let's set some 2024 reading goals | bookish reflections + intentions
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
- hello loves,
happy freakin' new year! journals and micron pens have been sourced. the excel sheet has been considered, but put away ('cause this is not that serious), but let's sit down and set some 2024 reading goals and reading intentions, shall we? with a dash of chatty reading reflections, of course.
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Can Africans Write Millennial Fiction?
lareviewofbooks.org/article/c...
Scenes from an Open Marriage
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2...
The Crane Wife
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2...
A Moral Education: In Praise of Filth
yalereview.org/article/garth-...
Brick Literary Journal
brickmag.com
Bookshelf Reorganization Video
• bookshelf reorganizati...
mapping constellations, IG post
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0:00 intro
0:37 read 50 books
1:49 read with intention
5:44 read more men
7:21 quotes journal
10:55 annual bookshelf audit
11:58 read articles, essays, litmags
14:21 reading projects
17:56 shopping my shelves
20:34 mapping constellations
22:22 outro
see ya later, alligator
tags: #booktube #bookrecommendations #readinggoals #2024goals
Haha the gasps with reading more men made me laugh; love your videos !
Questioning my damn self, not gonna lie! Hahaha thank you for being here! ☺️
Your goal around reading articles speaks to me -- I really like to read magazines. Especially Oregon Humanities (free cultural mag for those with an Oregon address), The Sun, Yes!, and Bitch (tragically out of print now). They're the perfect thing to read when I get downtime at work.
I also find I learn a lot by reading articles, they introduce me to topics I wouldn't have sought out myself. And they're moreso about current events since books take longer to publish!
A goal of mine is to someday submit a story to one of the magazines I read.
Ok dropping all these mag recs, I appreciate you! Ive not heard of any of these! (except for Bitch 😭) I thinkkkk, since were talking 2024 goals, you should make this the year you submit! That would be so incredible and there's never gonna be a better time than right now. Peer pressure has officially begun!
I absolutely love how deep these reflections are goals are!! This is making me think to also explore non-bookish reads as well as have a low stakes journal spot. I agree that when I don’t put pressure on myself of making the journal look a certain way, more is written and ends up being precious. (Loved the vlog moment too)
Let's take on non bookish reading and low stakes journals together! Are you also subbed to a million and one newsletters. It might be a cool way to delve into some of those too! Honestly theres so much nonbookish content to get into! It makes me excited 😂
@@katsfieldnotes I am not but definitely going to look into the Paris review you mentioned! I need to tap back into the Atlantic as well. And maybe the New Yorker? So many options!
@@nisei.reader toooooo many options 😂 but yay too exploring!
"read more men" you're better than i am (i've tried my best in 2023 but i swear to god i'd always end up feeling personally attacked 😭). can't wait for your reviews tho
HAHAHA honestly I deeply support reading women exclusively!! Im wishing good excellent reading for all of us in 2024!
I've been a fan of your channel for a while, love this.
I think "Detransition" by Max Robinson hits 2b and 2c AND is a non-fiction book that will put your sharp reflection (overthinking? haha) skills to great use. The audiobook narrator has a great voice too. It was one of my fav books of 2023!
Hi Nico!! Happy to see you commenting, and thanks for watching! ☺️
And ok just looked this up and it sounds INCREDIBLE. And the fact that it was your fav?? I will carry this tripply whammy of a rec off with great care! I went to go see if my library has it available and they don't which is so strange. But I just put my request in for them to stock it lol. I hope you're having a great start to 2024!
this outfit is soooo cute and cozy!! major agree with not accidentally holding yourself back from chunkier/more challenging books!! same with reading more diversely as well - i feel like there are so many on my radar that i’m interested in but they’re not always what i have access to/pick up. i just picked up parable of the sower by octavia butler in an attempt to get out of my lit fic comfort zone and am enjoying it so far!!
i’m also attempting to use storygraph more but i think i like goodreads recommendations/suggestions more, and i find so many things from my gr friends. i wanted to try a commonplace/quotes journal last year but i got overwhelmed because i wanted to go back through all my past read books and write down quotes from all of them 😭 maybe i’ll try again this year. basically i feel like you were inside my brain for this entire video 😂
Totally! I think the buzzy stuff to tends to lean toward the homogenous so if were not being intentional, we end up just slipping by without ever getting to them! LOVE that youre reading parable of the sower (and enjoying it!) I am itching to pick that one up!
