Reading Goals 2016

I've always set unofficial reading goals, but this year, I think it's time to put them down officially this year.  

  1. One of my goals is always to read outside of the box.  I've attempted to do this in multiple ways.  At first, it was just to introduce a little more nonfiction into my life.  I found I loved well-written nonfiction about adventure, true crime, survival, and mystery.  I fell in love with Erik Larsen via Devil in the White City.  This year, I'm looking at fiction and nonfiction.  I want to introduce a little more historical and contemporary adult fiction into my line-up.  
  2. Read two to one - for every two library books I read, I need to read one book I own.  I'm a book hoarder.  I've come to terms with it.  I think part of me is waiting around for the apocalypse where I'll hunker down in my basement with my books and read read read read.  But I have more than enough books for a lifetime so I'll start whittling down my at home TBR piles.
  3. Read at least one galley a month.  I get access to so many advanced copies and galleys and I don't take full advantage of them.  I'm getting better, but am still not quite there yet and I'm planning on upping the number of galleys I read to up my feedback ratio.

That's it.  Nothing major or overly ambitious, but still things to work for in my reading.   I think most people wouldn't think to make goals for their reading, but it's part of my job, as a librarian, to know what's out there and what people might like.