A Huffington Post entry today found Celeste Ng talking about her New Year’s resolutions, specifically in regard to her reading habits. I like that idea. She and I sound like similar readers, so mine might be similar, but I’ll give it a go. And for those who remember (I can’t find the blog entry – blast!), I decided last January that 2009 would be the year in which I read as many books and watched as many films as possible. With the year drawing to a close, I’m annoyed because my accurate recording as become very lazy over the past 2 months or so, so even with thinking back and recreating, the list will likely be shorter than it should. But all in all, pretty good. More on that later.
So, for posterity, here are my Literary New Year’s Resolutions for 2010:
1) Read some nonfiction. Doesn’t matter what kind or even how much, but I will read at least one work of nonfiction in 2010.
2) No new books! I spend too much money on new books too frequently, and of anyone I know I have the most access to/knowledge about used ones, so that’s silly.
3) This is uber-nerdy, but I used to do it, and I liked it – Keep a pad/pen next to the bed, and when I come across a word I don’t know, write it down. Once a month, look them all up.
4) Speaking of which, read books that might contain words I don’t know. I tend to shy away from books I feel might be too challenging, and I’d like to shed that fear and dive in. So I will read three books that intimidate me this year.
5) Iris Murdoch, David Foster Wallace. I will read both these authors this year.
That’s it for me. I do pretty well with books overall, anyway. What about you? Anyone out there have any good book intentions for 2010?
My resolution is to read the books I resolved to read 12 months ago.
haha. but this time, for real!
…right? :)
My resolutions are to restart, and stick with, the long-distance book club I had going with my out-of-country friend and to actually read all the books that I bought this past year (or two…possibly even three…)