New Year Reading Resolutions

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Do any of you have reading resolutions or goals for 2023?

Mine are:

• Read 50 pages every day
• Read more non-fiction
• No buying any new books until I'm at least halfway through my 'to read' pile 😬

Pick up my kindle before my phone in the morning. Read 50 books. Try to read every day.

Minimum of a book a week, mixing up genres, adding in a few classics , grabbing randoms from the charity shop. Also some non fiction such as biographies, cookbooks and self help/care.

52 books in 2023
Read 3 from the TBR pile before buying more
Try 3 new fiction genres - Sci fi, crime, fantasy.

Mine is to make a list of the books I really really want to read and get them read. Also to not buy books until I’ve read more (on kindle)

No buying any new books until I'm at least halfway through my 'to read' pile

I'd probably break that one before we got through the first day

I'm also making a shortlist of things I've noted down to read and bookmarked.

Definitely more non fiction for the first half of the year, and reading at least 5 that I have had more than 5 years.

Inviting everybody to the 50 Book Challenge Thread, 50 books is optional and all reading counts, a really nice corner of MN

Read before phone. Especially in the evenings when I’m tempted to mindlessly scroll.

pick up the books on my bookshelf that I still think will be 5 * reads rather then distracting myself with new books

Definitely need to get through a chunk of my tbr pile before spending money on new books.

I think my main resolution needs to be to read more of the books I already own, in whatever format, and try not to be overly distracted by recommendations (I listen to far too many book podcasts 😀).

I'm not banning myself from buying more books, because that never works! I have, however, stopped my Audible subscription because the library's audiobook collection is just as good now.

I've always had good intentions about joining and keeping up with the 50 Book Challenge thread. I've joined several times, under different NNs but, despite being an avid reader (often well over 50 books a year), I forget to review and talk about them 🙄. But I do keep a book journal every year with my own notes & ratings.

So, essentially, my resolution is to just keep doing what I do 📚

I managed 28 books this year which is way more then I thought I could so I'm aiming for 30 in 2023

I'm having a NO BUY 2023, apart from an already-written selected list of releases from favourite, non-negotiable authors (only 4 books on that list this year).

I have about 60 books in the house that I need to read, we're short on money, so it would make a lot of sense to actually read what I've already got!

I ought to do a no buy, but a good buy binge brings me such joy!

To make an effort to read more non-fluffy / memorable fiction. I've read about 50:50 fiction vs non-fiction this year, but the vast majority of my highlights have been non-fiction.

Also (& relatedly) to put more effort into buying paper books rather than defaulting to the e-library or kindle 99p deals. Non-fiction & light fiction work fine for me as in e-book format, but I definitely prefer paper for more substantial novels.

I have at least 200 physical books sitting on my shelves, some of which have been there for many years - just checked and Cloud Atlas in hardback is nearly 19 years old. I’m going to aim to read 15-20 of my oldest books this year.

I also have a few books that I’ve read about a third of, was really enjoying but for some reason stopped reading them (A Gentleman in Moscow and A Fine Bslance spring to mind) that I need to go back and finish. What’s putting me off is I’ll probably have to start them from the beginning again).

I also want to read more non-fiction and classics.

I also need to plan in a trip to Barter Books in Alnwick to get rid of about 40 books that I’ve finished with. Trouble is, I always come home with 20+ new books!

Definitely stop buying new books until tbr pile is depleted.
Make more time in the day to read (and not feel guilty about it).
Go to bed earlier to avoid falling asleep whilst reading.

Yes read before looking at phone. This year I aimed for 60 but read 41 but I have read all the Song of ice and fire series so that's slowed me down.

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I DNFd A Fine Balance

Very depressing

I actually work in a small local bookshop. I'm a non fiction girl, I have just never got on with novels . What should I read to broaden my horizons?

I would love to do a book a week but there's nothing worse than setting a target and missing it. So I'll halve it and go for 26 books in 2023!

Like most people here, tackle the TBR pile - some hefty volumes currently stashed on top of the book case
More fiction including classics - this board is wonderful for giving me ideas
At least book a week - I live alone and have no DC so no distractions if I want to read the afternoon away
More new reading, less being lazy and re-reading.

I've started a list in my diary of what I read in 2023.

I'm a bit like you, I'm not interested that much in what happens to people who don't exist 😃(apart from decent crime novels), so awaiting the answer with interest.

What sort of non-fiction do you like? A few I've particularly enjoyed over the last couple of years that I think would have pretty wide appeal:

• The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Mattheiu Aiken (journalist shadows an Afghan friend as he tries to follow the refugee path to Europe)
• Land of a Thousand Hills by Rosamond Halsey Carr (memoir of 50 years living in Rwanda)
• Janesville by Amy Goldstein (following a US town & it's people in the years after the major employer closes down)
• A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling (about a very small US town where a group of incomers try to re-invent the place as a libertarian paradise)
• Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (about the amazing worlds of fungi)
• Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton (about living in Japan as a foreigner, the Japanese language, & the art of translation)

I read a lot of non-fiction, so have lots more I could recommend!

Come to the 50 Books thread everyone and hi to those already there! Some of us don't even count the books - there's no judgement at all, so no pressure to read lots. We have a lovely time.

I like the idea of reading 3 I own before buying a new one. At the very least I think I will aim for a 2:1 ratio. And also to re-read Vanity Fair. And my final one (although I'm pickier than I used to be so less likely to be needed) is not to finish books I am not enjoying.