Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Bookish Goals for 2024.
OK, I’m more or less repeating what I’ve written in past years. I’m not a big fan of resolutions, so let’s consider this instead that I’m setting some basic intentions. Whether or not I’ll stick to these as the year progresses remains to be seen… and I’m fine with that.
These are a few general concepts I hope to apply to my reading this year:
Read whatever I feel like. I say this every year… and every year it’s worth repeating! Other than book group reading commitments, I’m always happiest when I read without a plan. It’s a wonderful feeling!
Keep ARCS manageable. I have a lot of ARCs on my plate for books releasing in the first half of the year, but many of these are books I’d want to read no matter what. I intend to slow down my requests from this point forward — so I can get back to the point above!
Spend some time reading (or sampling) at least a few of the books/series I highlighted in my series-to-read post for this year.
Make a dent in my classic reading plans. I’ve been participating in the Classics Club spins for the past couple of years, which I love — but I have a big list of classics yet to read, and I’d like to carve out some time for at least one or two outside of the “spin cycle”.
Decide what to do with the books I’ve pulled from my shelves but haven’t yet removed from my house. I keep fantasizing about installing a Little Free Library, but I’m not sure that where I live is really conducive to having one of those. So, I need to start doing some sorting – some nicer books to try to sell, some to trade it an a used bookstore, and some to go to my library’s donation center.
Do a big audiobook reread: I’ve been planning to do audio rereads of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and also want to do the same with the Green Creek series. Both will take a lot of time, and are probably multi-year projects. I want to at least get started in 2024.
Mostly, for 2024 and always, this pretty much sums up my attitude:
What are your bookish goals for 2024? Whatever they may be… wishing you lots of bookish delights!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Oh good luck with these!
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Thanks! I’m hoping for lots of time to read this year… we’ll see what happens!
I definitely identify with the dilemma about what to do with books you’re ready to pass on. That’s on my list, too. Thanks for sharing your basic intentions. I hope whatever the outcome that you have a great reading year and find new favorites. Here is my TTT list: https://thestorysanctuary.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-goals-for-2024/
I’m hoping to do a shelf reorganization in the next month or so, so I’ll really have to figure that piece out. 🙂
I hope you figure out what to do with those weeded books soon.
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Thanks! Donation is always a good option, if I lose patience and don’t bother pursuing anything else. 🙂
Good Luck with your aims for this year. I hope you enjoy your new series
Thank you! I don’t know which series I’ll end up starting, but I have high hopes!
I always write the arcs one and never do it 🤣
Same here! It never really works… but I keep a tracking spreadsheet and see how many I have already for 2024, and that’s starting to motivate me to slow it down!
These are great goals! Good luck with them all! The ARCs one is on my list and several others. May we keep to it! 🙂
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I hope so! I have good intentions… let’s see how it goes!
Good luck with your goals! I’m taking a bunch of books to sell to the used bookstore tomorrow, which won’t help my goal to shrink my physical TBR, but oh well.
I have a few bags of books already sitting in a closet, and now I just need to sort and take action!
Why does it seem so hard to just read what we want to read? I’m driven quite a bit by challenges and by library deadlines, but I have to keep asking myself “what do I want to read?”
Good luck with your goals. Do you have any Little Free Libraries in your area? I keep a stack of books I don’t want and either walk around to LFLs or I donate to my library.
There are a couple of LFLs that I drive by on my way to work, so I guess I could start making it a point to stop and add books every so often. I’ve been so tempted to get my own, and really need to think about whether I can justify the expense and whether we have a place facing the street where it would make sense to install it.
Intentions is such a great word! Much better than goals. And your first one, to read whatever you feel like, is my favorite. 😀
Thanks! I do say every year that I’m going to prioritize reading whatever I feel like… and then always end up with more ARCs than I intend. Trying to be better!
I love rereading by audio, especially comfort reads. Good luck on your goals.
I love that too! I have a few books in my mind I’d love to reread via audio, and might also do some Jane Austen — it’s been a few years since my last Austen audio binge, and it was so much fun.
I’m doing something similar with ARCs, I’m trying to only accept them if they’re already on my TBR. It doesn’t always work, but maybe we’ll both be successful this year😁
Wishing us both lots of luck! I’ve been tempted by a bunch of others, so my current list is bigger than I’d intended… but most are books I feel really positive about. And once I get through my current list, I’m really going to try to limit my requests!
Good luck! Reading more classics is my goal too. I just finished Crime & Punishment.
Oh wow, that’s quite an accomplishment! Did you enjoy it? I do love including classics in my reading, but Crime & Punishment seems so intimidating to me.
Good luck on your goals.
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Thank you!
I’m having so much fun with my LFL! I’m glad that I installed it, but then again, I live in a place that gets a lot of foot traffic. Funny enough, I have a stack of books I need to put out there, but someone just put a bunch in so there’s no room for mine 🙂 Good luck with all your goals!
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Susan
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How great that you have your own LFL!! Did you get it from LFL, or make your own? I keep looking into it, and haven’t quite convinced myself to go for it yet.
I have no DIY skills, so I bought mine from LFL. It’s cute and only required a little bit of assembly. We were already having our front yard redone, so we had the workers put in the cement for us. It’s been super fun having it! I highly recommend it 🙂