It’s the beginning of a new decade! Are you setting a new path in reading? I am.
Setting my boundaries for reading in 2020
- Read no more than 24 review books, tops. Less if possible. At this point I already have three in the line up. And already hard turning from books I’d read but have others I want to read more.
- Read less books. Take my time. I just want to relax and read and no pressure. I’ll set a goal of 100 books at Goodreads, that will most likely be quite easy – roughly two books a week.
Only participate in one or two challenges.. No Reading Challenges! The other day I was visiting and a young one year old great nephew had some marbles nearby – mother and I had both shaken our heads and said ” No” when he put one in his mouth. I saw him pick up another a little while later and he was going to put it you know where and then he gave a shake of his head!
I am giving my head a No shake. However! I most likely will do the discussion challenge again as that isn’t reading!! And I was a little bit more successful in it this year and want to build on that.- Choose only one online book club book a month to read – I belong to three but I don’t want to get too tied down. And happy if I don’t read any of them in the month, will just be a guide to me.
- Use the library, especially for authors I haven’t tried before or books I don’t really want to buy – but no challenge.
- Read what I really like – not what I think “I should read” but stretch now and then when I think I am in the right mind.
- Listen to audiobooks of course, but no challenge.
- Read some of the books that are already on my shelf or Kindle. Delete or give away if I know its really not going to be a great read for me.
- Buy the newly released books of favourite authors.
- Do some rereading where I can – books I know I loved and er…. have forgotten what was in them.
- Repurpose! My Connect Five Reading Challenge. I enjoyed doing this but it turned out a little complicated and too many guidelines. Instead I am going to run a new link up called Connect Five Friday and there will be a lot less rules. It won’t be a challenge – just a link up. More coming soon.
So 2020 is going to be all about totally reading for enjoyment and and seeing into others lives with differing life experiences. The books I like best. So 2020 a time to chill out with books.
What are one or two of your hopes/plans for reading in 2020?
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This is excellent, Kathryn. I need to write out something just like this! It would look quite similar to your list. Thanks for sharing. 😊
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Great plans!! I gave up on challenges a while back. I really need to do a book cull too — no sense hanging on to books I’ll never read.
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I was thinking of taking out 20 that I probably won’t read. Maybe if I do it slowly over the year my heart won’t be too damaged!
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LOVE your relaxing goals.
I haven’t gotten to the point with slowing down with reviews, but I’m sure that will happen as the years go on.
I always make my Goodreads Challenge low – at 50 – so I am not stressed.
Happy New Decade!!
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I like all these goals, nice relaxing goals
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These are good intentions! When you blog about something and get serious about it it’s incredibly easy to take on too much too soon and too often. Kudos to you for putting up boundaries where needed!
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Tina – yes it is easy to say yes to too many books! I want to get back to reading for total love of it.
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Very nice post and goals for 2020. I like that you are going to use your library more to try new authors. ^_^
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Angela I did use the library well this year thanks to your challenge however for 2020 I’ll use it still now I have the good habit but no challenge!!
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Good for you for deciding to pare back on all the “required” reading and try harder to just enjoy yourself (ha—I realized that’s a bit of an oxymoron there). But I’m also glad you’re still joining us for the Discussion Challenge! (You can always think of it as more of a link-up than a challenge. LOL!)
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Nicole you made me chuckle. I can indeed see it as a link up – good thinking!
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Nice goals! I can sympathize with many of these. For myself I would add that I want to read more books/authors from other countries. I had this goal in 2019 and didn’t do very well.
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Seems like this is a common goal for 2020 – quality over quantity! I’m going to try too!
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I like the goal of two review books/month. Although my year won’t begin that way I think by spring I should be able to get close to that number. We’ll see what life has in store for me 🙂 So far I’ve managed not to download the new Thayne book on NG but if Little Bird Publicity contacts me about it my resolve will most likely dissolve, ha.
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I’m going to skip challenges again in 2020 since it worked so well for me in 2019- so much less pressure haha, nice to take a little break from that. I need to use my library more too.
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I think we have the same plan for our 2020 reading – Enjoy reading! I’d gotten overwhelmed in the last year or two with review books and I’m really hitting the brakes in 2020. I love your goals!
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Yes it is so hard to hit the brakes, there is one book I can see on NG that I really want to read but I have two books already for Feb and I want to stick to that!
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I am impressed by your 2020 goals for reading. I like how you’re keepin it real and plan to do what’s best for you.
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I do like the idea of no reading challenges but well, mine is always modest for the GR one. I’ll probably just partake in that one only in 2020.
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Keeping it real at least for 2020 and then I shall see!!
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I like your reading plan! I, too, have plans to accept fewer review books, and try to only read the ones I really like.
I stopped doing the Goodreads Challenge, as the tabulations they came up with were frustrating to me. If I checked the wrong “version” of a book (Kindle, hardcover) and tried to correct it, they counted the book twice. I know…not a big deal, but I’d just as soon keep track of my totals myself. LOL
Love the story of your nephew and the “no” shake.
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What a great reading plan! Loving what you read and reading what you want, when you want. like your idea about Connect Five – still my fav. challenge!
have a very Merry Christmas Kathryn!
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