What to Read

 How I'm deciding what to read this year.  

Well, before I was comfortable with using the library again (and it's been open for curbside pick-up for months) I was reading books I had sitting around that I'd never gotten to.  I got comfortable taking books from the curbside "Little Free Libraries" earlier than actual libraries, so got books from those, and contributed to them, too.

I got to watching a lot of "booktube" videos where people talk about what they are reading, and how well they liked them.  I watch lectures on literature, and especially on pre-1900 literature, I find it helpful to understanding better both the language and societal conditions of the time.

I look at booklists on the library website, things recommended by librarians.  And I read the recommendation blurbs in Bookbub.

And then there is the random grab bag from the actual library, where you could choose a genre and they would hand you three random books to read.  Every time I go to the library to pick up something I reserved, I ask for random books.  I've started most of them.  I think they've gone to random books that were popular last year.

I can't read as much as I'd like.  I'm having trouble with my eyesight.  I need to wear glasses most of the time now, and if I wear them too long, I can't focus when I take them off.  I think I need a new prescription, but I'm waiting until I get my second vaccination before I go to the eye doctor since that's very face-to-face.  Maybe I should switch to audio books for a while.