Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels discussion

Seeing how we have a pretty solid group and we keep growing, I was curious to hear if anyone has any resolutions or goals for this year? I personally say "goals" as it seems to hold more water for me than "resolutions".

My personal goals are:
To read 60 books this year (that's a lower than my normal yearly totals, but I'm also going to be a dad this year...so not totally sure how much time I'll have to read.)
To practice German everyday on Duo Lingo. I want to have a 365 day streak!
To become more active. I'd like to do something everyday.

My personal goals are:
- to work more... I feel I spend too much time on social networks to the determent of my job :)
- to continue to study. Last year I learnt R and I plan to continue
- to read 120 books [I include some short stories here, so it is not as impressive as it sounds]
- to enjoy life :)

My resolution is to go out and take a walk everyday as opposed to the walks that are just involved in everyday life.

I do want to read more and watch less TV, but I'm not sure how long that will last . . .

I want to watch more TV and read less! There are some really good shows I've missed (Handmaid's tale, for example). I set my goal to 50 books, which is a bit less than this year.

I also started to meditate, and am (naturally) reading a book about that.

I also have a half-resolution that I don't dare fully commit to, and that is to write a book of my own this year. We'll see how that goes.

Antti wrote: "I want to watch more TV and read less! "

Reading is better than watching - most people rarely re-wind, but many re-read paragraphs they like. With a show - you missed it and its gone, you cannot wander a bit

Antti, there is a group that writes a novel every year in november. A friend of mine has done it. It's done as a way to get amateur authors to write. I will try to find out more about it if you are interested.

And I will be glad to beta test anything you write.

If it's in English . . . :-)

Kate: You're talking about NaNoWriMo? Thank you, but I'm actually more interested in writing non-fiction. There are a couple of subjects I've written several articles on, and I think I could work from those into a full-length book.

That sounds like a great idea, to lengthen a great article into more. I'll still beta read if you want

Thank you very much for the offer, but I'm afraid I'll be writing in Finnish.

Ah well then, pidä hauskaa!!

My goal is 110 books read in 2019, improving on my 103 of last year. Not off to a great start but I'll catch up. I also want to paint more, especially outdoors, and move a step closer toward retiring.