I’ve been retired for just a little over 2 months and have spent that time catching up on my lengthy Netgalley pre-pub reading. For the first time in years, my Netgalley queue is empty!
What’s next? Tackling my Goodreads “Want To Read” list, where the earliest entry is from 2012. I’m starting at the beginning and plan to work my way through all of them.
There are 700 books in that list, although I anticipate that some of them have been read but the status not changed in my Goodreads account. It will be fun to look back on what captured my attention so many years ago.
I’m starting with the beauty shown above: Moloka’i by Alan Brennert. All the reviews use words like “transcendant” and “heartbreaking” so I’m expecting an emotional reading experience.
Another change for me – as I adjust to life as a library patron rather than employee, I am becoming reacquainted with the holds system. I’m hoping to read most or all of the GR books in print format from area libraries. We’ll see how that goes!
Stay tuned for my review.
It's All About the Book 
I started drawing down on my Netgalley queue several months ago because I knew I wanted to read differently in retirement. When I first started reviewing there, I had a huge queue of titles that eventually became paralyzing. It took me about a year to really make it manageable and enjoyable again without pressure.
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First let me congratulate you on your recent retirement. Next, congrats on your empty NetGalley queue.
I have been retired for ten years now. I have 116 titles in my NetGalley queue. My feedback ratio is now 85%.
I am SO envious of you. This year I have been trying to catch up on some of the very old titles, but it is so difficult with many tempting new titles available.
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