I need to come up with some tangible reading goals for 2013. So let’s do a quick review of what my 2012 goals were and what I actually did.
My goal was to read 12 books, 6 fiction (at least one from a genre I didn’t normally read), 6 non-fiction (at least one memoir and only one could be a re-read). In reality, I read 20 books, 6 fictions, 6 non-fiction, and at least one of the fiction books was from a different genre. I kind of blew the rest of the goals.
So here’s my idea for 2013:
-Read 24 books. That’s just four more than I did read and it averages out to two a month. That should be more than doable for me.
-At least 10 need to be non-fiction. I failed to read my required number of non-fiction books last year (strange since I usually prefer non-fiction to fiction). I need to do a better job of balancing my intake. It’s not quite half, but it’s close enough.
-Only ONE non-fiction re-read counts towards my total. I re-read non-fiction a lot so I have to watch it. I need to look for new stuff.
-At least one of my non-fiction reads needs to be a memoir. This was one of the goals I failed last year.
-Only one of my fiction re-reads counts towards my goal. I don’t usually re-read fiction, but I’ve been hankering to read a couple of Stephen King books again.
-I will continue exploring other fiction genres. That means I need to limit the number of horror books I read. I say no more than eight.
-Read more of books by people I know. I need to be more active in supporting the authors that I interact with on Twitter. Reading more of their books would be a good idea.
I think these goals will be a great way to keep me productively reading this year.
Let’s hope I do better at meeting (exceeding?) them than last year.
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