Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme run by That Artsy Reader Girl. Since my decision to be less rigid with my reading goals this year led me to not posting updates whatsoever, I figured it would be a good idea to contribute to this week’s topic. Hopefully, this will produce a clearer picture of my goals and maybe even conjure up a few I’d otherwise be noncommittal about.

Finish Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn & Cliff Chiang

Though I started this series in late 2022, I went on to read two more volumes this year and intended to get it done in a timely fashion; I have a bad habit of letting comic series languish on the shelf. I’ve recently acquired the final three volumes I need, so it’s only a matter of setting aside the time.

Finish the Twilight Princess manga by Akira Himekawa

Realizing that nearly this entire series was at my local library inspired me to read through it all this year (especially with the final volume having recently come out). I’m at the mercy of availability, but with three volumes left I’m hopeful I can pull it off, though I may need to buy a digital version of the final one.

Read The Lost World by Michael Crichton

It’s entirely coincidental that I decided I wanted to reread Jurassic Park the same year as the 30th anniversary of the film; it was actually random analog horror videos based on the book that did it. Still, I decided to read them both this year as a result and got them at the same time. I’ve never read The Lost World before, so I really want to see how it’s different from its film counterpart.

Catch up on the Discworld novels that I own

There was a time when I read up to four of these a year, but that is no longer the case. Still, I endeavour to press on with the series, and at the start of this year I owned two that I still hadn’t gotten to. So, I’d like to try and read The Fifth Elephant before the end of the year so I can at least catch up with what’s on my shelf.

Read Alien³ and The Haar for Halloween

I’m not always great with getting books finished in a timely fashion, and the holiday coming up is going to cut into the significant reading opportunity I’ve been able to take advantage of recently, so I’m going to have to push myself a little extra to make sure I can get these Halloween reads done.

Read Tombs by Junji Ito

This one feels a little random, but I’ve actually become pretty jaded with Ito’s work, so I’ve put off reading this story collection for a while now. I really ought to get it done finally, and I’m hoping I’ll do that for Halloween, since I’ve left it until now anyway.

Continue The High Republic

I really enjoyed reading through the books and comics in this multimedia project when they first started coming out in 2021 but have significantly fallen off of that since then. It’s not much, but I’d like to at least read the next novel I need to get to.

Continue the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

This one is also pretty straightforward: I really enjoyed reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet a few years ago and have been meaning to continue, even buying the next couple of books in the series. I just haven’t properly committed to starting the next one yet, and I’m hoping I can push myself to change that.

Read a ghost story during Christmastime

This one is more conceptual, but I really love the idea of ghost stories at Christmas being a tradition, though it’s not one I’ve personally participated in beyond watching A Christmas Carol. There’s a publisher I’m aware of that prints novellas just for this sort of thing, though, and every year I think about getting one. Maybe this year will be the year I actually do it. Then again, maybe I could just pick a short story from a book I already have. We’ll see.

Continue reading more books from the library

This one is a lot less specific, but I’m currently reading On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden from the library, and I’m happy I made myself use this resource to read a book I hadn’t been going out of my way to try and buy. It won’t quell the desire to buy books on the regular, but I really hope I can continue the trend of borrowing books every so often rather than buying. Shelf space is not infinite, after all, and I’m thinking there are probably a number of books I’d be fine with reading once and not having on hand afterwards.

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Until next time, thank you for reading! Feel free to share your own list down below.