A Mindful Approach to Year-End Book Lists
an attempt to calm the online bookish chaos
Hello readers! I’m so excited to bring to you one of my most heartfelt projects yet, one that offers you zero book recommendations or links, but will help you navigate a treasured time of the year for bookish folks. I hope you enjoy this labor of love!
I can almost feel the frenzy coming on every year at the end of October, when (nonsensically), the first “Best of” book lists start being released. I always want to yell that WAIT, there are still two more months of reading and releases to come! You can’t call it now!
I also want all of the lists to live in one place (which several bookish creators help us with every year, thank goodness!) and I want a folder automatically created in Substack and my email to house all of the lists that I know humans spent immense amounts of time creating, but I have a hard time keeping track of.
I want one place to write down the books I find in the lists, and I want to remember that I actually don’t usually like the books recommended by certain esteemed publications and while they are a lovely source for many great things, I don’t need to set aside time to read their recommendations in full. I want a place to plan out my own best of list, even if I never end up sharing it.
Rather than continuing to wish, I decided to just MAKE this place. And I made it not just for me, but for you too.
A place to help you calm the chaos of year-end book lists from others and help you curate your own list, either for sharing or just as a reflective practice.
The Mindful Approach to Year-End Book Lists Download includes:
an 13-page full-color printable PDF handcrafted by ME, and me alone!1
guiding questions and TBR pages to help you wade through the multitude of “Best of 2024” reading lists that come your way (this download contains NO list links or book recommendations)
guiding questions and book list pages to help you curate your very own list to encapsulate the 2024 reading year
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