The Book Vipers discussion

I'm going to avoid too many goals this year to leave room for challenges and random reading so .....

1. Short Stories. Hadn't read any short stories for many years but enjoyed a couple of volumes that I picked up in 2016 so aim to read 10 collections, as varied as possible

2. Non fiction Aiming for 15 NF books this year, again as varied as possible

3. Owned books Really need to reduce these. To make it more fun, I will let the Goodreads random sort feature choose me 1 physical and 1 Kindle from my owned shelves each month.

That's it. Wish me luck!

Good luck indeed

Good goals!

Short, sweet and perfectly formed challenge Pamela

If you need NF inspiration, please ask

Thanks all

Paul wrote: "If you need NF inspiration, please ask"
Will do, Paul.

I can highly recommend Neil Gaiman for the short stories. I'm currently reading "Smoke and Mirrors" which is beautifully creepy.

Charlotte wrote: "I can highly recommend Neil Gaiman for the short stories. I'm currently reading "Smoke and Mirrors" which is beautifully creepy."

Oh thanks for the recommendation Charlotte, I do have that on my Kindle. I'll make that one of the 10

The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-fiction for non fiction too

Paul wrote: "The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-fiction for non fiction too"

That looks interesting too. Think I will see if my library has it.

Well I managed to beat 2 out of 3 of my goals so a good year. I read 13 collections of short stories, I preferred the collections with varied authors rather than a collection by a single author. I read 23 books of non fiction, and am going to try to exceed that in 2018.

I was completely useless at reducing my owned books and have more than I started the year with! So that one is carried forward too.