It has been a few years since I created an annual reading plan, and now that I’m settled in my new home (I’ve been here a year already) I’m ready to re-evaluate reading intentions.
1. Booktube – I’ve had a Booktube channel on YouTube for 10 years. I’m not ready to quit. Video making is a fine hobby for an old-timer and it keeps my mind busy with learning new things whether it is video editing strategies or equipment. So my first reading intention is to continue with my Booktube hobby. I do not earn money with this channel and don’t ever intend to do so. I remain unmonetized there. It is just a hobby.
2. Adventures – I am reading more nonfiction these days. I like to read about historical adventures and will continue with this genre for a while.
3. Health Issues – I plan to have more of a focus on health this year. I’ve been wanting to veer in this direction for months now. As I get older I encounter more health issues and I want to talk about them, not only for my own information, but to discuss them with others having similar issues. These will generally be presented in the context of literature.
4. Weird Fiction – There is one fiction genre that has come to my attention and intrigues me. That is ergodic fiction – meaning books with unusual and creative formats. I’ve been intrigued by this kind of novel writing for a long time with a focus on epistolary novels, and the ergodic genre takes this one level further. I want some novel reading fun.
5. Writing – Of course, the challenge is to experience unusual genres, but I also want to write them! My interest in unusual novel formats stems from my desire to write such things. And so my Booktube channel is more likely to include writing information again this year, which hasn’t happened much since 2018.
6. California Literature – I’d like to focus more on California literature in both books and magazines.
7. Goals and Challenges – I’m not likely to be very involved in reading goals and schemes this year, but there are a few I’ll participate in.
A. The David McCullough Readalong – I started this a few months back. I’ll continue reading his books in 2025 and 2026 God willing.
B. The 2025 Biblical Studies Challenge was created by @ReadJournalLove and I intend to follow her plan. The goal is to read one book monthly. The categories she chose are: January- Hermeneutics, February- Prayer, March- Missions, April- Gospel, May- Textural criticism, June- Heaven, July- Biblical archeology, August- Discipleship, September- Greek or Hebrew, October- Spiritual Warfare, November- Church History, December- Holiness.
C. Read What You Own. This is so hard for me to commit to, but it is a bit of a necessity too. I have lots of books I bought with good intentions that haven’t been read. I know almost everyone who attempts this has certain categories of books they exempt. Same with me. I have these caveats:
Caveat #1: I have an annual Audible subscription that renews on Valentine’s Day – my gift to myself. That will be used for my mood reading adventures.
Caveat #2: I have some money saved on Amazon for buying books. This year I furnished my new home, often buying things from Amazon, and I have Prime Store Card Rewards built up since I get 5% back on everything I buy there. Those credits are intended for book buying. I reserve the right to buy books with that in case I absolutely have to have something.
Caveat #3: I may need to buy more books for the above-mentioned Biblical Studies Challenge although I will search my library of unread Christian books for something appropriate before trying to buy something new. These books could be paid for with the Amazon Prime Store Card Rewards.
…That’s about all. I really look forward to reading the books I’ve already purchased.
D. Epistolary January – I love epistolary novels so I have to do this.
So those are my 2025 reading goals and intentions and of course I hope to make Booktube an ongoing thing as well. Here are a few Booktube goals for 2025:
1. I currently have 345 videos on this channel. I want to increase that to 500.
2. I intend to make a lot of individual book reviews. I know they aren’t popular with other Booktubers but the original intention of my channel was to create these for others looking for information on a specific book. A lot of these will be about juvenile novels.
3. I plan to create at least one tag video each month.
4. I will start making videos about writing fiction.
5. I will have an art video at least once monthly.
I think God laughs at all my silly intentions and goals as I rarely manage to accomplish everything I set out to do, but there’s no harm in trying and if God blesses my Booktube and reading efforts I’ll be happy, and full of joy. Only time will tell what comes next, but these are the plans I’ve made today.
–Christmas Eve 2024–
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Hi Ms. Linda. You have a nice website. Good luck to you and your plans for 2025.
Take Care -James