I’m not much for resolutions, but I have lots of hopes for the coming year. A whole lot of them involve the pandemic ending, but some of them are within my control.
Here are ten of the more bookish hopes I have for this year:
- All of my local indie bookstores stay in business. (D.C. is home to one of the best indie book scenes in the country.)
- All of your local indie bookstores stay in business. (I want them to be there for you. And I want to come visit them all once the pandemic ends.)
- I can browse in the library again. (I do appreciate that they let me pick up reserved books, though.)
- I can attend author events in person. (I’m grateful for all the video events, but they aren’t the same.)
- I read through some of my personal stash of books. (I think only 20% of the books I read last year were from my collection, which is less than I acquired.)
- I read a book a week. (It’s less about the number specifically, and more that it means I’m prioritizing something that brings me joy.)
- I publish my top ten reads from 2020 (and 2019 ::sigh::).
- I do a better job blogging about the books I read. (I like having written the reviews; I’m just awful at actually doing the writing.)
- I read more poetry. (I love buying books of poetry, but am not great at finishing them, which means they never move off my to-be-read and currently-reading lists.)
- If I get stuck in another reading slump this year that I’m faster at moving to re-reading something I love. (Harry Potter, Thursday Next, Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, and L.M. Montgomery could all help lift me out of the bookish doldrums.)
Huh. That ended up being easier than I expected. How about you? Do you have bookish hopes or goals for 2021?
Head over to That Artsy Reader Girl to read others’ entries into this week’s Top Ten Tuesday.
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I’m rereading Harry Potter right now (first time since the series ended, actually), and it never fails to amaze me how quickly it sucks me back in once I get myself to actually start. Same when I reread Little Women last year. Hopefully one of them will do the same for you if you need it.
And I’d love to see the results of #7!
Comment by RS 01.12.21 @ 2:30 amAll I can do is continue to support independent bookstores by buying from them as much as I can. I do hope they survive. And I am eager to return to live book events and browsing at the library.
Comment by Deb Nance at Readerbuzz 01.12.21 @ 6:43 amI miss in person author events so much! I think bookstores have done a really good job moving everything online but I definitely miss getting to meet authors and all the bookish people at events.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/top-ten-tuesday-298/
Nice list of hopes for 2021! I hope that some of these at least (especially the Covid related ones) are able to happen even if it is only by the end of the year! I definitely relate with liking having written reviews but struggling with the writing aspect of it–that’s a definite mood
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