YES! Goodreads is more social! Even though I def follow less people on there? But I come away with recs (I dont think ive ever done that with storygraph actually) and omgosh I relate to that impulse! But im sorry that stopped you! Try again and just be super loosey goosey with it! Start it when you start it and fill it up when you fill it up. Honestly turning off all instinct toward perfectionism and doing the literal opposite of what I would normally do has worked like a charm 😂
I LOVE THIS! Your reflections and intentions are definitely inspiring me to think over my own. One I’ll be continuing from last year is reading around the world. Good luck with yours and Happy New Year! 😊
The silent peer pressure from watching other people set their intentions is maybe my fav thing so Im here for it! Were still in week one! And omgosh I love that intention!! There are just so so many stories out there. You too, love! Happy happy new year!! ☺️♥️♥️♥️
Oh PLEASE read some Steinbeck, especially East of Eden. It's one of the best books ever written, and I love all of Steinbeck generally. You'd probably also like his memoir, Travels With Charley! It's very funny and introspective and lovely.
On it!!!!!! 🫡 Between you and me, he's the dude Im maybe most curious about, and this comment has def got me shuffling him to the top of the stack haha. And I've not heard of that one, but will add to the list as well! Thank you for the rec (and the much appreciated peer pressure!)
Love the new reading journal! And I am excited to hear about your reading projects for the year, I think projects are a fun way to go about intentionality :)
Thank you Monika! Im excited to start them!!
The non “precious” quote journal, love it 😉. So many great goals Kat especially the ‘let reading take me where it will’ vibe. I’m kind of leaning towards planning as little as possible and ignoring new releases so I can focus on my shelves but we shall see 🤔
The minimalist approach to goals is one I truly respect!! There is a lot of beauty in uncovering what we already have in a super self-directed way! I hope your reading in 2024 is filllllled with bangers!
great goals!! You've inspired me to try and keep a book journal! also I highly recommend the magazines The Sun and Harper's (the latter is one of my all time fave 100% worth it. Incredible writing by really smart people!).
Ooooh good luck with the reading journal! I always imagine if were able to keep up with it, what a lovely experience it will be to flip through at the end of the year. And omgosh NOTED, Im looking it up right now!
I am all for goals to diversify my reading, especially since the books-per-year quickly ticks by if one doesn’t grab them by the bookmark and decide what books should be slotted for what. Looking forward to your reading year!
Totally totally agree! Intention-setting as bookmark-grabbing, though -- you win 😂 That tickled me so much, but so dang true! Time is moving wayyyy to fast but the goals are a nice way to anchor down a bit
Heh! A little heavy handed maybe, but I like the thought of dragging them into my tbr. I really liked your thought of mapping the constellations of your reading too, and the project with reading from the authors mentioned in other books. I’ve always thought of it as following a mystery map, that you get a new part of when you reach the X on the one you have. I think you said something similar about the way your reading branch out from what you’ve already read.
I just found your channel so I’m sorry if I’ve missed something you’ve talked about a lot before.
I love thinking about it as following a mystery map towards X! And omgosh, no worries! I'm happy you're here ☺️☺️
yes for reading more men! I read two young adult romances written by men and BOY OH BOY what a treat! Hoping to read Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby this year.
Its just sooooo different!! Its cool to read all of it honestly, I think for a while I leaned way to much in one direction. Goal is always to be mice and well-rounded! Ive heard PHENOMENAL things about that one, enjoy it (cant wait to hear your thoughts on it when you do!)
happy new year! may your reading goals be well blessed! these are so good
love a quotes journal (my "journal" is a convoluted combo of the back half of my daily journal, sometimes the daily content of that aforementioned journal, photos & a miscellany of entries in my notes app) -- yr journal is beautiful, and yay for eschewing preciousness
I'm reading/talking about east of eden this year with roisin, if you want to dip into that masculine chunko 🤓
Happy new year! And that sounds like a place you land in frequently -- which I think is the only requisite of a successful journal so youre doing the thing, Sophie! I honesly love how lived-in your writing process/note keeping seems
WAIT YES. When are yall reading??
