Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Before I get into my Top Ten list for this week, I want to give a shout out to Jana and thank her for taking over Top Ten Tuesday. She's already got a ton of great topics listed and I'm excited.
Top Ten Bookish Resolutions/Goals
This topic is easy for me since a) I've already thought of some goals, and b) I'm a goals kind of gal.
- Top priority - whittle down the TBR pile. There are so many new books I don't order or download simply because I have a ton of unread books here.
- Complete my reading challenges. I kept it simple this year: I committed to 12 books. How can I not cross that mere dozen off my list?
- Get back to the First Chapter Review. I really loved this when I came up with it a few years ago. Read the first chapter, share the blurb and then my thoughts on the cover art, what the first chapter is about, and if I would keep reading.
- Read at least one business book a quarter. I'm so bad about this, but I really need to motivate myself forward to meet my real estate goals this year.
- Read at least one writing craft or writing business book a quarter. I've never been great about this. I have several good ones here and I need to read them. My fourth children's book is coming out and I want to finish the middle grade historical I started eons ago.
- Go through all my books to see if there are any I want to donate or use as giveaways. I often receive books unsolicited. I don't get rid of them right away in case I end up wanting to read them. At this point, I really need to focus on what I can't live without.
- Create a regular feature to promote the free books I've downloaded. I've got hundreds of them and it's not right to hide them on my device without sharing something about them.
- Discover two new to me authors this year. I tend to reach for authors I know I'll enjoy, but I would like to discover some new writers this year. Even better would be authors in genres I don't usually read.
- Read one book in a genre I don't read often: sci-fi, fantasy, horror, satire, graphic novel....
- Read more books than I read in 2017. While gone are the days when I could read hundreds of books, I definitely want to shoot for more than the 31 I read last year. If I could double it, I would be happy.
What are some of your bookish resolutions/goals?
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