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Feel free to move this if it isn't the right place, I wasn't sure where to put it. I wanted to know if anyone else had reading resolutions for the year. I usually set a target number to aim for but this year I decided to list 12 thing (one per month) for me to try and accomplish. Here they are

1. Read To Kill a Mockingbird. I've never read it before

2. Reread The Great Gatsby. I want to reread it before the film is out

3. Read a Stephen King novel. I've never read one of his before. My friend recently bought me Dolores Claiborne so I might try that one.

4. Read Rebecca, I've seen the Hitchcock film and loved it so I'm going to read it.

5. Read a James Joyce book. Not sure which one.

6. Read Postcards from the Edge, I keep starting it and get distracted.

7. Read a Marian Keyes book. I've never read anything by her, probably will try Watermelon.

8. Read The Secret History by Donna Tartt

9. Read Coraline

10. Read Middlesex

11. Read a Terry Pratchett book

12. Read a book from the first page of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Popular Classic Fiction (as long as it's not one of the books above).

Phew! Hopefully I can achieve these goals! I'm also aiming for 30 books.

Have you any resolutuions?

My resolution is simple - to read more books than I read last year! I gave myself a challenge to read a book a month in 2012 to earn myself a kindle (I read 15 books and I got 2 kindles from my husband through the year). So I've set my challenge to 20 books.

I would also like to finish The Colour of Magic and The Book Thief as they've sat unfinished for most of 2012.

:)

^Hope you get those books finished, I just finished one there that I started in 2009! (I did restart it again though).

My challenge / resolution is to read a wider variety of authors, and not be afraid to try new genres. And I have to say that at the moment, I'm not doing too badly, as I'm now reading Miltary history and more horror... I also plan to read 1984 - I've never managed to complete this book!

There are some great books in your list, Breige. Middlesex was one of my top reads from last year, I totally loved it, and Watermelon is brilliant, probably my favourite Marian Keyes book.

I want to read another big Russian classic; I read Anna Karenina last year so maybe War and Peace (eek!). I'd like to read another Thomas Hardy novel and something by Dickens too. I haven't ever read a Dickens novel (I don't count school reading as that was under duress!) so if anyone's got any suggestions where to start I'd love to hear them! A funny one would be good to ease me in gently. :-)

I'd also like to read something by Murukami, another book by Jeffrey Eugenides, some more Neil Gaiman, Sarah Waters and Margaret Atwood. Another busy year then!

It is a great list. I just need 6, 8 and 10 to complete it so it must be a list that agrees with me:) Oh and I have read about the first four stories in Dubliners but it became a bit of a chore. I will endevour to read at least a story a month since it did have something to it that I can't quite explain. (view spoiler)[I also enjoyed the epiphany theme (hide spoiler)]

One of my favourite books from last year was The Great Gatsby and by the end I just couldn't put it down. I love my comic book films and we managed to get Imax tickets for Batman - there I was kindle in hand the whole drive to the cinema and while waiting to go in. I wanted to read it as soon as I saw the trailer and started to read it and then the dates changed. Gatsby truly fascinated me and I loved how the story felt like unravelling a present. I was tempted to buy the Folio Society edition of but I really like the design of the F Scott Fitzgerald books by penguin and bought the Tender is the Night edition above to start me off. The characters are quite dull so far and it didn't hook me so I have put it to the side for now - I think I might just need more of a gap after loving Gatsby so much.

I want to try and read all the unread books on my shelf, there are quite a few Agatha Christie's and a couple of Margaret Atwood's

Definitely just to read all my unread books, before I buy any more and fill my house with books that will wait months to be read!

Kirsty wrote: "It is a great list. I just need 6, 8 and 10 to complete it so it must be a list that agrees with me:) Oh and I have read about the first four stories in Dubliners but it became a bit of a chore. I ..."
thanks! The Great Gatsby is the only book on my list to reread but I am definitely going to take it slowly and try and absorb everything as I can barely remember what happened! I do love the covers of those Folio Society books, so pretty!

Sophia wrote: "There are some great books in your list, Breige. Middlesex was one of my top reads from last year, I totally loved it, and Watermelon is brilliant, probably my favourite Marian Keyes book.

I want ..."
thanks, I hope I can finish the list! I've already read a Stephen King book (Dolores Claiborne) and have already read Watermelon as well. In fact, I enjoyed Watermelon so much I've read the next 3 Walsh family books, just waiting on
The Mystery of Mercy Close to come in at the library. And now that you've mentioned Russian classics, I must give one of those a go at some stage!

I've hit my 30 books!! Though only 2 out of 12 reading goals so far

Well done!

I've dropped way behind while relocating but is addictive:)

Kirsty wrote: "Well done!

I've dropped way behind while relocating but is addictive:)"

thanks! And yes that book is brilliant, I really enjoyed it

My goal this year is to read 60 books.

Leonie wrote: "My goal this year is to read 60 books."

How many have you read so far?