@@katsfieldnotes february/march !
@@bibliosophie hellllll yes! Im in!
Kat, this was so much fun. Steinbeck’s East of Eden is one of the books I have on my whiteboard this year…a focus book 😊. I love your intentional intentions here. It’s really fun to have some over-arching ones that still allow whim. I love it.
Aw, thanks so much! And it seems like a lot of us will be tackling East of Eden this year, I'm very excited for it! And totally! That's what it's all about -- reading without whimsy is ... homework. We rebuke that, no homework here! Thanks again for watching! ☺️
You explained your reading goals so eloquently, I loved the video, it made me reflect about reading goals and Goodreads ✌️✌️By the way Elena Ferrante is my addiction, the Naples saga is impeccable 😘😘
Hiiii! Thats exactly why I love these kinda of videos -- whenever I watch them I go back to all my goals too 😂 AND YES. Nothing comes close to the perfection of that saga, it was incredibleeeeee (i miss it everyday I swear!)
Such great goals! I'm with you on reading more men and shopping my shelves. Shopping my shelves most importantly because book buying addiction is so real lol
The book buying is SO REAL. Its hard too, because it really is such a lovely habit. But when it bends to mostly just book aquisition without the reading part (which Im def feeling) its time to make some changes 😂
love this! i also feel that talking about books online sometimes has me picking up books that are overly hyped but as long as i don't get swept up into it, it all works out. seduction and betrayal is a good taster of criticism w/ a focus on women in lit. joanna bigg's book was such an interesting reading! i like the idea of doing reading projects vs challenges. mapping constellations in your reading is such a great way to describe how i ended up reading so much about marriage last year lol
I try to be strong, but sometimes its just so easy to dropkick the intentions for the pretty shiny buzzy things 😂 and oooooh, ok just added to the list, thank you for the rec!! And yes! I feel like a lot of us do it intuitively, but having that explicit anchor and motivation is always so so nice! Curious to see what your constellations will be this year!
Long live PRK. Definitely read Empire of Pain if you haven’t yet!
This is officially my new favorite comment. Long live PRK, indeed. And ok, noted 🫡 I wasn't super interested in the topic, but for our hero, I will
I love the reading journal setup! I keep saying I’m going to do one, and then never do… lol 😆
New year, new us Laura! I say you start one, no frills (hi hello peer pressure is hereeee) Lets let this be the year we successfully start/keep a lil journal!
@@katsfieldnotes I’m in! 💕🎉✨ thanks so much for your kindness + encouragement!
Great goals, Kat! I love the similarities we have in a few of our reading goals. 🫶🏽Not the “toxic wellness culture” 😂 A private goal I set for myself is to keep a reading journal. We shall see how this goes.😅 🤦🏽♀️ I really like the idea of a quotes journal. Good luck, and happy reading!
Listen, they really had me notion-ing and waking up in the middle of the night! I fell for it! And oooooh, going back to the roots! Are you gonna make it scrapbook like, or bare bones it? Either way, good luck with the journal! I think thats a wonderful practice to have! You too, happy reading!
Girl, I have no idea how to approach this journal. I'm already overwhelmed and I haven't even started it yet lol... I might take the easy way out and just buy one lmbo@@katsfieldnotes
@@joycewesley ok but there are some cayuteeeee ready made reading journals so 👀
I am so excited I watched this bc I too read white authors and I’m going to also go on a more diverse reading journey this year!
Wait also I want to read more… men 🤣 I love reading books by female authors bc I know that we weren’t able to write back in the day but I love thrillers so I think I might read Riley Sager stuff!
Yesssss! To reading diversely in 2024! And totally! I think its reallt just about reading a little bit of everything and not falling into redundancy in our reading (alll white authors, alllll women authors) and ive heard people have a timeeeeeeee with sager! It seems like youre in for a treat! I hope you enjoy it!
She’s hemingway curious!!! Google sheets is prob the best book tracking method but the lack of social media where you can publicly humble brag throws a significant wrench into that idea. Ooo a minivlog within this vid!
