Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the blog where all good intentions are soon thrown out the window! LOL! Last year I had great goals to improve my reading experience. I can’t quite remember what they all were, but I am pretty sure I didn’t stick to very many. 😉 It’s January, so resolutions are all the rage — if they haven’t been abandoned yet. When thinking about this topic I resolved (see what I did there) to make goals that I know I can keep. The trick is if I actually will. Time will tell.
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Top Bookish Goals
Resolved — read books.
Okay, this one is very easy to achieve because I don’t intend to give up reading. I have one win.
Resolved — read outside my comfort zone.
I am a member of a book club that has been challenging me to read books that I would not naturally pick up on my own. Have I liked them all? No. But I’ve liked more than I haven’t. This year I hope to stretch my reading horizons even more.
Resolved — read more books that I already own.
This goal is a bit trickier. I have tons of books that I bought with the express purpose of reading, not to take up space or look pretty on the shelf. But still they sit neglected, some after years and years. I am going to write some in on my reading calendar (yes, I actually have one of those) and try to really read them.
Resolved — read more books from my NetGalley shelf.
Like my physical books, I have lots of unread NetGalley books. This is really embarrassing since publishers have approved me to read these books, and I feel like I have let them and the authors down. I certainly have let myself down. Again I will be deliberately adding them to my reading calendar.
Resolved — read what I want to read.
This one goes hand in hand with reading more from my actual shelves. I plan to read more on a whim than on a have-to basis. Yes, I will still be reviewing and accumulating more books — its a fatal flaw — but I want to have a little more flexibility and fun in my reading.
So there you go. I think 5 goals is plenty!
Here are a few of the books that will help me achieve my goals this year:
Blind Trust by Natalie Walters
Roots of Wood And Stone by Amanda Wen
Secrets in Old Savannah by Mary Ellis
Sunburst by Susan May Warren
To Love A Viking by Heather Day Gilbert and Jen Cudmore
Until I Found You by Victoria Bylin
I feel your pain! I have way more books to read than I have time for. But my goals are to read those single books that I have on my shelves, to make room for the new review books that are always coming out. I make a monthly calendar just to manage those books for review. I need to read faster! Happy reading!
My husband moved to 3 days a week at work. I’ve had a bit of adjusting. I can’t seem to get books read with the increased time away from home and him around more. 😉
The year I read several books outside of my comfort zone was enlightening. Glad I did it and try to read widely every year. I could probably read for three years with what’s on my Kindle and bookshelf. Maybe longer!
I’m not sure I have enough years left! Lol.
Oh boy do I relate to trying to read books I already own! I have so many great ones just sitting in my Kindle or on my bookshelf and then I keep surfing for more. It’s nice to know I’m not alone 🙂 great list!
Good luck in meeting your goals. I have especially liked reading outside my comfort zone. It is there that I have found some of my favorite reads.
I love these goals. Good luck with them!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-goals-for-2023/
I love that you have books already picked out to help you achieve these.
Reading outside of your comfort zone is a good idea. There’s something to be said for stretching your limits a little, I think.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
I’m definitely trying to read more of my owned books this year too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/top-ten-tuesday-403/
Good luck with all your goals!
Good luck on your 2023 goals.
Yeah, I don’t know why I even bother making New Year’s resolutions. I never stick to them. I haven’t made any so far this year and, honestly, I probably won’t. Much less pressure on myself that way. Ha ha. Good luck with your resolutions! They sound very doable.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Good goals! One of mine is to read at least 12 “diverse” books, so ones where either the author or a main character is very different from myself, whether it’s a different ethnicity or race or culture or ability level. Kind like your “read outside your comfort zone,” but in a specific way, I guess.
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