Pete does 2024
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1psutto
Hopefully better than 2023
Every year I have grand plans, every year I fail to live up to them. As ever the TBR grows - more this year it seems. So I'll try and reduce it.
In the spirit of Kaizen I shall start with small goals. My aim is to read 1 TBR book of any type or length in 2024.
Once I've managed that feat I'll celebrate and then add a new goal to read 1 more TBR book in 2024 in the category Fiction. Once I've managed that feat I'll celebrate and then add a new goal to read 1 more TBR book in 2024 in the category nonfiction.
Every year I have grand plans, every year I fail to live up to them. As ever the TBR grows - more this year it seems. So I'll try and reduce it.
In the spirit of Kaizen I shall start with small goals. My aim is to read 1 TBR book of any type or length in 2024.
Once I've managed that feat I'll celebrate and then add a new goal to read 1 more TBR book in 2024 in the category Fiction. Once I've managed that feat I'll celebrate and then add a new goal to read 1 more TBR book in 2024 in the category nonfiction.
2psutto
January 2024
Xmas books
The condition of secrecy
The Lone Man
You've got red on you
Pratchett: A Life
Birthday Books
Known and strange things
Ice Cream Man vol 1
Damn them all
Newburn vol 1
The fictions of Bruno Schultz
Requiem a hallucination
white cat black dog
Vanished Kingdoms
The book of disquiet
Borges the labyrinth maker
The secret life of fungi
The history of the siege of Lisbon
Weird Walk
Tatterdemalion
Reading
The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas
Ice Cream Man
Damn them all
Newburn vol 1
Tatterdemalion
The Banks
Mind management not time management
Japanese death poems
Borges the labyrinth maker
The condition of secrecy
Ice Cream Man volume 2
Drift In2 Life
The Night Eaters
You've got red on you
Be Scared of everything
Pageturners
Requiem
Book of disquiet
The history of the siege of Lisbon
100 word horrors
The qigong bible
Books Acquired
Illuminations
The joy of mindful writing
Why Write
Xmas books
The condition of secrecy
The Lone Man
You've got red on you
Pratchett: A Life
Birthday Books
Known and strange things
Ice Cream Man vol 1
Damn them all
Newburn vol 1
The fictions of Bruno Schultz
Requiem a hallucination
white cat black dog
Vanished Kingdoms
The book of disquiet
Borges the labyrinth maker
The secret life of fungi
The history of the siege of Lisbon
Weird Walk
Tatterdemalion
Reading
The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas
Ice Cream Man
Damn them all
Newburn vol 1
Tatterdemalion
The Banks
Mind management not time management
Japanese death poems
Borges the labyrinth maker
The condition of secrecy
Ice Cream Man volume 2
Drift In2 Life
The Night Eaters
You've got red on you
Be Scared of everything
Pageturners
Requiem
Book of disquiet
The history of the siege of Lisbon
100 word horrors
The qigong bible
Books Acquired
Illuminations
The joy of mindful writing
Why Write
3psutto
February
Reading
Chi discovering your life energy
The fictions of Bruno Schultz
Weird Walk
Sisters of the vast black
This is Tai Chi: 50 Essential Questions and Answers
The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing
White cat black dog
how to grasp the bird's tail
Known and strange things
On creativity and the unconscious
Pit Murk
After the sun
The collected angers
Ways of learning: A Tai Chi Manifesto
Charlie says
Books Acquired
Tai Chi Classics
Root within the wind
Chi discovering your life energy
This is Tai Chi: 50 Essential Questions and Answers
The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing
Ways of Learning Tai Chi
The Tai Chi Space
After the sun
Pit Murk
How to grasp the bird's tail
Embrace tiger return to mountain
Tao te ching illustrated
The Tai Chi Journey
From where you dream
Intuitive editing
want do get
Reading
Chi discovering your life energy
The fictions of Bruno Schultz
Weird Walk
Sisters of the vast black
This is Tai Chi: 50 Essential Questions and Answers
The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing
White cat black dog
how to grasp the bird's tail
Known and strange things
On creativity and the unconscious
Pit Murk
After the sun
The collected angers
Ways of learning: A Tai Chi Manifesto
Charlie says
Books Acquired
Tai Chi Classics
Root within the wind
Chi discovering your life energy
This is Tai Chi: 50 Essential Questions and Answers
The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing
Ways of Learning Tai Chi
The Tai Chi Space
After the sun
Pit Murk
How to grasp the bird's tail
Embrace tiger return to mountain
Tao te ching illustrated
The Tai Chi Journey
From where you dream
Intuitive editing
want do get
5psutto
April
Reading
The Dao of Taijiquan
The ultimate RPG gameplay guide
Martial arts the spiritual dimension
Wen Fu The art of writing
embrace tiger, return to mountain
A life with footnotes
Books Acquired
The periodic table
Into the wild
Finding your voice
(accidentally walked into a charity shop and bought three books)
Reading
The Dao of Taijiquan
The ultimate RPG gameplay guide
Martial arts the spiritual dimension
Wen Fu The art of writing
embrace tiger, return to mountain
A life with footnotes
Books Acquired
The periodic table
Into the wild
Finding your voice
(accidentally walked into a charity shop and bought three books)
14psutto
Might have to have a 1 in 1 out policy in 2024
And am going to start a 5 year policy - although that won't kick in for a few more years as I only labelled books as 'pre-2022' back in 22 - but that does give me a ticking clock from then as books on the TBR now have a 5 year window and some have 2 years already...
