This week’s musing:
How many books did you read in 2010? If you had a reading goal, did you meet it? What books are you most looking forward to reading for 2011 (either new, OR ones that have sat on your shelves for a while)?
It has been a long while since I did a Musing Mondays post; plus I really liked this week's questions so here we are.
I read 73 books in 2010. To be specific, I read 3 Chinese novels, 9 manga/graphic novels, 2 nonfiction and fiction as for the rest. I didn't read as many books as in 2009 (86 books) but still I think I had a great reading year last year in terms of quality and a few new-to-me authors whereby I enjoyed reading their books and will make sure to check them out should they have any releases out in the near future.
As for reading goals, I don't have any. I think simplicity is the way and my main focus will be reading as many books as I can from my TBR pile. However, I don't think it is possible to make a dent out of those piles at this point unless I make an effort to stop buying books, as my best friend always say to me. Unfortunately, I find this to be impossible since the temptation of books buying is too great, plus there are too many good books out there that I wouldn't want to miss. It would be a 'vicious' cycle, but at least I will be more choosy when it comes to buying the books I want to read.
Nevertheless, here are a few new books which I am most looking forward to buying (reading) this year:
- Gone by Mo Hayder
- The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
- The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
- Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler
- The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
- Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
- Take Me There by Susan Colasanti
- What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
- Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon