At the start of 2012, I made a reading list for myself that consisted of over 175 books, a list I planned on completing within two years on top off all the other books and series I already had in my TBR pile. Needless to say, I didn't get very far at all. As a matter of fact, I barely scratched the surface. And now, thanks to lots of other blogs I've discovered through The Broke and Bookish, my list has grown even longer. After reading some of my fellow book-bloggers' most-anticipated books for 2013, I realized that there were a lot of books and series out there that I've been missing out on, and so my book list has grown from over 175 books to over 275.
But looking back at my original reading list, I think I can see just why I never had the motivation to attack that reading list. I fully admit that part of it had to do with us getting satellite TV, and I got hooked on lots of new shows. But the other reason is the books themselves. At least half of the books I'd included were books I really had no interest in, except that I thought they'd be good for a series of posts about books versus their movie adaptations. Since there was no real desire, nothing drawing me to those books, I never bothered to try them. So I've decided to organize and even weed out my original list, removing the books I know I will never read and organizing the rest by interest and priority. Hopefully my TBR list will no longer look quite as daunting, but I doubt it. Within the next couple of days, I plan to post my list here, labeled "Reading Goals: 2013". Or perhaps it would be better to leave it open-ended and just add and subtract as I go.
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