{"id":7677,"date":"2018-01-17T01:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T06:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2018-01-17T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:06:23","slug":"top-ten-tuesday-bookish-goals-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7677","title":{"rendered":"top ten tuesday: bookish goals\/resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday <\/a>(now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl) asks us about our bookish resolutions. As I mentioned last week<\/a>, I do have some aspirations for this year’s reading:<\/p>\n

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  1. Continue to read books by diverse authors representing different backgrounds<\/strong>. I did better with this plan last year, in part because I started actively keeping track and holding myself accountable.<\/li>\n

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  2. Read more books that I already own.<\/strong> I own a lot of books. Like A LOT a lot. But I’d say that my reading is probably 90% library books. I’d like to scale it back to 75% if possible.<\/li>\n

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  3. Choose more nonfiction, more poetry, and more classics.<\/strong> I read a lot of current fiction with a smattering of celebrity memoir on audio. I’d like to get back to reading more broadly, so I’d like at least 10% of my reading to fall outside my comfort zone.<\/li>\n

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  4. Read more books in translation or, at least, more books by authors from more countries.<\/strong> The past couple years I managed two books in translation each year. I’d like to up this category to five, which doesn’t seem unreasonable.<\/li>\n

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  5. Hit up older titles.<\/strong> This has been a problem since I did the Cybils, when I decided that if I were going to participate again that I ought to stay on top of current publications so it was less overwhelming. I don’t plan on throwing my name into the judging ring again at this time, so it’s okay to pause and take a look behind me.<\/li>\n

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  6. Cook out of my cookbooks and knit out of my knitting books.<\/strong> I have a weakness for pretty pictures of finished objects, be they sweets or hats, paired with instructions on how to make my own version. (I even got a new cookbook for Christmas!) But I own a lot of cookbooks and knitting books I’ve never even made one recipe or handknit from, and I shouldn’t keep them if I’m not going to use them. <\/li>\n

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  7. Keep track of how many pages I read in books I abandon.<\/strong> If I make it far enough into a book, it usually ends up in Goodreads, but if I abandon a book in its first 50 pages, that’s less of a certainty. But I have a suspicion of approximately how many pages I read in books I don’t finish and I’d like to know if I’m right or not.<\/li>\n

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  8. Attend more author events.<\/strong> I wasn’t great about this last year, only making it to the National Book Festival. What’s the point of having some many literary venues if I don’t do a better job of taking advantage of them?<\/li>\n

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  9. Purge books from my house that don’t bring me joy for one reason or another. <\/strong>(That joy might be being reminded of the person who gave it to me or the memory of the class I read the book in, not just that I loved the book itself. I’m not Marie Kondo; I get to make my own rules!) Just before our Christmas party, I pulled a whole bag from one of my shelves. I need to repeat that with the others and take them all to Little Free Libraries or Goodwill or a library book sale.<\/li>\n

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  10. Review the damn books I read on my blog in a timely fashion!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How about you? Any reading goals for 2018?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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