This year I decided to actually work out some goals and resolutions I
would have for the year. I've been watching a lot of Booktube Goals
videos recently. Last year I sort of just went with the flow with my
blog and reading, whatever happened....happened. Sort of just let
things unfold however they would. This year, however, I am actually
going to plan to do some things. I may not actually meet all of these
goals, but I want to write them down anyway.
A lot of people are putting a goal of reading only what they want to
read. I would put that, but I do that already. I only read a book if
I want to. Isn't that half the point? Why would anybody read a book
they didn't want to read in the first place (except in school
situations).
With no further adieu~
1 – Read all of the books on my Top 15 Physical Books to Read
list. I know this sounds silly, but I have hundreds (literally)
of books that are on my TBR. I think all but 14 of the books in my
room are currently unread. The others are all books that I need to
get to some time. I will have a blog post up as well with the 15
Physical Books to Read in 2016 and I really really want to actually
read them!
2 – Read all of the books on my Top 15 Kindle Books to Read
list. You should all have known
this was going to also be a thing. I have more Kindle books than I do
physical books. So this year I intend to also come up with 15 Kindle
books to read and I want to get to them as well. Knocking out almost
half of my 75 book goal.
3 – Reach my 72 book
goal on Goodreads. Last year I
set my goal for 25. I
finished that in May. Then with a lack of goal to reach, I sort of
fizzled out and didn't read the way I had wanted to. I ended up not
doing my morning and evening reading. This year I set the bar much
higher to make sure I stay on track and get into the habit of reading
every day like I'd meant to last year.
4 – Admit defeat when I
am not interested and DNF books. Do
not fear the DNF!! People are always talking about how bad it is, I
guess, to not finish a book once you start it. I never understood
this. I pushed through one book because I was supposed to do a review
of it, and I think I gave it 1 or 2 stars. This year, I'm getting in
to the mindset that it is okay not to finish a book if I don't like
it!
5 – Review all of the
books I read on Goodreads. I am
terrible at this. I will star
them, and put them on the appropriate shelf....but then I don't
review them! I wanted to do this last year and just sort of...failed.
Haha. This year I will try to actually do it. Usually I fail
miserably at it. I want to go through and actually start reviewing. I
even got a reading journal just so I could keep my notes for the book
that I'm reading so I can write up good reviews.
6 – Stick to my Book
Buying Limit. Also failed to do
this last year. Starting the day this post goes up (because I already
bought 2 books this year and can't really undo that), I will go back
to buying 1 new book for every 5 books I finish reading. I even keep
a tally so I know how many I can buy. Seriously I had been doing
really well and then yard sale season started and I gave up. This of
course only counts books I actually pay for. Free Kindle books and
gifts from others are not included in this 1-for-5 thing.
7 – Listen to at least 2
complete Audiobooks. I don't
listen to them often, because I have a nasty habit of actually tuning
out background noise. I figure if I start buying them on like Amazon
or something where you get the CDs or in the store, I would actually
finish them. I am proud of myself for actually making it halfway
through Gone Girl before I gave up because I missed parts of it.
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