{"id":12979,"date":"2024-01-16T01:59:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T06:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12979"},"modified":"2024-01-16T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:45:00","slug":"bookish-goals-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12979","title":{"rendered":"bookish goals for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday<\/a> from That Artsy Reader Girl asks us to share our bookish goals for 2024. But first, let me do a final touch of 2023’s goals<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Last year I finished 52 books, 12 of which I own. The other 40 were from the library, including 14 audiobooks. (Thank god for libraries!) Nearly a third were from diverse authors and about a quarter by authors who were not Americans (including four in translation — three from Japanese and one from Swedish). Five books were nonfiction, one was poetry, and the rest were fiction (10 of which were graphic novels).<\/p>\n

I failed completely at only two and generally hit the mark on most of the rest, so, yay!<\/p>\n

Now, for this year:<\/p>\n

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  1. Read 52 books.<\/li>\n
  2. Review said books here on the blog, even if it’s just a couple of sentences. And<\/strong> get any best of lists — definitely 2023, but did I post one for 2022? — published here, too.<\/li>\n
  3. Buy books in another country. (More info on this goal coming soon!)<\/li>\n
  4. Read at least two classics, including a Russian novel.<\/li>\n
  5. Finish the School Library Journal’s<\/em> Top 100 Children’s Books<\/a>. (Maybe I have 15 left to go, none of which were at my local library branch when I checked for them last month. (The system has them, so I just need to place some holds.))<\/li>\n
  6. Read 13 books from my own collection, including at least five I’ve had for more than two years.<\/li>\n
  7. Listen to 20 audiobooks.<\/li>\n
  8. Read at least three books of poetry.<\/li>\n
  9. Read at least five books in translation.<\/li>\n
  10. Get all my books onto shelves (which will necessitate donating some to make space).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How about you? Do you have bookish goals for this year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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