This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl invites us to share our reading goals for the new year. I don’t know that I have ten, but here are some of what I’d like to do:

1. Read 52 books. This has been my Goodreads goal number for years, but I haven’t hit it since 2019.
2. Read more of my own collection. We did some rearranging this fall and there’s now a bookshelf that’s entirely comprised of books I own, but haven’t read right in the middle of our living room.
3. Listen to more audiobooks. I start a lot. And then I get distracted or I don’t finish them before they expire or … whatever. Anyway. I finished ten last year, and I think upping that number to a round dozen doesn’t seem unreasonable.
4. Read more diversely. Last year, about a quarter of the books I read were by authors of color, and I’d like to think I could get that number up to at least a third without even trying very hard.
5. Read more nonfiction. Last year, I finished three books, so let’s aim for five minimum.
6. Read more internationally. Sure, British and Canadian count, but let’s try for a book in translation.
7. Read more poetry. I love poems. And if you hurry me into a bookstore and give me only five minutes to buy one book, I’m walking out of there with a poetry collection, because I can definitely find at least one book with one poem in it that resonates in that time and if I can find one, I’ll find more than one. And that just means I own a bunch of poetry books that I haven’t read.
8. Read at least two classics. Last year it was one. One of my 50 by 50 goals is to read a Russian author and The Master and Margarita was recommended to me, so I have to at least give that a shot.
9. Put a book in every bag I own and read them instead of playing on my phone while I’m out. Also, consider finding a couple more pairs of the headphones that are floating around and throw them in, too.
10. Actually review everything I finish. I peter out every year.

Okay, that actually wasn’t very hard at all, and nothing I’ve written here, other than the writing bit seems especially hard, so I’m declaring that a good set of reading goals for 2023. How about you? Do you have any reading goals?

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday post from That Artsy Reader Girl asks us to share the new books that come out in the first six months of 2023 that we’re most looking forward to. Here are mine:

1. In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
2. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
3. Big Tree by Brian Selznick
4. A Tale of Two Princes by Eric Geron
5. Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price
6. Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat by Sonya Lalli
7. School Trip by Jerry Craft
8. A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn
9. A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas
10. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

How about you? What books that come out in the next six months are you looking forward to?

Bout of Books 36 headed off into the sunset. While I managed to take part in the Twitter chat, I failed to visit any blogs or post any updates here during the event.

But I had a good time. I finished Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On on paper and Suzanne Park’s The Christmas Clash in audio. I made it about halfway through GennaRose Nethercott’s Thistlefoot on paper (which I’m loving — such lyrical prose!) and began listening to Roan Parrish’s The Holiday Trap. All in all a good way to begin a reading year.

It’s time for the triannual Bout of Books, and in keeping with my recent participation, I’m going low-key. I’m planning on reading a little every day. I hope to check out some new-to-me-blogs and to take part in at least one of the two Twitter chats.

The official lowdown: The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01 a.m. Monday, January 2, and runs through Sunday, January 8, in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 36 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

The final Top Ten Tuesday topic of 2022 at That Artsy Reader Girl asks us to share the newest additions to our bookshelves. I don’t know that I can come up with the ten most recent precisely, because sometimes I pick up books from Little Free Libraries and forget to note them down, but these all came to live with me in the past six months:

1. Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
2. Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
3. On Writing by Stephen King
4. Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
5. Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
6. Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender
7. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
8. Rosie’s Traveling Tea Shoppe by Rebecca Raisin
9. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
10. The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan

How about you? What are some of the latest additions to your bookshelves? Have any arrived in the last week?

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is one of my seasonal favorites: what sits atop my to-be read list for the winter:

1. Sonali Dev’s The Vibrant Years
2. A Tale of Two Princes by Eric Geron
3. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
4. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
5. Hugh Bonneville’s Playing under the Piano
6. Bookish People by Susan Coll
7. Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
8. Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper
9. Lynn Steger Strong’s Flight
10. An Immense World by Ed Yong

What are you looking forward to reading in the upcoming season?

Also, if you haven’t been following along, check out the Virtual Advent Tour!