Today’s Musing Mondays post is about New Year reading. With the New Year here already, do you have any reading resolutions or goals (challenges aside) for 2010? Perhaps a new author? Genre? Want to read more non-fiction? Write more reviews?
Besides my resolutions that I have already posted about, I do have one desire/goal for the upcoming year: to find "collectable" editions of my favourite books. I don't mean that they have to be valuable, but I would like to own copies of my favourite books that will last me another few decades. Hardcover, first edition and preferably signed! I don't really care if they are worth anything (and hopefully my favourites won't be, as I am not exactly rolling in money) but I love the idea of having a book I love that I can plan on having for a while...
It is something that I have wanted to do for a while, but have never been too willing to part with my cash. But lately I have started to think of it more as an investment in my future. Also, a lot of the books I want can only be found used or in some warehouse in Kentucky - and are actually a lot cheaper than I expected!
I also want to plan out my reading time more efficiently... okay, plan my reading time, full stop. I am currently a bit of a spontaneous reader - which is great, but it also means that I never really get the opportunity to put everything on hold and just read. Could planning my reading time fix that? I don't know... but it is worth a shot!
As for genres... I really need to read more popular science for my degree. It will be tough for me, but as I do believe that non-fiction can be amazing, I need to practice what I preach!
I agree it would be nice to have good first edition copies of favorite books. I go to library book sales sometimes but never know if the old hardcover books I find are of any value! Happy New Year's reading!
ReplyDeleteExactly. We can't just buy books that are not worth keeping. It's good to hear that it's not only me who thinks ahead when buying books. Happy New Year's reading!
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That is a great goal! Unfortunately, I have no books in my personal library that are considered collectibles, though I do think about that often when buying a book. I wish you luck in your endeavor!
ReplyDeleteI would love to have collectibles of my favorite books too! Great goal.
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