And am going to start a 5 year policy - although that won't kick in for a few more years as I only labelled books as 'pre-2022' back in 22 - but that does give me a ticking clock from then as books on the TBR now have a 5 year window and some have 2 years already...
15psutto
As ever - if I manage to read the books I have been gifted for Xmas and my birthday (beginning of Jan) then they don't go on the TBR and also they're all shiny and new :-) But they don't count as TBR books which means I don't get to my goal of 1 TBR book until they're all read. Although looking at my shelves there are two books I was bought as gifts last xmas or birthday that I've still not read...
18VivienneR
>14 psutto: "1 in 1 out" sounds like a good plan! Happy reading!
19DeltaQueen50
Glad to see you set up and ready for 2024. "Small steps" seems like the best plan - hopefully you will whittle that TBR down!
20rabbitprincess
Taking it one book at a time sounds like a good plan. Best of luck!
21lowelibrary
Good luck with your 2024 reading goals.
22christina_reads
Hmm, I may have to try a "one in, one out" policy myself! Good luck with your 2024 reading!
23JayneCM
Small steps sounds like a great way to manage it. I know my TBR is daunting when viewed in its entirety!
Looking forward to seeing your progress in 2024 as I am all about keeping track of the numbers.
Looking forward to seeing your progress in 2024 as I am all about keeping track of the numbers.
24MissWatson
Wishing you success with your plans!
26MissBrangwen
Small goals sounds like a good plan! Happy reading in 2024!
27psutto
I've spent the morning moving books from shelf to shelf in an aimless sort of way. I finished my current read, Traces of Enayat and didn't want to start a new book as I'll be getting some to unwrap tomorrow (I hope). I've been contemplating the challenge and wondering where to start. I have several years worth of reading on the TBR and need a plan. So my thinking is as follows - I shall prioritise thus: Hardback over Paperback, Person of Colour over white, woman over man. Then the mood read can lead - do I fancy non-fiction or fiction? Crime of Scifi etc...
My birthday is at the beginning of Jan, and again I'm hoping there'll be some books to unwrap. Following that I shall be back here to list what I got.
Happy Holidays!
My birthday is at the beginning of Jan, and again I'm hoping there'll be some books to unwrap. Following that I shall be back here to list what I got.
Happy Holidays!
28rabbitprincess
Looking forward to seeing what books are under the tree for you!
29dudes22
>27 psutto: - That sounds like a good plan. I'd like to get some hardbacks off my shelf too.
30psutto
late Xmas present/early birthday present - Known and strange things
31psutto
My current read is The condition of secrecy and I'm about to go on a trip (birthday treat) to Portugal so I'm going to try and read a book translated from Portugese I have on my TBR The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas. I'll be back next week to add all the books I got for my birthday to this thread and, no doubt, books I've bought in Lisbon (which is, by all accounts, a bookish city). But then from next Monday it's a strict no buy policy for the year. (let's see how that goes considering I'm going to Worldcon in August!)
32rabbitprincess
>31 psutto: I think a no-buy policy that makes exceptions for Lisbon and Worldcon is quite sensible! Enjoy your trip, and happy early birthday!
34psutto
I have read a TBR book - so my challenge now is to read a TBR fiction book - however I'll be reading my xmas and birthday book haul first.
35psutto
good news! I packed 4 boxes of (read) books and sold them to a second hand dealer
bad news! I accidentally bought a book today as I went into a bookshop to get a needed item
So -1 to the score - which currently stands at 0
But in not adding books to the TBR - so far have read 3 xmas books and 4 birthday books
But it's almost February so think next month will also be on a theme of xmas & birthday books to which I'll add the book I bought today - Illuminations
I'm currenty reading the history of the siege of Lisbon which was a birthday addition
bad news! I accidentally bought a book today as I went into a bookshop to get a needed item
So -1 to the score - which currently stands at 0
But in not adding books to the TBR - so far have read 3 xmas books and 4 birthday books
But it's almost February so think next month will also be on a theme of xmas & birthday books to which I'll add the book I bought today - Illuminations
I'm currenty reading the history of the siege of Lisbon which was a birthday addition
36Charon07
The History of the Siege of Lisbon is one of my favorite books, and it sealed José Saramago’s place as one of my favorite authors. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
37psutto
>36 Charon07: Not sure I enjoyed it as much as you but I did enjoy it
38psutto
Went to an event in a bookshop, won two books in a raffle - think that counts as not buying books :-)
Although I may have slipped and bought a few Tai Chi books as I'm learning that right now
Although I may have slipped and bought a few Tai Chi books as I'm learning that right now
39christina_reads
>38 psutto: Absolutely -- books you win or receive as gifts shouldn't count!
40psutto
I managed to read more in February than I expected to - but also splurged on buying books after the mostly drought of doing so in January and I really should stick to not acquiring new books... So, better luck in March!
Happy Leap Year extra day of reading!
Happy Leap Year extra day of reading!
41psutto
Read the first book I've rated 'Brilliant' in March - Mountain in the sea
42Charon07
>41 psutto: Bumping this one up on my TBR list!
43psutto
I had something in my eye at the end of this book which made the last few pages quite blurry. Recommended with warning...
A life with footnotes
A life with footnotes