Your reading goals/aspirations in 2014?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

Do you have a specific plan of attack for your reading this year? Any Literary Mount Everests you intend to conquer this year?

[Arielle Rae]

Since I finally got an e-reader on Christmas, my goal is to read more e-books!

[Jonetta]

I plan to get my NetGalley books to zero by the end of the year. Right now, it's my mountain.

[Lanie (Lanies Book Thoughts)]

I wanna finish up all the series that I've started by summer, so I can get into some new ones:D!

[Andrea]

I'm easing way back on my challenges for 2014. I felt a bit overwhelmed last year. It was good to stretch myself but I don't want to overdo it. Best of luck to everyone!

[Teen]

One goal is to avoid cliffhangers until all the books are out. I found myself so frustrated last year because of this.....I. Did a lot of re-reading book 1 or 2 in preparation for a new release to remind me what happened because the next book release date was sooooo far out I. Would forget. Again, frustrating. This wasted a lot of time that could have been spent reading new books.

[Danielle Book Boss]

I just want to read more than I did last year. I usually only get to four books a month. I'd like to do at least 6.

[Jessica]

I had to cut back my reading goal from last year because I got a new job and I don't get to read as much as I did before. But, I still have a pretty goal goal, I think, so that is what I am concentrating on. Good Luck everyone!

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

I too will be cutting back on my reading. I'm trying to put in more hours working out and books don't go well in the pool. But I am still working for 2 books a week.

[Sonya]

Read more romantic suspense! It's allegedly my favourite subgenre, but I've hardly read any of it recently.
I think it's because so many books marketed as RS are actually straight contemporaries or paranormal books... I got tired of being disappointed.

[Anne]

Mine is to read more. I feel like I got sucked into so many bad TV shows last year that I really gotta cut back. Haha Plus I want to discover some new series. Branch out from my rotation of the same authors. :)

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

@Teen, I hate cliffhangers. I think it's just a hackneyed device to sell more books.

@Sonya, I feel that way about historical romance. It's my favorite subgenre and I hardly read much of it anymore.

[Wendy]

I have four reading goals this year:

1. Read more from my own TBR (1500+ owned with 90% not read!). I am a library manager of a medium sized public library - so this will probably be my biggest challenge!

2. Not buy any more books from series that I haven't even started reading yet! eg. I have all 8 books in The Raines of Wind Canyon, all 15 books in Donna Grant's Dark series' etc. etc. and because I haven't read ANY, I don't know if I will even like them.

3. To read more than I read last year. I was in a complete reading funk for months and it was horrid.

4. To (TRY) and not re-read previous books in a series before reading the next one. This is killing me. I am so behind in every series except In Death and Mercy Thompson just because I continue to re-read the start of a series. eg. I have read Kiss of crimson 4 times!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I had a terrible reading slump last year, so I feel your pain, LibraryLass.

[Wendy]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "I had a terrible reading slump last year, so I feel your pain, LibraryLass."

Isn't it awful @Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads)? My daughter who, like me, is a big reader was concerned I was sick! It was just simply being too stressed and tired to even be bothered picking something to read. So NOT doing that this year! Are you out of your slump now?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

So far, it seems to have ended. Thankfully, a couple of difficult reads I've had so far this year hasn't put me off reading. It was intensely painful to go through that reading slump.

[Sonya]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "@Sonya, I feel that way about historical romance. It's my favorite subgenre and I hardly read much of it anymore."

If I didn't get them as review books, I wouldn't be reading anywhere near as many historicals. Because all the covers and the blurbs are so samey, it's hard to pick the good from the bad in HR.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I tend to stick with authors I enjoy (and my owned and Harlequin Historicals), other than the review books nowadays. I am trying to make a note of the standout authors.

[Jenny]

I would like to get through some of my TBR pile and read a lot more of the books I already have on my ereader. I would like to finish off or at least catch up on a number of my series. Way too many books not enough time in the day.

