I am so glad that I didn’t set a reading goal on Goodreads this year because I don’t think I would have met it. I did read, but I currently have a digital pile of book reviews that I need to add to my Goodreads account so that there’s a record of me reading those books. You would think that it wouldn’t be too hard to write and add a review upon reading a book, yet here I am. That’s okay, next year will be a fresh start, and I have a plan for the rest of this year to prep for that. It’s going to be so great (I’m nodding my head as I write this).
I read quite a bit last year, but I misjudged my reading ability, haha. I focused on my Presidential Biography Challenge, where several of the book reviews from that challenge are still in my previously mentioned pile. Yet, I thought I could still take on another few dozen books over the year.
Jokes, but is a system really a system if it’s not failing you?
That. That was a lie. I could not do that with my system as it was back then (and still technically have). Thinking about it right now, I seem to focus a lot on ‘systems’ lately. Maybe it’s because I never really cared enough to have a sound system for studying or reading, other than to read whenever I wanted to, which didn’t help me when I was still in college and doesn’t help me now when I work full-time. Not when there are other things to do and to accomplish.
If I could visualize my ideal reading life for you, it would be organized, which doesn’t seem that fun on paper. But it would be organized similarly to my Disney Film project. I am planning on writing about books, reviews, and more tomorrow, so be sure to check back in for that, but I wanted to talk about it today.
So briefly, how do I organize my list?
My Disney Film Project is organized by the chronological release date of the movies, going back to 1937 with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. My master book list, on the other hand, is organized alphabetically by the author’s last name. And that’s how I’ve been tackling it, at times almost forcing myself to read books in that order to stay on track. Because if I didn’t do that, if I allowed myself the freedom to read from ANYWHERE on the list, I would most certainly avoid books on my list, and I’m on a mission to figure out what books are still in my list, as I have pretty much forgotten most of them.
But once I’ve read and reviewed a book, then I’m free to read it again at my leisure. So it’s not like it’s a one-and-done process; it’s important to me to start tackling my very much overflowing list of physical and ebook titles.
My goodness, I think I’ve strayed a bit from where I started in this post. But that’s okay because this is (as I’ve done with other posts) only the first part of a mini-series. And I could write for days about books, my book list, and how I may or may not be addicted to Bookbub (which did much for growing my ebook collection). So be back tomorrow because it’s sure to be a deep look into my book life.
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