It's probably too early be to thinking of this since it is just the start of May (she said optimistically). I have been thinking about my reading piles and my reading plans for this year. I know not everyone makes plans and I do try and keep mine on the very light side and open to change as the year passes, but there are books and stories I was/am very keen on pursuing and a few types of books that I really wanted to make a good attempt at.
So another question for you. At least for those who do plan a little. . . Have you also been thinking of your reading thus far this year? Have you felt like you've done very astray or are on track or have taken a new direction and are generally pleased with the books you've read so far? I have two (well three really) reading plans that seem to just be sitting there and not taking off as I had hoped. Maybe it's just not the year for these things . . .
I love short stories, but have been vastly horribly neglectful of them despite having a whole stack of potentially wonderful story collections. And I won't even comment on the state of my New Yorker pile.
Non fiction? I love nonfiction, but you would never know it by what I have read (and finished!) this year.
And sort of hit or miss are my lovely, wonderful NYRB Classics books that I am getting and reading oh so very very slowly this year.
Should I be concerned? Well, probably not. But I do want to bring those books forward a bit. Do I just find something new in the case of nonfiction and short stories (rather than try and reconnect with the in-progress-but-neglected books)? Or find something new and exciting that will really inspire me. Have you read any unputdownable nonfiction or story collections this year?
I know. I know. I think about these things far too much. What can I say? I can't help myself.