Showing posts with label Book Thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Thoughts. Show all posts

Monday, September 7, 2009

Smiling about Fall Resolutions and Book Thoughts

Bye Bye Tourists, see you next year! Now I'm thinking about fall, and loving this cooler weather lots. Since my husband is a big football nut: college and professional, I'll have that much more time for reading and me.

Now for some Fall Resoultions There are some things I'd like to do in the next month regarding my books (about 600) of them. I plan to make some lists, and shelve them by categories of (10- 50 books depending on category, and then read from those shelves:
  • (50) books I most want to read from my stacks
  • (25) women's fiction, I'd like to read
  • (25) thriller's I'd like to read
  • (50) books to donate (one's I know I'll never read as my interests have changed)
  • (25) mysteries I'd like to read
  • (25) historical novels I'd like to read
  • (10) non fiction I'd like to read
  • (10) audio books I'd most like to listen to
  • (10) books for blog giveaways
  • (10) books I've owned the longest to read
I know I've made lists before and have only been minimally successful in reading from my TBR's , but this time I hoping for a better outcome :)
I also plan to request fewer ARC's (just ones that I would probably buy or borrow anyways). I've realized that if I've had an ARC over (3) months and have not read it, there is a reason why?? (I never should have requested it).
Also, there is a reward for me out there if I am successful reading from these lists: order about (10) new books each quarter from my wish list, that so many of you have helped to build! THANKS A LOT :)

Do you have any fall resolutions?