This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Bookish Goals and Plans for 2025. I thought I would keep in simple this year, but it appears I may be biting off more than I can chew. The fun is in the reading though, and if I meet my goals it's a bonus!
Read more nonfiction ~ I am joining Shellyrae at Book'd Out in her 2025 Nonfiction Reading Challenge as a Nonfiction Grazer. I plan to read (and review) at least six nonfiction books this year. Some of the books I am considering include:
Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times by Gregory BoyleOur Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Angela Cartwright
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs by Benjamin Herold
I've Tried Being Nice: Essays by Ann LearyUnbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America by Therese Oneill
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong
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Read at least three books my daughter recommends to me ~ Mouse and I have very similar tastes in books, and I can't wait to see what she picks for me again this year.
Continue catching up on my series reading project ~ A never-ending project considering how many series I am in the middle of and all the news ones I start. Last year I told myself I would catch up with both Kim Harrison's Hollows series (as of right now, I need to read 3 books to catch up) and Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities series (I am two behind), which I did not manage to do. I am closer though at least. This year I for sure will do it. That is, if my daughter will let me read her copy of Unraveled (Keeper of the Lost Cities #9.5). I am also interested in the COYER Ilona Andrews' Edge and Inn Keeper read-a-long hosted by Anne of Books of My Heart. I have read a few of the books in the two series, but look forward catching up with them, and maybe re-visit a few of the books along the way. Unfortunately, chances of my being able to participate in the group discussions are slim due to scheduling, but it's still a good excuse to finally get caught up!
Read and review my TBR List Poll winner each month ~ At the beginning of each month, I list three books from my TBR for you to vote on, and then I read the winner. It's fun to see which book my blog visitors pick of the three choices each month. This past year I didn't always get around to reviewing the books I read, but this year I will make more of an effort to do so.
Book Clubs ~ I am declaring this year as my Year of Book Clubs. It's true that I have a propensity to overcommit as evidenced by the many years I overdid it on reading challenges (but they all sound so good!). And as a mood reader who has difficulty sticking to reading plans and lists, you'd think I would have learned my lesson. I join one book club at the local bookstore and enjoy the experience so much that suddenly I want to join them all. I am not joining them all. But there are four I would like to be a part of, time and schedule (and mood) allowing. I am not sure this is a goal as much as a plan, hence the addition of "plan" to the topic title.
Historical Book Club ~ I joined this group through my local independent bookstore last fall. It is a small group, so far just three of us, but as someone who leans towards shy around people I don't know well, it proved to be the perfect starter size. (Upcoming reads: Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper, The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, and Ida, In Love and Trouble by Veronica Chambers)Mystery Book Club ~ Because I love mysteries. (Upcoming reads: Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen, The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, and Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji)Cellar Door Book Club ~ I joined this group for their October meeting and look forward to reading more with them. (Upcoming reads: The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, and Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt)Diverse Romance Book Club ~ I was on the fence about this one simply because four book clubs is a lot and, while I enjoy romance, it's not often my go to genre (although one can argue it has become one of them in recent years). After attending my first meeting of the group last week though and enjoying the company and discussion, I want to try to fit it in too. (Upcoming reads: Hearts UnBroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith and The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava)
Bookish Bingo ~ I thought it would be fun this year to take part in Chapter Break Bookish Bingo, matching the books I read to the categories on the monthly bingo card. "The monthly winner will be the person with the most marked squares. None of that across, diagonal, up and down, corners stuff. Just the number of squares." It is just something fun to do without any real pressure. And it might help in those moments when I am not sure what to read next.
Storygraph and Goodreads Goal ~ To read one book. I did it! Go me!
What are your reading goals and plans for this year?
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Wow. Five book clubs? I am in two and I sometimes feel like these book are the only ones I really commit to reading. A few years ago I made a goal that I had to review everyone book I read for club. As these are the books I am most likely to want to look back on later.
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Oh wow! That's a lot of book clubs! I never felt like I was a good fit for book clubs myself. I like the idea of them, but the execution never really worked for me. Lol.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all of your goals this year!
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Congratulations on achieving your Goodreads goal :)
ReplyDeleteI will always cheer anyone who wants to read more nonfiction. I hope you'll pick up Our Moon since that was a favorite of mine last year.
ReplyDeleteWow! Yes, you are planning to do a lot this year! Good luck with your amazing goals.
ReplyDeleteYou've got some great goals here, Wendy! Lots of fun to be had. Good luck with the book clubs. And I would say, don't stress yourself too much if you don't get to every book or every meeting. Just have fun! Wish I could attend your mystery book club - ha!
ReplyDeleteOoh, that nonfiction reading challenge sounds right up my alley!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a lot of people are challenging themselves to read more nonfiction! I should probably do the same. 😅 It's not that I dislike the genre, I just don't read them as fast or as often as fiction. Fiction is like a reward for my brain, lol.
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