I did in fact stay up until 2:00 AM on December 31 to be sure to finish my last book of 2017 and I ended the year with a solid 95 books.
For 2018 I set a goal to read 75 books. Which is less than I read in 2017 for sure. And I have in fact started out strong.
But... I am running out of books that I want to read. I mean, 4 of these books I've read so far in 2018 are just women's fiction with little literary value. And I don't care. I am not one who always reads for gaining knowledge, reading is definitely a form of entertainment for me so reading the chick flicks of books doesn't bother me.
I like to mix it up though and read all sorts of things. I also don't want to go broke doing this. I do have Kindle gift cards from Christmas but I really want to spend those wisely! My library system, which I rocked for 2017 has been picked through pretty severely by me. One of my book club picks all the books for the year ahead of time but I've read all but one of those already.
I think for me, reading comes in waves. I get books I am interested in reading all piled up and then I dive in. When I am done with those I need a break to find more books I want to read.
I am reading a book right now that I am going to lose. The library is going to steal it back. (And I know I can turn the Kindle to airplane mode and keep it longer but if I do that I can't get any other books in the meantime.) And it's a book with a lot of hype. But I hate it. I cannot get into it.
Yes, that Tom Hanks. And he can write. He actually is a good writer. But I like books. These short stories are doing nothing for me. Right as I get invested and interested they stop. And the only continuity is that each story features a typewriter in it.
Even just writing about it I made up my mind to return it to my library. It is going on the never-finished-pile. 2018 may be the year I do not force myself to finish a book I can't get in to. Life is too short to spend time on things you don't like!!
Have you read anything AMAZING lately?
And clearly, my only description for how I like a book is "good"...lol! A book reviewer, I am not! ;)
ReplyDeleteUgh, I don't know what just happened, but it looks like I lost that whole comment. Well, I hope you got a chance to read it. :(
ReplyDeleteI purchased Tom Hank's book for my husband and decided to read the first story before I gave it to him - oh dear - not for me - gave it to him and I've heard no comments from him which means it probably is going into his "who can I gift this to pile" win some - lose some. My goal is 100 books this year - I'll send you a list of my favorite books this week. Mary Ellen from Wisconsin
ReplyDeleteI'm counting my books this year; curious how many I can get. You have me interested in Tom Hanks' book. Sometimes I like short stories, other times not so much. I may not like it either, but I'm curious.
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