I love making plans. I delight more in planning than the actual execution of my plans. And when it comes to reading, I try my best to be more flexible in deciding what books I want to read next. However, I have some goals I would like to achieve in the next few months, so I thought why not make a post about it?
General reading plans
Read more books during commuting.
As I mentioned in my February wrap up, I’ve recently started my full-time internship, meaning that I have to commute every weekday for around 30 minutes. I try to make most of that time reading instead of staring into nothing or listening to music. My goal is to read my e-ARCs and listen to my audiobooks in this allocated time.
Read more books at night before going to bed.
This was a habit I used to have several years back, but somehow I fell out of it. It’s mainly because I recently got addicted to a PC game called Stardew Valley, and I would play it for hours until I realise that it’s already midnight and I’d hurriedly go to sleep. I hope I’ll have more self control in the future, and divide my time to playing for a couple of hours and reading before I go to bed.
Do not rush on the audiobooks.
I am loving this whole audiobook thing. I’ve only started, but I do realise that in the future I don’t want to have the monthly Audible subscription because it’s just too expensive for me. So, I hope I can read one audiobook per two months, which means I have to slow down when I’m listening to my books so that I won’t finish it in only a week and have nothing to listen to for the following one and half months.
Watch more book to movie adaptations.
I try to watch many movies from all kinds of genres, but I’ve always wanted to watch a lot of book to movie adaptation. It doesn’t even have to be a book that I have read already, but just any book! Some movies I’m interested in include: The Glass Castle, The Remains of the Day, and Tulip Fever.
Join a readathon.
I love readathons, and it’s been ages since I’ve joined one! I need to be more proactive and actually look for upcoming readathons, but I hope I can do at least one readathon (preferably one that happens for a week!) in the next few months, just to boost my read books count.
Books to read
Of course these aren’t all the books I plan to read in spring, but I hope to at least start reading these ones in the near future. I’ll definitely keep these books in mind when I’m deciding which books to read next.
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (currently reading)
- The Power by Naomi Alderman
- The Visitor by KL Slater
- The Retreat by Mark Edwards
- Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
What are your reading plans for spring? Let me know in the comments!
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I really want to read Stay with Me too. I’m so curious about it. I’ve been waiting for the paperback to be published, but I’m getting impatient.
I had to cancel my Audible subscription because it was too expensive for me too considering that I don’t read so many audiobooks. I mostly use them to reread books and plan to stick to doing so.
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I am excited for Stay with Me as well! The paperback is already out! I have it in my bookshelf 🙂 It’s available in the Book Depository.
I don’t read audiobooks that much either, that’s why I plan to only join the Audible subscription that pays for only once every two months 🙂
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Oh, sorry, I meant I’m waiting for the US cover in paperback. I like the bright colors. 🙂
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Ah, I see! I like both covers, they all look gorgeous ❤
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I always plan to read when I travel but I’m usually too tired, plus I get motion sick 😔
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Oh no, that’s such a shame 😦 I also get motion sickness, but only on cars. I can function perfectly in the train or the plane. I once finished a whole book on a trip while waiting for my delayed plane and also during my flight!
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I can read on trains but they’re too expensive, so I only get on coaches. 😔 That’s impressive tho, good job haha! x
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Hope your internship is going well 🙂 And I do think commuting is a great time to read 😀 I’m really curious about all the books on your tbr and have wanted to see remains of the day for years- I just keep forgetting!
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Thank you so much! Best of luck for my reading in the future 🙂 I’ve always been planning to watch it too, but never gotten round to it.
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Joining a readathon sounds like so much fun! I should think about doing one as well. 🙂
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Definitely! I can’t find any that’s really close by, though.
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Maybe there’s an online one that would work for you?
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Yes, I mean close by in terms of time 🙂
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OOh okay, sorry. 😀 Well you could always start one!
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Awesome goals! Reading before bed is how I get most of my reading done. And I’m also just getting started on audiobooks and really enjoying them so far.
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Exactly, I try my best to read more at night lately. Best of luck with audiobooks!
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I’m looking forward to Stay With Me — I just convinced my book group to read it this summer! 🙂 The Power is really interesting — it’s a pretty quick read, but with lots to think and talk about afterward. Good luck with your spring reading!
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I find reading before bed makes me suuuper sleepy, but I try to do it anyway! At the moment, that’s the only time I can get any reading in during the week so I have to battle on through those droopy eyelids :p
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Yes! I started listening to audiobooks whenever I am walking to class and I am able to go through so many more because of all that time that I would just spend walking otherwise. I highly suggest Overdrive (an app) since it connects to the library and then you don’t have to pay for your audiobooks. I also want to do more readathons. Thanks for sharing!
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