Happy New Year from your Black Mountain Library Staff!
Happy New Year to one and all. We hope you read more in 2024!
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What are your reading goals for 2024? Here are our staff reading goals this year:
Laura: My goal is to read a dozen local authors that are new to me, poets included.
Michelle: My goal is to read one book in Spanish every month.
Amy: My goal is 42 books – some horror, to branch out from my usual reads.
Melisa: I’m making time to meet the NoveList Plus Challenge.
JANUARY: Start off the year exploring new authors by reading a 2023 debut. NoveList tip: Search for the genre “Debut title”
FEBRUARY: Read a romance or love story starring Asian characters.
MARCH: Read a book from the last five years that’s been adapted into a movie or TV series. NoveList tip: Search for the genre “Page to Screen”
APRIL: Discover the joy of communal reading! Read to or in a group of two or more.
MAY: Read a standalone manga or the first volume of a manga series.
JUNE: Keep it quick by reading a novella.
JULY: Read a book set in Australia or New Zealand.
AUGUST: Enjoy a mix of magic and the macabre with a dark fantasy.
SEPTEMBER: Get ready for the coziest season by reading a cozy mystery.
OCTOBER: Embrace the scary by reading a creepy horror novel or ghost story.
NOVEMBER: Read a novel by an Indigenous author.
DECEMBER: Wrap up the year by reading an award-winning book from the last three years.