Top Ten Tuesday - Bookish Resolutions

1/5/2016

This weekly frenzy of listing is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

I'm really not a big resolution-setter, but I have had success with the New Year's resolutions I have set on my blog in the past. I even posted about a couple of these successes last week. As mentioned in that post, I'm going to try to continue with those two resolutions (so most of this list might sound familiar if you are a regular visitor to my blog). But I am adding one new bookish resolution this year.

My New Year's Resolutions

- Comment on at least 5 blogs a week.
- Limit myself to buying an average of 5 books a month (yearly total is not to exceed 60 books).
- Start recording quotes I like from books I read. I've never really done this, but I would love to have this record of my reading. Now I just need to figure out how to make this feasible for me. Any tips from any of you quote-writers?

14 Comments

Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link

1/5/2016 09:29:05 am

It is so funny, I just posted about my resolutions last night - I had no idea it was the Top Ten for today.

I like your idea of recording quotes - I love them and try to keep them as well. Usually I go old school and write them somewhere. In high school, I had notebooks just filled with quotes that I liked. Now, they are usually sprinkled in among my journal pages. I know you can track them on Goodreads too. I think?

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2016 08:03:58 pm

Goodreads sound like a great idea. I didn't think of that one. I love the physical act of writing, though, so a notebook is very intriguing as well...

Jade @ Reading With Jade link

1/5/2016 10:09:30 am

Good luck with your goals, Julie, and the best of new years to you!

I'm the same as Erin, I make note of book quotes in notebooks - I like that it's kind of 'old school' now.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2016 08:04:43 pm

Happy New Year to you, too, Jade! I like the idea of having a special quote notebook. Now I just need to find one I like...

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

1/5/2016 11:28:12 am

I started a quote journal a few months ago and I'm loving it! I resisted the urge to start by adding a bunch of long-standing favorite quotes and instead am using it to write down quotes as I read books going forward as a sort of reading record. But you don't have to do that if you don't want to :)

I had a lot of leftover notebooks from my school days, but I purposely chose a journal that I like the look of and that I feel will make a nice keepsake. It's not too big, not too small and sort of looks like a book! I got it as a gift and sort of forgot about it until I was riffling through all my stationary "stuff" looking for something to use.

Whatever you decide, good luck with your goals and happy quoting :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2016 08:05:52 pm

I'll probably have the most success if I spend money on a special notebook. That way I'll have motivation to use it until it becomes habit. I like the sound of yours - it sounds just perfect for this! :)

Deanna link

1/5/2016 01:05:21 pm

Great goals! I hope you accomplish them all in 2016!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2016 08:06:48 pm

Thanks, Deanna!

Joann Downie link

1/5/2016 07:55:42 pm

I hope you will come visit, and I wish you lots of luck on your goals!!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2016 08:07:18 pm

Thanks, Joann!

1/7/2016 01:12:38 pm

Good luck with all of your 2016 goals!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/top-ten-tuesday-38/

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/8/2016 07:05:15 am

Thanks, JJ! :)

Kristen @ Metaphors and Moonlight link

1/9/2016 07:41:49 pm

Oh my goodness, I am a quote person. Before ebooks, I would just mark the pages and then, after finishing the book, type up all the quotes I liked on the computer. Well, I only did it sometimes since it was a lot of work. But that's one of the things I love about ebooks---I can highlight, and Amazon saves the quotes for me! Unfortunately I have no real tips for physical books.

I'm not big on resolutions either, but this seems like a good list!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/10/2016 04:11:45 pm

Ebooks would certainly make this easier! Maybe one of these years I'll actually convert to an ebook reader so I can keep my resolutions. :)

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