I’ll sometimes do YearCompass as a little reflection as the year turns over. My favorite part is the word for the year:

Pick a word to symbolize and define the year ahead. You can look at this word if you need some extra energy, so you remember not to give up on your dreams.

In honor of PB, I’m also picking a reading word of the year.

My big picture word this year is stewardship My reading word this year is reflection

What are yours?

I was panicking a second ago because I couldn't find my planned books from last year anymore. But I've seen them under the yearly plan now in the app. On the other hand, both the yearly and the monthly plans don't show up anymore on the website. I need to know, can I count on still seeing them? Will the yearly plan be deleted? Are the monthly plans and the website correct or is it the other way round? Or is it just not loading properly?

ETA: It seems like it’s a bug. I will wait for like a day or so to see if it works again, and then send a bug report.

Aside from that, I always wondered if the feature to edit past plans once the month is over is something that is wanted or will that someday be gone? Because it's only in the App (as far as I know) and I really love to use it. I use the plan as a new releases tracker and there are always books that I only find out about later.

I spend a lot of time on Discord for work, so it is one of my favorite ways to connect with people on shared interests. Does anyone have any recommendations for public servers with a focus on books and reading? 🤔

(I am hoping this is ok to post! If it isn't, I'll happily remove it 🫡)

What books are we squeezing in for the last 7 days of the year?

everything that i’ve read suggests that carmen maria machado’s edit of carmilla is incredibly contentious. personally, i read the introduction and adored the tongue-in-cheek bastardisation of the original text. yes, it’s a fiction, a queering, an unthreading of the classic, but it’s also a reverse-censorship. while machado’s interjections are a fabrication, queer history—and its silencing—is not; the picture of dorian gray has only recently been released in its uncensored entirety. still, i think i’ll read the original book alongside machado’s edited version to understand the scope of her influence. curious to hear others’ thoughts on this version of the text?