ian Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Mine is simply to read more non-fiction this year. Quite how I'm going to cram it in with all the fiction I'm getting through I don't know! regards Ian Edited January 7, 2010 by Echo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I was quite happy with the quantity i read last year and the variety. I suppose my resoloution will be to continue on the same path. Oh and make my tbr pile smaller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Mine is simply to read more non-fiction this year. Quite how I'm going to cram it in with all the fiction I'm getting through I don't know! I could have written that myself! I would really like to read more non-fiction, of various subjects. I think I may drop a non-fiction onto my TBR pile, for say every 4 or 5 fiction. It'll also get me back down the library as I have tons of unread fiction books but hardly any non-fiction on my shelves. (I just wrote the word 'fiction' far too many times and now it doesn't sound like a real word ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 (I just wrote the word 'fiction' far too many times and now it doesn't sound like a real word ) I hate when that happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) I hate it when that happens too - LOL! I'd like to aim for one book per week. I managed that last year and it felt great to be getting back into the swing of things again. My reading has slowed down considerably since I got pregnant with Xander. I started off 2008 as usual, but as the year wore on I read less and less, and then once Xander was born, my reading time fell through the floor. 52 is little more than a third of what I used to read each year, but it feels like a major accomplishment these days! I've also pledged to myself that I will only buy a book after reading 3 on my existing TBR pile (the Read 3, Buy 1 Challenge). I'm also planning on reading the entire Southern Vampires series by Charlaine Harris and the Revolution series by Simon Scarrow over the course of the year. Edited January 8, 2010 by Kell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 From my book-log thread: 1. I shall read one book from Mount TBR for every new book I buy 2. I shall read at the very minimum a book a month, although one a week would be better 3. In order to accomplish 1 and 2, I shall train myself to stop close-reading leisure books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightingale Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 My ambitions aren't as, well, ambitious as y'all . I'm looking to read a book a month. As i get into the swing of things hopefully, i'll exceed that but for now i'm keeping it simple . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Mine is to tackle Mount TBR, which grew obscenely huge last year. I'm not confident about my reading mojo returning to its former glory, but I plan on reading at least one TBR book per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I plan to read more non-fiction too, in the form of biographical and autobiographical work in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Univerze Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 For me, to read more. Last year has been a bad year for me, and I couldn't keep my attention on a book, so I read very little. And if I read anything it was from my book collection, a.k.a. books I had read a million times. So for me, read more, read more new books, and try to read books I have been wanting to read forever. It's not really my TBR pile cause I dont have these books myself, but more like, books I have been thinking about reading for a while, mostly classics. Also, not just to stick to the easy books, you know, the quick-read kind. Read books I have to work a little harder for. Oh and to get further in series I haven't completed yet. Anne McCaffrey, Robert Jordan, Stephen King's Dark Tower series. And to try to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in english finally. I have never cared much for non-fiction books, so not really read more of those, maybe one or two astronomy ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I want to try not to buy so many books again, this year, and to reduce my TBR pile to zero. In fact, I'm aiming to only buy new books once mount TBR is out of the way. Also, this year, instead of taking my old unwanted books to the secondhand store to swap for other people's old unwanted books (), I'm going to donate them to my local library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Univerze Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 You're a saint. Even if I don't like a book I can never get rid of it, at least, I wouldn't be able to give it away. We don't have a nice secondhand bookstore out here that does the exchange thing, not for books I like that is. But GIVE books away.. wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Oooh Scarlette, I didn't know you could donate books to the library *ponders* mmm, the local library is rather closer than the not-very-local Oxfam... yes!! Thank you. And before you think I'm a saint too Univerze, let it be known I'm only getting rid of books that 1. I have not read and 2. I wish to re-buy in copies that are in better shape:lurker:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Oooh Scarlette, I didn't know you could donate books to the library *ponders* mmm, the local library is rather closer than the not-very-local Oxfam... yes!! Thank you. Probably best to check with them first, as I know my library aren't allowed to accept donated books - something to do with budgets and spending, or some such nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Probably best to check with them first, as I know my library aren't allowed to accept donated books - something to do with budgets and spending, or some such nonsense. Hmm, yes, I didn't even think of this. I'll go by there when I have a day off again and ask them. Either way, those books are being donated to some or other place or person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 My resolution is simply to read more. I have a huge TBR pile and I constantly purchase new books. I want to get through at least 2 books a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 My resolution is to read as much as I can. Simple really. I should try to spend less time here, but we'll see about that. I wish I could resolve to actually decrease my TBR pile, but I know that's just impossible, so I won't even bother trying. (After all, I bought almost 300 books last year and only read 86. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave165 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 My resolution is not to read more but having just been made redundant and having less income this year I will use the library far more than last year instead of purchasing books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I want to read as much as possible, my target is ~100 books. I also want to read as many books off my TBR as possible, I seriously want to reduce the size of that mount! Also, I haven't read in Swedish in ages so I want to read at least five books in Swedish this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I'm going to try to really really reduce Mt. TBR this year and withstand the temptation to buy new ones until the mountain is reduced a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 To read at least another 50 pages of London: The Biography. And if I keep that up, I'll have finished it by the end of the decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Just to try and increase the amount of books read this year would be enough for me. Also maybe read some new authors I haven't tried before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I've only been on here a couple of days and alreay you guys are a bad influence. So many ideas for books to read, so little money to buy them! I want to try and reduce my TBR and get some Classic's under my belt. (I just spent 2 minutes trying to figure out how to spell Litrature lol I've been relying on spell check for far too long!) I would also try some new authers as I'm currently running out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightingale Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 To read at least another 50 pages of London: The Biography. And if I keep that up, I'll have finished it by the end of the decade. I'd like to read this. How are you finding the book Andy? Had a look on Amazon and it's 848 pages long!!! I've only been on here a couple of days and alreay you guys are a bad influence. So many ideas for books to read, so little money to buy them!.... Same here Cookie! Only registered last month and i'm steadily building up a list of books to be read . I'm even noticing books that i didn't think would be of interest! It's all good fun . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I'd also like to reduce my 'to read' pile, but it isn't going to happen because I've already bought 4 new books this year and it's only 9th January! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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