A great number of people spend their time at the end of December coming up with a series of New Year resolutions, such as "lose weight", "get fit", "stop using apostrophies in the wrong place's", that sort of thing. Generally they last until Jan 3 at the best, at which time the whole concept is forgotten about until the next December rolls around.
I hadn't bothered at all, mostly as I find it rather pointless. However, come the end of January, I figured out a resolution that is well worth keeping, particularly now that I don't have to spend all evening studying. I've decided to work my way through all the books we have at home that I've simply never bothered to read. Some I've been given and just stuck on the shelf, some were Ang's that now form part of our joint collection. Some Ang picked up when part of the local book review club. In any case, it's time to get into them and get them read, forcing me to read genres that I've simply not bothered with in the past.
So, what have I read so far? Well, I've taken the soft option at the beginning, with a couple of books that I've read, but not for ages, followed by one that I think I've read, but can't recall. So here they are so far:
Read:
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
Forever Free (Joe Haldeman)
Next:
Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
After that, I'll grab something off the shelf and see how I go.
As for the first two read, I would highly recommend them. More so the first over the second, but both are very good. The Forever War has won multiple awards, include the Hugo Award. Good sci-fi about a war that spans centuries. Grab it if you can.
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