Tuesday 7 January 2014

Top Ten Bookish Resolutions



Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish


This weeks topic on Top Ten Tuesday are  'bookish resolutions' for the new year, whilst I don't have ten I do have a few things I would like to change about my reading habits.

1. Read More Classics - I used to say that Classics were my favourite genre to read and yet in the past year or so I don't think I've picked up a single one and so this year I want to try and read at least one a month.

2. Read More Non-Fiction - I never read non-fiction and yet when I am browsing bookstores it always a section I find myself looking at, especially the popular science books and so this year I want to try and read at least 7 non-fiction titles.

3. Stop giving up on books - I'm not referring to books I'm not enjoying reading this is for those times in a book when something is going wrong for a character, when the world around them is falling apart. Sometimes I don't want to read about bad things happening to them and so I just stop reading. I really do need to stop this because its part of the experience of reading a book, to experience those emotional highs and lows with a character.

4. Read at least 10 books from my TBR pile before I buy anymore books.

5. Try new things - This goes along with reading more non-fiction but I also want to read new authors and new genres, try something within fiction that I wouldn't normally think of picking up.

6. Finish Series - This is something I've been meaning to do for a while now, I've started tons of series and then neglected to pick up the rest, as I've always found something new and shiny to read instead but this year I want to try and finish some so I can finally put them to bed.

I think is this the year that I try to branch out with my reading, explore new avenues and get lost in brand new and exiting adventures.



What are your bookish resolutions?




6 comments:

  1. Nice goals! I've seen almost all of these on other lists, so it looks like we book bloggers have lots of bad habits in common :) I don't read enough classics or non-fiction either, I need to finish lots of series, and I buy books too often when I've still got TONS on my TBR list. *Sigh*

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    1. I know we definitely do get into bad habits but its all worth it. I think this year is going to be the year I break out of my comfort zone when it comes to reading.

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  2. Fun goals! I read a couple non-fiction books for the first time last year. I guess I assumed they would be boring, but they were both pretty funny. (I read a book by Ken Jennings & another by Mary Roach) I'm hoping to try new things this year too. :)
    Good luck with your goals!
    My TTT: http://readthisinstead.blogspot.com/2014/01/top-ten-tuesday-2014-blogging-goals.html

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    1. I think I'm going to try a couple of popular science non-fiction titles as that's where my interest lies and I figure its a good place to start and lots to pick from.

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  3. love the list! good luck with all your resolutions :)

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  4. Reading more classics is definitely one of my resolutions.....
    And I need to finish some series :-)

    Em @ http://theyabookbutterfly.blogspot.com/

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