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
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