tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post3017549306364287319..comments2023-05-24T07:48:12.802-04:00Comments on The Boston Bibliophile: Reading Goals for 2012 and BibliodiversityMarie Cloutierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-86725612976160605942012-01-21T12:17:55.100-05:002012-01-21T12:17:55.100-05:00Through my years blogging, I&#39;ve gone through a...Through my years blogging, I&#39;ve gone through a few phases. For a while, I purposely tried to read more diversely, trying graphic novels (which were new to me) and a little bit in different genres. Now I&#39;ve settled back in to a comfort zone: I read what I am pretty sure I&#39;m going to like. I&#39;m more willing to try other genres, countries, etc. but I know what I&#39;ll read for the most part. There is just too little time to read EVERYTHING.Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-75151746736017362782012-01-13T10:30:39.521-05:002012-01-13T10:30:39.521-05:00What a thought-provoking post! I am trying to wor...What a thought-provoking post!<br /><br />I am trying to work my way into the 21st century and use my electronic reader more - but I must confess that I still prefer the old-fashioned print books. But I never gave a thought to categorizing my books from a &quot;diversification&quot; standpoint. I love the idea that you used a moleskin for your book records and I think I might adopt that system myself.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414201637917215413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-8993217946062159172012-01-11T13:50:56.019-05:002012-01-11T13:50:56.019-05:00I love that term, bibliodiversity! While I don&#39...I love that term, bibliodiversity! While I don&#39;t consciously read diversely, at one point I did. My attitude and tastes now point me to diverse reads automatically, I just end up picking them up. You seem to be the same. I think the conscious effort is really only required when you&#39;re in that rut of only reading one type of books (i.e. no translations, no other countries, little or no female authors, etc). Once you make yourself think about it and try more outside of that, you realize they are great, and lose that unconscious bias. If that makes sense?Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102250492155489672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-44691161819983026412012-01-11T11:16:57.284-05:002012-01-11T11:16:57.284-05:00I read whatever suits my fancy. I don&#39;t worry ...I read whatever suits my fancy. I don&#39;t worry about what other people are reading, or about diversity. If I read a compelling review of a book, I add it to my list, and I pay no attention to whether it&#39;s a classic, or whether it&#39;s written by an author from a specific country, and so forth. <br /><br />I agree completely with your comment about the &quot;me-too&quot; mentality. That seemed to ramp up a few years ago, just before I stopped blogging...and in fact for a while it was one of the reasons I was enjoying myself less. I felt like I&#39;d been catapulted back to graduate school, where everyone had an agenda, and what you read (outside of required reading for classes) had to make a statement of some sort. While I think it&#39;s fine to pursue diversity in one&#39;s reading, I actually find it kind of tacky that people feel the need to point it out.<br /><br />Now I am back to blogging because I missed it, and I&#39;m keeping my eyes on my own TBR pile and only adding things, again, because they strike my fancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-73923405666259885362012-01-10T09:58:52.707-05:002012-01-10T09:58:52.707-05:00&quot;. . . expand your horizons if you&#39;re inc...&quot;. . . expand your horizons if you&#39;re inclined to (and books are a wonderful way to do that) but reading shouldn&#39;t be about proving yourself to others. It should just be about growing in new directions, but doing it for you.&quot; So well said, Marie. In the past I&#39;ve read for work, read what caught my eye, read what people recommended, *tried* to get to the bookshelf bridesmaids or my teetering to-read piles.Other than taking part the Europa Challange and a library book club, I have no plan for this year. I&#39;ll see where books lead me.Deb Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824350409140242363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-11312326794579148082012-01-09T20:25:46.861-05:002012-01-09T20:25:46.861-05:00I don&#39;t set goals and usually read whatever st...I don&#39;t set goals and usually read whatever strikes my fancy. I do like to read about other cultures, but don&#39;t keep track of how diverse my reading is.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-81051844908511586932012-01-09T18:44:31.298-05:002012-01-09T18:44:31.298-05:00I try to read outside my comfort zone every now an...I try to read outside my comfort zone every now and again, but usually just read whatever grabs my interest. I do get in reading ruts sometimes, but don&#39;t deliberately try to fill in any so-called gaps in what I read. Guess I&#39;m not bibliodiverse!Alexia561https://www.blogger.com/profile/10797515620050469395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-54289992391337760682012-01-09T18:34:39.826-05:002012-01-09T18:34:39.826-05:00I have no &quot;goals&quot; for my reading. I read...I have no &quot;goals&quot; for my reading. I read what interests me. I do, sometimes, try to fill the &quot;gaps&quot; in my reading with regards to classics that I haven&#39;t yet read. But other than that, I read whatever catches my fancy. I decided a long time ago, that there should be no &quot;shoulds&quot; in reading. For me, it is entertainment and for pleasure. It&#39;s not an academic exercise.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589606390781637262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-52462728510688169962012-01-09T15:23:14.404-05:002012-01-09T15:23:14.404-05:00I think about diversity but not too obsessively. ...I think about diversity but not too obsessively. Still, at the end of 2011 I looked back on my reading and found some aspects that were &quot;less diverse,&quot; and then I had to decide whether I wanted to change that. Over the years I&#39;ve fallen off the &quot;books in translation&quot; bandwagon, and I&#39;m reading less non-fiction. I&#39;m consciously trying to remedy the latter in 2012.