Coming to a Close

My final semester as an undergrad is coming to a close. As it finishes, I realize that there is so much left to do. I have presentations, papers, and exams galore. That is not even including the extra hours I took on at work. Something is going to have to be let go. Since I can't ditch school or work, it will be reading that is lost in the madness.

Don't misunderstand me, I will still be posting on here and trying to make videos. Also I will still read, just not at the same pace. If I am going to be completely honest with myself, March was a slow month of reading as well. Had it not been for audiobooks I would have fallen behind on my goal. So this month, I will continue listening to audiobooks, and I will read as much as I find time for.

This is just a heads up that if I want to graduate in May (which I desperately do) I will need to have less reading time. Come May it will be an entirely different story. I will only be working (and looking for a big girl job) so there will be more than enough time to catch up next month.


P.S. After graduation I also plan to put much more effort into this blog as well as my videos. That's something to look forward to.

Trying Really Hard

I think I ruined my reading month by doing so well last month...

As of right now, I am still 2 books ahead in my reading challenge. I'm not worried about that, I'm just bummed about not reading much this month. Shame on me.


Hopefully, I will get back into it now that I am on my spring break (aka week of reviews). Talking about a bunch of books should get me excited about reading again.

I'm trying... I am.

Where Do Audiobooks Fit?

Currently I am spending about 3 hours in a car every Monday through Thursday and another hour in the car every other day of the week. With that much driving time I don't know why I didn't think of listening to audiobooks before. Yes I do, audiobooks are expensive. There was no reason to buy an audiobook just to listen to it for a week or so and then never use it again. At least that was the case until I got my library card. Free audio books that I can listen to once and not feel guilty about never listening to again. It was the best find of the month.

Now my confusion is, where to audiobooks fit into my reading. Do they count as part of the fifty book challenge? I listened to the entire book, didn't I? Though I did not sit down the the book in hand, I did make it through the entire thing. Honestly, I probably spent more hours listening to it than it would have taken me just to read the novel. This is nothing more than making use of unused time. On some level, though I still feel like its cheating. The books I listen to should not count as part of my challenge. I just need some other opinions.

Do audiobooks count or not?