Read 10 Classics

Back in my high-school glory days, I used to read classics all the time. But then I started reading less, and when I got back into it, it was mainly fantasy and YA contemporaries. I recently made a post with the classics I want to read in 2018, and hopefully, I can tick 10 out of that list. Or add new ones, but the main idea is that I want to enjoy classics again.

Read 8 Big Books

What do I mean by big books? Books over 500 pages. Last year I focused so much on quantity, I sometimes skipped over quality. And I`m not saying that all huge books are masterpieces. But for fantasy at least, more pages equal more world building and character development (or so I hope). A few big books that I have in mind are: "It", "The Final Empire", "War and Peace", "Strange The Dreamer" and "The Witching Hour". I obviously wanted to include "The Winds of Winter", but hey, it`s been pushed again. To 2020!!!!!!!

Participate in Non-Fiction November

Since I`m going back to Uni to get my master's degree, this will be quite easy to do. At the moment, I`m debating between a master degree in Digital Marketing or one in Politics/ Economics (Management of European Institutions, to be more specific). Regardless of what I decide, I`ll probably read some books for class, though I have a couple politics books that have been sitting on my TBR forever.

Read more literary fiction

I used to read more literary fiction when I was 16 than now at 28. I don`t know if it`s because I`m tired from work and I just want easy reads, but I mainly reach for YA (fantasy, contemporary, paranormal, you name it). I try to keep up with Haruki Murakami`s new releases, but other than that I`m behind on a lot of buzzing novels. In 2018 I want to read at least one adult literary fiction book per month, so if you have any recommendations from last year, let me know so I can catch up.

Start a Booktube channel

The scariest and yet most exciting thing I want to do in 2018, is to start a Booktube channel. I wanted to start one in 2017, but I let fear get the better of me. I was terrified that nobody would watch my videos, or worse, that people will say mean things. But until you try something, you can`t be sure of the outcome.

As for my blogging goals, I`d love to reach 80.000 pageviews. I`d also love to get my DA over 40. It would mean the world to me if I could reach 1k Bloglovin followers. Or 10k Instagram followers. But numbers are tricky, and they can never give you real satisfaction (plus, with all these changes, it's hard to increase your presence). I know I don`t have the biggest following, but I have a loyal group of online friends that I interact with regularly. And that means the world to me. Although it`s nice to have a specific goal to motivate you, the main thing I want to accomplish in 2018 is to still enjoy bringing out content.

Let me know in the comments what are some of your 2018 bookish resolutions. How many books do you want to read this year?

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