of weeks ago, I posted about finishing my reading challenges for 2016. One of those challenges was to read the books I bought this year. I marveled at the fact that I had only bought 23 books in 2016, which was way under the amount I normally buy. Of course, I had only read 8 of them, but that was enough to surpass my minimum percentage of 20% to complete the challenge.

And then. . . a Christian bookstore near me was going out of business, so they had really good sales. And I visited the wonderful bookstore by my mom's house when we were there for Christmas. Suffice it to say that I have no longer bought just 23 books in 2016.
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I'm coming clean and confessing my splurge to all of you. But I'm also still counting my Read the Books You Buy Challenge as complete for this year. My percentage has dropped, and I won't be able to read enough books to get it back up by the end of the year. I guess I'll just count buying these books with no pressure as a Christmas present to myself. 'Tis the season, right?
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Kailana link
12/28/2016 09:22:30 am

Looks like an awesome haul! Enjoy!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
12/28/2016 10:20:44 pm

I'm really excited about all of my finds. Now I just need time to read them! :)

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Jade @ Reading With Jade link
12/29/2016 09:17:16 am

Shan't lie... I bought myself a few bookish Christmas presents too! I hope you enjoy all your new books, even if it isn't this year!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/5/2017 02:46:47 pm

Christmas is a time for bookish treats, right? :)

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Katie @ Doing Dewey link
12/29/2016 08:48:38 pm

Good for you! I'm excited for you that you got so many great new books and impressed you're not letting your challenges stress you out. I try to do the same with mine :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/5/2017 03:04:49 pm

I'm not very good about not letting my challenges stress me out, but I just had to make an exception this time. I couldn't pass up on those good books! :)

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
12/31/2016 09:10:12 pm

The very end of the year does seem tricky for a challenge like this! With only a few days left in the year, time is very short to actually read any new books you might pick up. Calling it a Christmas treat sounds good to me :) And I'll admit, I've picked up quite a few lately with holiday deals and whatnot -- having pretty much given up on improving my percentage for this challenge for 2016, I'm liking the fact that they will count for my 2017 TBR/ShelfLove Challenge rather than for 2017 Read the Books I Buy since I technically bought them in 2016!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/5/2017 03:05:58 pm

Good point - either way they'll count towards a 2017 challenge! I have lofty goals for reading my own books this year, so hopefully these books will help with that!

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