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219439074687598827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-14604260145915864562012-01-09T13:22:16.681-05:002012-01-09T13:22:16.681-05:00I like reading diverse books and make a plan to do...I like reading diverse books and make a plan to do so simply because I experience the world in the books that I read and what fun would it be it I only got one view of it. In doing so, I&#39;ve found a home in East European lit for instance. What the book market promotes are choice that I didn&#39;t get to make. So, I do go out of my way to find books about other cultures and realities that are different from what I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-78731124228970661392012-01-09T12:01:59.052-05:002012-01-09T12:01:59.052-05:00I sort of have been guided by what arrives in the ...I sort of have been guided by what arrives in the mailbox, which is starting to be less of what I want for this year. Since September, I have been reading more of the things I have wanted to, or things that have been lingering. I have also had more of a love for audiobooks, and am surprised at how many of those that I have read in the past few months. This year, the goal is to be more selective, read more non fiction, more classics, and more audiobooks. I think that should ensure that I have a very diverse reading year! Great topic today, Marie!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443338685890187334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-32849306679853445402012-01-09T11:20:23.464-05:002012-01-09T11:20:23.464-05:00I&#39;m with Nana: I read to fill in gaps. I also ...I&#39;m with Nana: I read to fill in gaps. I also read for entertainment but that purpose can only go so far. I don&#39;t know about people reading diversely just to prove a point. I doubt that because it&#39;s such a hard thing to do. After awhile, you&#39;re going to stop reading. <br /><br />One of my goals this year is for 50% of my reading to be out of my comfort zone. I choose that number because sometimes it&#39;s so easy to read what&#39;s recommended by others and often that&#39;s the same book over and over again. It&#39;s so easy to pick up something that&#39;s in the genre I&#39;m used to but often times those books are &quot;meh&quot;.Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-15411608548434352912012-01-09T09:46:17.017-05:002012-01-09T09:46:17.017-05:00I&#39;m with you; I read what interests me at the ...I&#39;m with you; I read what interests me at the time and don&#39;t keep track of race, gender, and other stuff in my reading. I also read just print books, with the rare audiobook on a car trip. I&#39;m all for reading diversely, though.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-57944602603458850902012-01-09T08:58:48.928-05:002012-01-09T08:58:48.928-05:00My blog was created to fill a gap in my personal r...My blog was created to fill a gap in my personal reading and also on the net. I had read a lot of pulp-fiction. I asked myself how many African writers have I read and realised they were few. Could be counted on my fingers. To me they define who I am and therefore I&#39;ve to know more about books written by Africans. However, one cannot read in isolation so I added non-African writers. Then I created a list of 100 books I need to read in five years. This was to help me read some highly-mentioned books I never got to read because I did not know of them. And even though I have this challenge I still read books not limited to them. Again, I created the African Reading Challenge to read more books from different African countries like Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Madagascar etc. <br /><br />However, what I don&#39;t do is restrict my reading to these. About 80% of books I read re penned by Africans. I take stats of my reading but they don&#39;t inform my reading. However, I sometimes want to read other books mentioned by others because that&#39;s the only way one get to know a book.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-60374059180576200912012-01-09T07:17:10.590-05:002012-01-09T07:17:10.590-05:00I&#39;m naturally interested in international and ...I&#39;m naturally interested in international and multi cultural books, so there is diversity in my reading although I don&#39;t get to read as many as I&#39;d like! Right now I am going after memoirs by yoga teachers or those who practice it!Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-61025519182357533382012-01-09T05:40:38.666-05:002012-01-09T05:40:38.666-05:00Not consciously at all. I read whatever sounds in...Not consciously at all. I read whatever sounds interesting at the moment that I&#39;m looking. I find that if I force myself to read certain things it begins to feel more and more like work and then its less enjoyable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-76380104507068535752012-01-09T03:22:38.933-05:002012-01-09T03:22:38.933-05:00I generally have no intentions, or make any point ...I generally have no intentions, or make any point of reading anything in particular. I just read whatever takes me fancy at the particular time. That&#39;s why I don&#39;t do challenges or anything like that. Sometimes I have ideas in the back of my head, like Í would like to read more science fiction&#39;or Í would like to explore crime fiction&#39; but I still rarely make much of a point in changing my reading to do it. <br /><br />Im sure some people would have something to say about equality, and reading to learn and improve outselves etc, which sounds nice in theory, but in practice I just want to read what I&#39;m in the mood for!Rebecca Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144719070318640603noreply@blogger.com
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