On the heels of last week’s discussion on Blogging Resolutions, I decided to turn my focus on my Reading Resolutions for the new year. I don’t have many because I’m not very good at resolutions in general. Or setting goals. Or reading challenges. I’ve decided to keep it simple so I might actually be able to achieve them this year.
I know you guys are biting your nails in anticipation and hugging the edge of your seats, so here goes:
- Goal: Read one nonfiction book. If I do this, it will be a one hundred percent improvement on 2012!
- Goal: Read one classic. I have not decided which one, but I’m leaning in the direction of Wuthering Heights. I’ve been avoiding it because, well, I didn’t like Jane Eyre. I know I shouldn’t judge one Bronte sister because of another but, well.too late.
- Goal: Read a minimum of 52 books per year. So, approximately a book a week.
- Goal: To actually keep track of the books that I read via Goodreads.
- Goal: Participate in a book club, either online or in real life. I’ve got a line one of each!
That’s it! I told you I was keeping it simple.
What are your New Year’s reading resolutions?
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Ugh, I think Jane Eyre is loads better than Wuthering Heights. Have you read any Jane Austen novels? She’s the best!
I adore Jane Austen and have read everything she’s ever written. That’s just the problem! Where do you go after that?
What about Edith Wharton? I feel like she’s kind of similar. I also like Henry James although I admit he can be kind of difficult.
That is a thought! I haven’t read any Wharton. Does her stuff have sad endings? I think that’s why I’ve avoided her. I can’t stand sad endings!
Henry James is a good suggestion, too. I hadn’t thought much about American classics.
I want to join or start a book club myself. Hope you find one you like.
I’m in the process of forming one, but there are only two of us so far. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Best of luck!
Thanks!
1) To have 80% of my reads come from my TBR shelf
2) To only buy 2 books and 2 audiobooks a month
That is it
Keeping it simple–I like it! Though I don’t think I could keep myself down to 2 books and 2 audiobooks a month. Sometimes all I want to read is something that HASN’T been waiting around for me to pick it up. It could be the greatest book in ze world, but I will stubbornly refuse it.
That one is more of a budget resolution. I am trying to pay off debt (aggressively) and my book budget was one thing that could be trimmed A LOT
(I enter far more contests now LOL)
AHHH! Budgeting book consumption is sooooo hard!
Good luck with your reading resolutions! I’m not big on non-fiction either, but there are some good ones out there. As for classics, how about Austen or Dickens instead of one of the Bronte sisters? I’m not a huge fan of Jane Eyre either…
Good luck!
I love Austen, but I’ve already read her oeuvre. As for Dickens, well, we have a love-hate relationship. It’s been a couple of years, but I’m still recovering from reading Bleak House. GAH.
Those are great resolutions, Ruby!
I wish I could recommend a non-fiction book but I don’t read that mich of it, other than physics books because for some odd reason I like physics.
I’m sorry to say that if you didn’t like Jane Eyre you’ll probably won’t like Whuthering Heights either. The pace is slower, it spans A LOT more time and Heathcliff can be a real dick.
Ha! I wouldn’t touch a physics book with a ten-foot pole. I’m hoping my book club will help me choose a non-fic title. Maybe we can read something together. That would help.
To be honest, my desire to read Wuthering Heights is based on a desire to be “in the know.” I feel like people often make Catherine/Heathcliff references and I nod and agree but secretly have no idea what they’re talking about.
Physics is fun! LOL
But hey, I would love to read a book with you
Annnd… Wuthering Heights, well a lot about it is hype, I honestly didn’t like Heathcliff until i read the Bard Academy books and got to see him as a teen before Catherine ruined him.
See, I want to be able to say stuff like that. Really, I just want to be able to get the references.
MOst excellent resolutions. I was *not* a fan of Wuthering Heights — the characters drove me insane. But then I’m not the biggest gothic fan. Jane Austen for me, all the way.
Oh, I lurv! Gothics! Maybe I should read Anne Radcliffe. That would be fun.
I love Jane Austen, too, but I’ve read all of her stuff. Where am I supposed to go next? Who is Jane Austen, the Sequel?
What kind of non-fic are you looking for? Do you want something educational or more like a humorous memoir? I love non-fiction and am constantly recommending Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and anything written by either Jen Lancaster or A.J. Jacobs. Quick, entertaining reads with enough factual substance to make them super interesting.
What do these people write about? Humor is always good!
I love Wuthering Heights! But, ok, I have to issue a warning with that. You will hate WH if you approach it like a straightforward book. You need to look at it like an absurd soap opera and don’t expect to actually like any of the characters. If you can appreciate it for its absurdity, then you should be good to go.
Or, you could read the next Scarlet Pimpernel book with me!
My goal to read non-fiction is through biographies. My quest is to find a biography written like historical fiction.