[Awilk -never sleeps-]

I think my main goal is to try and read a lot of the books I already own. I keep seeing new books here on GR that I buy and read straight away, but that isn't getting the pile of books that I already own down much. There is also a few series that I want to catch up on.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I would like to do more pleasure reading this year, since I have been doing a lot of reviewing the past couple of years.

[Sonya]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "I would like to do more pleasure reading this year, since I have been doing a lot of reviewing the past couple of years."

This is a good goal, actually. I've been getting some odd review requests in the past couple of months, and I feel like I should accept the books even though they don't interest me. I have to remind myself I do this for fun, and that I'm not duty-bound to read books I don't want to read!

[Angie Elle]

My goal is to not fall for the blurbs on New Adult books. The blurbs seem to be so much better than the actual books. There are a lot of misses in that genre for me.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

@ Sonya, it's hard with review books. You feel like you have to finish them no matter what. I want to try to get some stuff in there I choose to read as well.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

Angie wrote: "My goal is to not fall for the blurbs on New Adult books. The blurbs seem to be so much better than the actual books. There are a lot of misses in that genre for me."

I know what you mean. I am getting more picky about books and looking harder at the blurbs.

[MaryReadsRomance]

Teen wrote: "One goal is to avoid cliffhangers until all the books are out. I found myself so frustrated last year because of this.....I. Did a lot of re-reading book 1 or 2 in preparation for a new release to..."

I had this issue too. Some of these trilogies or worse yet "string alongs" cost me too much in time and money and frankly due to the gaps, enjoyment as well.

Seems to be the nature of the beast right now in romance so I have gone back to reading older books where a series is just that - complete books with a beginning and an end with a linking via character references etc. So hoping to avoid books that are just arbitrarily split into segments called "novellas" but really aren't..

[Ann]

Find and Try at least 10 new authors. No more young adult. Ugg :-P no cliff hanger novels.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I feel you on the cliffhanger, Ann!

[✿ Natalie ✿]

This year I'd like to stop re-reading parts of books and/or going back over a scene so much! Whilst for a very exciting scene it can be worth it, oftentimes when I think I must 'check out that bit again to make sure I got all the info' it just extends the length of the book out longer when I could have got onto reading something else quicker!
Also to read more of the books on my to-read shelf.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I used to reread scenes out of my favorite books a lot. Kind of miss it. I have gotten jaded about romance because the newer ones don't seem as romantic, so I think revisiting my faves would help. Wish I had time though.

[✿ Natalie ✿]

Ooh I do that too, going back to re-read a favourite book scene from beloved books! There are some books that I get out and read my fave bits of every so often just for a quick pick me up or giggle!
However keep re-capping scenes on most the books I read throughout the year starts to waste alot of time lol! I need to save it just for the good ones :-)

[Sonya]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "I used to reread scenes out of my favorite books a lot. Kind of miss it. I have gotten jaded about romance because the newer ones don't seem as romantic, so I think revisiting my faves would help...."

You, know, I'm sort of finding that a bit. I've started six books this week (and it's only Tuesday night!). I keep thinking, not this again.

I know there's a lot of interesting new stuff out there, but when the covers all look the same and the blurbs often read the same, it's hard to know where to find them..
Thank God for NetGalley or I'd be buying a lot of books I never finish!

[Sonya]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "I have gotten jaded about romance because the newer ones don't seem as romantic, so I think revisiting my faves would help...."

Oh, and yep, there's a distinct lack of romance. Even authors who used to write romantic books seem to be adding more and more sex instead. From what I've heard it's mostly the publishers' fault. They're making authors put in more of that. Personally, I' prefer the character development stuff...

I still do reread favourite scenes a lot - because of the changes in newer books.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I do feel that publishers have realized how much erotica is selling, so they are pushing authors to write erotica and add erotica to their typical romance books. I think it's going to backfire.

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

I think they are going a bit overboard there. Sometimes I want a story. Not sex on every page.