Pete does 2024

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Pete does 2024

1psutto
Nov 28, 2023, 8:57 am

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.

8psutto
Edited: Jul 29, 4:19 am

July

Reading
The vast extent
Tai Chi Journey
Chuang Tsu inner chapters
A Mountain to the north
Ninth Life
Leonard and hungry Paul
Scary Story

Books Acquired
Scary Story
Leonard and Hungry Paul
A mountain to the north
Ninth Life

9psutto
Edited: Aug 25, 9:05 am

11psutto
Edited: Nov 2, 10:53 am

October

Reading
Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet
Prophet
Xiu Yang
Chi Kung the way of energy
Pace yourself
wu style tai chi chuan
Xiu Yang
Cybertext
Celestial Bodies Rebecca Kaur
ISBN Coffee
Deeper inside zhan zhuang
somatic therapy
Li Po and Tu Fu poetry

Books Acquired
Come Sing for the Harrowing
The Image of the City
Writing the Murder
The Executioners Blade
ISBN Coffee
Mork Borg
Lucky for none
The shadow on the glass
Dark Horses
Create your author platform
People's guide to publishing
Solutions for novelists
The writer's idea book
The pocket muse
The pocket muse 2
spec fic for newbies 2
Superintelligence
The joy of movement
Yours to tell
In search of Hemmingway's meadow
Ghostwriting novels
Hua Hu Ching
the taoist art of k'ai men

14psutto
Nov 28, 2023, 9:06 am

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...

15psutto
Nov 28, 2023, 9:10 am

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...

16mstrust
Nov 28, 2023, 3:29 pm

I hope your goals go well, and happy reading!

17majkia
Nov 28, 2023, 3:48 pm

Good luck!

18VivienneR
Nov 28, 2023, 6:51 pm

>14 psutto: "1 in 1 out" sounds like a good plan! Happy reading!

19DeltaQueen50
Nov 28, 2023, 7:13 pm

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
Nov 28, 2023, 7:58 pm

Taking it one book at a time sounds like a good plan. Best of luck!

21lowelibrary
Nov 28, 2023, 8:00 pm

Good luck with your 2024 reading goals.

22christina_reads
Nov 29, 2023, 10:19 am

Hmm, I may have to try a "one in, one out" policy myself! Good luck with your 2024 reading!

23JayneCM
Edited: Nov 29, 2023, 9:45 pm

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.

24MissWatson
Nov 30, 2023, 5:34 am

Wishing you success with your plans!

25pamelad
Nov 30, 2023, 3:34 pm

All the best for reducing the tbr pile. Wishing you an enjoyable reading year.

26MissBrangwen
Dec 9, 2023, 11:38 am

Small goals sounds like a good plan! Happy reading in 2024!

27psutto
Dec 24, 2023, 10:33 am

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!

28rabbitprincess
Dec 24, 2023, 12:05 pm

Looking forward to seeing what books are under the tree for you!

29dudes22
Dec 24, 2023, 12:37 pm

>27 psutto: - That sounds like a good plan. I'd like to get some hardbacks off my shelf too.

30psutto
Jan 1, 7:07 am

late Xmas present/early birthday present - Known and strange things

31psutto
Edited: Jan 1, 7:14 am

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
Jan 1, 10:56 am

>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!

33psutto
Jan 6, 4:17 am

Added the birthday haul to the January post

34psutto
Jan 6, 4:52 am

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
Edited: Jan 27, 2:28 pm

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

36Charon07
Jan 27, 10:52 pm

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
Jan 29, 9:19 am

>36 Charon07: Not sure I enjoyed it as much as you but I did enjoy it

38psutto
Feb 15, 4:44 am

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

39christina_reads
Feb 15, 11:03 am

>38 psutto: Absolutely -- books you win or receive as gifts shouldn't count!

40psutto
Feb 29, 8:56 am

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!

41psutto
Mar 26, 12:47 pm

Read the first book I've rated 'Brilliant' in March - Mountain in the sea

42Charon07
Mar 26, 8:29 pm

>41 psutto: Bumping this one up on my TBR list!

43psutto
Apr 21, 6:42 am

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

44psutto
Jun 5, 4:01 am

I appear to be in a mid-year reading slump - think I need a fun book to jolt me out of it...

45rabbitprincess
Jun 16, 7:48 am

Hope you find a good fun book to bust that slump! My go-tos are usually crime novels.

46psutto
Jul 22, 3:55 am

Broke my slump with Leonard and hungry paul - I couldn't explain this book to you but it was heartwarming and beautiful despite, or maybe because, there is a silence at its heart and not much happens.

47psutto
Sep 30, 1:31 pm

Accidentally fell into a bookshop today - second hand one that apparently has been open a year in the old mall in the centre, but since I don't ever go to the old mall I've never spotted it, except today I went to get a flu jab in the pharmacy in the old mall...

I bought The tao of pooh and the te of piglet and Chi Kung the way of energy - traditonally October is pretty bad for the accumulation of books as I generally attend a couple of cons - and this year will probably be no different. I feel I did well earlier in the year but I'm going to have to face it, I'm going to have to retire to read all the books I'm accumulating now!

48psutto
Nov 26, 3:09 pm

How is it almost December? I guess I'd better set up a thread on the 2025 category challenge and try to do better next year on climbing mount TBR...

49psutto
Dec 26, 3:50 am

Every year I try and read my xmas and birthday haul before the end of the year (end 2025) so that I can fool myself that they're not really on the TBR

This year for Xmas I got 4 books (I'll get more for my birthday beginning of Jan)

a book of dreams
some answers without questions
like a fiery elephant
the game changers