Friday 4 January 2013

Reading

 
One of the challenges I set myself in 2012 was, like many, a challenge on Goodreads for how many books I could read in the entire year. My goal was 50, which I happily managed to achieve at the beginning of December. It was a great way of seeing just how much (or little) I read and actually got me back into reading after having a big break - which for me was weird, I was always the kid with her head in a book after the move I went months without even turning a page.

Luckily we have a really good library in our city and searching around on Goodreads I have a list of books to read that's longer then the day is long. But this year I'm determined to get through the huge mountain of books we have on our bookcase, and on top of the bookcase and now piling around said bookcase. Yeah books are another collection we have and picking up second hand hardback books from the 1940's and 1950's is a particular pleasure of my own. 

There's something magical about hardback books, maybe it's their smell or their bindings to being able to feel their weight - all the total opposites to the ever growing digital reading world we find ourselves increasingly surrounding in. Feeling their weight makes their stories feel more real, more presence then a screen. 

So my mission is to not only achieve another Goodreads challenge - this time 75 books in the next 12 months. This is alongside my mission to work my way through some of the lovely hardbacks we have - a Gone With The Wind edition dated to the 1950's, a gorgeous book on the history of Ballerinas to Wordsworth poems and Churchill's London in WW2.

Are you challenging yourself and your reading list this year? If you're on Goodreads add me - I love seeing other peoples reading lists. 

10 comments:

  1. this is a great idea! i read SO MUCH anyway - i just finished life of pi for the first time, and read the perks of being a wallflower before that - so making a reading list is probably a good idea as i'd discover ones i hadn't thought about before! if i get an account i'll definitely add you :)
    Rosie xo
    A Pocketful of Rosie

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  2. Hiya, and Happy New Year! Yes I'm on Goodreads and have just added you. I read 102 for my challenge of 100 last year, but I have to admit it was hard going and a lot of what I read was quite trashy just to make up the numbers! This year I'm going for 85, including 12 classics and 10 books of poetry. We'll see how it goes!

    New Year's Resolutions of the Stars!

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  3. 75 Books!!?!?!?! Wow, your a brave lady...I'm lucky if I read 10! =)

    Ergo - Blog

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  4. I am challenging myself to read more books this year, but no specific amount. I read blogs, so I wanted to get back to reading books. I was opposed to the ebooks, but then I realized how much space and time they save. But I won't get rid of the hardback books I have! -Jessica L

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  5. I love reading! I also have always wanted to read "Gone With The Wind" I love the movie so I know I will love the book. It is just soooooo long! But I do not mind.

    http://mayrabarragan90.blogspot.com/

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  6. This is a great idea. I'm trying to get back into reading. Over my two weeks off for Christmas I managed to read three books. Hope I can keep it up now I've strarted back at work

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  7. 75 books, that's quite a lot! Gone With The Wind is one of my all time favourite books - one of the few I've read more than once xx

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  8. good job on achieving your challenge, hope you manage this years too! x

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  9. I really need to read more! I may have to try and read this evening. Well done on completing your challenge thats really impressive xx

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  10. Wow! 75 books - that is awesome. I hope you reach your goal. That is so inspiring :]

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