Love everything about this vid and your intentions, raymond carver included 🥲 Im also in a read less/more mindfully mode so much so that as of 4 days into the month i have started zero books which is really saying something. Love the journal hope you raw dog it real good in the name of realness 😇 oo i just got the joanna biggs that i wanna read this yr! Im not a podcast gal whatsoever but ik nathan gushes about melissa broder’s. Excited for your 2024 vids, Kat!
Omg I'm going to start identifying as hemingway curious the way I CACKLED. And omgosh do you also have an abandoned google sheet? Im just now realizing that it is most likely abandoned because you're right, if there's no flag waving, what's the point!?!?
Oooh Im curious what your takeaway from slowing down will be! I feel like youre incredibly thoughtful with all the books you read now tho. Congrats on zero books, honestly a feat! 😂 and ive been meaning to add that one to the rotation, let me go do that now! I owe you texts I will be back!
Oooo I love this, Kat! 100% with you on sci-fi, fantasy and def want to get back into some philosophy too. Re: men…the verdict is still out on that 😂 I’ve been setting aside Sunday mornings to go through my newsletters, RSS feeds/blogs, articles I’ve saved throughout the week, etc and it’s a really nice way to slow down. The mapping constellations concept is such gold. And yes yes yes to A Room of One’s Own!
Also can we talk about that B-roll interlude to McNally and back?? Cinema🤌🏽
She’s an editing queeeeeen
Ok if you do end up picking some philosophy up, pleaseeeee share some titles! I just started reading a book and Im like wow philosophical thought without any sociological context is kinda insufferable????? But Im going to keep trying 😂 I LOVE that!! Omg, and tacking on newsletters is a wonderful idea as well. So many neglected gems in my inbox. And YAYYYY! Let me go dm you one sec
Hahahha thank you for appreciating my lil interlude 😂
I can’t believe I missed your visit to McNally! Great pick of a notebook! I loved keeping a quotes journal in the past and I might be tempted to do the same except this time I’m thinking going with a tiny notepad that way it fills up the page with one single quote but not sure yet 😅
WAIT Do you work at location?! I had no idea!!!! Im very glad that one was still there because my very rigid heart was set on it 😂 and ooooh I think the tiny notepad is also an excellent hack! I think you should go for it!
@@katsfieldnotes yup I’m over at Rockefeller ☺️ you can find me bookselling it up mon-wed, and on Saturdays - lmk whenever you visit, I’m happy to share my employee discount! Btw your hype for Irish fiction on your channel always has me going over to that section to tidy things up so hopefully it wasn’t too disheveled when you went 😇
@@prettymuchbooks omg! thats the closest mcnally to me so I will DEF be stopping by to say hi! Idk why in my brain I thought you were a brooklyn-er!!! And no I am CACKLINGGGGG. It seemed pretty orderly to me when I went! Hahaha Im sad I missed you but we'll see each other soon! (Also who is responsible for the women on the verge staircase shelf collection? Give them a hug for me)
Big yes to seeking more diversity in books
Definitely!!! Stepping out from under the homogenous hypebeast for a sec cause I know theres a tonnnnn of wonderful art out there
Hola hola! I'm rewatching this with my journal cuz I was so inspired! jaajaja
"self-directed," spreadsheets, "explicit goals" -- love da nerdy lingo!! appreciate u letting ur freak flag fly when it comes to books
which Spanish book did u wanna read!?!?!? when are we reading Gabo??? (fits ur reading-men --eek-- goal too jajajajajajaja)
totally agree re: reading diversely + seeking out international books that do not center the US!
Patty pop-up!! woop!!!
I wanna go to McNally!!!! That journal is prettayyy
"She feels a little different to me." 😂
Doesnt she though?!?? 😂😂😂
If you are interested in Sci Fi and Fantasy. Since you are a literary fiction reader, I think Little Big by John Crowley, anything by Ursula LeGuin, or The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell will be great.
Eeeeeep, this is what Im talking about! You guys are truly the best! Ok I just ran to google and The Sparrow sounds soooo fascinating! I'd really really like to pick up some LeGuin too! I feel myself leaning towards The Dispossessed. Do you have a fav by her?? Thanks again for leaving these recs, I so appreciate it! (and thanks for watching! ☺️)
Im 45 pages in to A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway and I'm really enjoying it. (Genre - Literary Non Fiction)
Ok yessssss, I am so happy to hear it. Im gonna be right behind you soon because I am soooo dang curious about that book in particular!
