resolutions

  • New Year’s Resolutions 2024

    Are you a devout resolution-maker, a goal-setter, or just someone who likes to consider new habits? As we ring in the New Year, read on for inspiration; or peruse our more in-depth booklist: New Year’s Resolutions 2024. Eating From Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-cooked Favorites From Cultures Around the World by Maya Feller Nutritionist and… Continue reading

  • Goals for 2023

    In the early days of 2023, perhaps you’re still taking stock of 2022. Perhaps you’re looking forward to this new year, setting goals and gathering information to achieve them. If it’s the latter, here are some suggestions to get you started in a few different areas. Finances Money money money – always a preoccupation! Maybe… Continue reading

  • New Year, Do Nothing

    The refrain “new year, new you” is a popular one around the first of the year, exhorting you to fix bad habits, set new resolutions, and generally get your life in order. Maybe it’s time for a change; maybe it’s time to read some books that help you focus on the joy and purpose of… Continue reading

  • 2019 Reading Resolutions

    It’s the end of December, a time when many are setting New Year’s Resolutions, although I personally prefer to just go with a list of goals. Whatever your terminology, perhaps you’re considering a reading resolution? If you’d like to undertake one but you’re unsure where to start, here are a few ideas: BY NUMBER The… Continue reading

  • Reader’s Resolutions

    Every New Year resolutions are made. Some go on diets. Some pledge to save. Some pledge to write those thank you cards in a timely manner.  Me, I resolve to do all of those things, but I usually also resolve to read more and more broadly. Not that I always succeed. Continue reading

  • Re-reading Challenge: That childhood favorite

    We heard from a lot of people at the library who liked David W’s  Resolutions for Readers . Now that there are only two calendar pages left in the year, we’d like to challenge you to take on a few of these resolutions, starting with the first on the list: I will re-read a book… Continue reading

  • New Year’s Resolutions for Readers!

    Now these we just might be able to keep! 1. I will reread a book I loved as a child. 2. I will finally read that classic from high school that I’ve been avoiding.  3. I’ll find a book of poetry and read some aloud.  4. I’ll spend an hour in aimless browsing at a library. … Continue reading