Top Ten Tuesday - 11 January 2011

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Its a weekly meme involving list making (which I love) of 10 Top Things!

This week's topic is Top Ten Bookish Resolutions. Here are mine!

1. Not to skim over the sections I don't like in the books I read: Once I get into a book and I am eager to know what happens at the end, I tend to speed read over the sections which I feel are not that important (like the Lesser portions in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Books) and then I don't always remember everything that happens.

2. Have to get a new bookcase: My bookcase is ancient and is really much to small to fit all the books that I have, which means many of my books are stacked across the house and not being loved as they should be!

3. Have to stop reading more than one book at a time: I often find that if I read more than one book at a time, not only does it take me much longer, but I tend to always feel disappointed by one of the books, although they might both be equally good, just because at that time, the one seems better.

4. Read more than 150 books this year: Last years 100+ was not to difficult and I could have read much more than I did! So for a real challenge I am trying 150 this year.

5. Read at least 10 books by my old favourite authors: When I was younger I loved to read Sydney Sheldon, Wilbur Smith, Dean Koontz, Kellerman, Stephen King, Gemmel, Feist etc. Due to my more recent YA fiction and Paranormal Romance addiction, these authors have been seriously neglected. I would love to catch up on some of their work.

6. Buy more books: I am seriously greedy when it comes to buying books as I already have many of them on Ebook. But I love holding a paperback or hardcover in my hand and the smell of books and therefore I try to have the series that I have read / am reading in that format. These collections are by no means complete and I really should make some work of completing them.

7. Make notes of things that I would want to include in a review: Whilst reading a book I often come across things that I would want to include in a review (things that I loved, irritated me, mistakes, critisisms etc.). However when I get to the end and I loved it (or even hated it) all I can think about is how I loved it (or hated it) and therefore my reviews do not always include everything that I wanted to say.

8. Read at least 10 books from genres other than my normal reads: I have become fairly predictable in the genres that I read and would like to branch out a bit this year (and this does not include Mills & Boon hehe). I am giving Sci-Fi a serious try and maybe some literary works. We'll see how this goes...

9. No blogging or reading at work: Hmm... Once I start blogging or reading at work, I just can't stop! Then I take work home and stress about it being done and it just becomes a circle of bad habits. Whilst I could be lazing at home reading at night I panic over work not done! I know! I'm naughty! Hehe!

10. Slow down on reading: Haha okay this sounds weird considering the 150 goal, but honestly when I take part in so many challenges I fly through the books and I don't really appreciate them the way that I should. At normal pace I read about 3/4 books a week which is more than enough to reach my goals. So I will be trying to slow down on the reading this year and just savouring every read!

So what are your resolutions this year?