@@katsfieldnotes reading it makes me think of the movie Midnight In Paris - Rachel McAdams is in it - great movie!!
I seldom read literary criticism anymore. But I’m planning to read Twain’s _Huckleberry Finn_ this year so I’ve ordered _Was Huck Black?_ just to get a little background on it, though I’m committed to reading it.
Was that something you read a lot of before? Ive seen people mention that readers today are so unfamiliar with lit crit and it really made me take a step back. But I love that you're pairing the criticism alongside your reading of the book! Super intentional and self-study-esque!
@@katsfieldnotes It was indeed something I read a fair amount of. Even today, if I really like a book (meaning generally a classic) I look around to see what I can find that’s written about it. Just something - not looking to be exhaustive. With Twain, I meant I’m not committed to reading the criticism, but given the novel’s iconic stature, I’m sure it will be worth diving into, whether I like the book or no.
“Read more…men” 😂😂
Im not proud of it but I am looking forward to it😂
African author recommendations: A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Oooooh thank you for this I really appreciate it! ♥️♥️♥️ Ive seen both of these floating around bookstagram, so curious to see what theyre about!
Have you read any Claire Keegan? Not a man obviously but I think you might like the Irish voice.
Also “read more men”? No they’ve had enough readers lol
Love your idea of reading projects such as the Biggs and Tolentino books and referenced female writers. That will be really interesting to follow.
I just read my first Keegan last month! I did Small Things Like These and really enjoyed it. Do you have a favorite Keegan?! I'm on the (very long lol) queue for her new collection, but am so curious which you liked best!
HAHA honestly, I cannot be even a little mad at this statemet. I respect it 😂
And I'm excited to start it! I do realize Im just giving myself homework assignments, but that's ok 😂
@@katsfieldnotes that’s my favourite Keegan and the one I’d recommend starting with. Try ‘Foster’ next, or for her short stories ‘Antarctica’ and ‘Walk the Blue Fields’.
@@FiReadsBooks i was reading an article about keegan this morning and they were detailing Antartica, so I appreciate this reinforcement. Ive never requested a book so fast 😂 Lovely to know Small Things Like These was your fav!
"they've had enough readers" yes maa'm 🖤🌔
@@Nico5890 😂😂😂
I think you would really enjoy: Daily Rituals: Women At Work by Mason Currey
Non- Fiction
And male author! Lol
Hahaha a double whammy! Ok I just looked this up and it sounds incredible?!? Thank you so so much for the rec, Im definitely adding it to my little notes app list!
@@katsfieldnotes it really is incredible!! Each woman's creative routine/ritual is summed up in 1-3 pages. 🙂
Goal 7 is just screaming Deborah Levy’s living autobiography (if you haven’t read them yet)
Ok I have to give Levy another chance! I wasn't the biggest fan of the first in the trilogy but I'm def just going to finish it because Ive heard toooo many good things about it and have FOMO 😂
@@katsfieldnotes If you've tried it, that's fair! I am sure the time will come.
unsubbed after you said reading books by men
lmao jk then you mentioned Baldwin and i was like aight she got my sub back
😭😭😭
also yes yes yes to more lit crit! and lit mags! i feel like they bridge the experience between reader and writer and have us think more critically less of the book, but of the world. and how to move through it. i hope to look at more essays and lit crit with mags and online pubs this year.
such beautiful goals. by the sounds of it, i know you'll have a rich reading year. can't wait to see what you pick up in 2024!
Honestly, I deserve it and accept it 😂
That is the PERFECT way to put it -- totally totally agree. And there is this grit and like the glint of something wild (in the best way) in the writing Ive encountered in lit mags. Less cordoned, maybe. It deserves more of our attention!
Likewise! Cant wait to see what you get into in 2024!
I HOPE 2024 IS DIFFERENT
also i love your sweater so much its perfect
yes yes yes to reading across genres (me saying that to me too)
the way we all gasped when you said MEN
you freaking KILL ME stockholm syndrome with goodreads 💀
you are brave i do believe in u