I wasn’t going to do any reading challenges this year because of how abysmal my reading was last year. I decided I miss participating in a couple of challenges, though, and succeeding in my goals for the challenges isn’t the point, participating and having fun is.
Play Book Tag
I’m a member of one group on Goodreads, the Play Book Tag group. I first found them in 2008 on Shelfari but after Amazon killed Shelfari in 2018, the group moved to Goodreads. (Oh how I miss Shelfari! )
Anyway, each month we vote on a “tag” (a theme) and share, discuss, and review books that fit the tag. I know I probably won’t read a book for all 12 tags this year so I’ve decided to try to read a book for at least 50% of the tags.
Unofficial Trim Challenge
The PBT group also hosts a few yearly challenges in addition to the monthly tags. I don’t participate in most of them because I read a lot less than most of the other members. There is one challenge I really like. It’s called the Unofficial Trim Challenge and its purpose is to “trim” our TBR.
Each of us creates a list of 24 books from our TBR. Every month, someone randomly picks a number between 1 and 24 that hasn’t already been picked. We then read the book listed for that number on our list. Because there are 24 numbers, this challenge will last for two years.
I created my list on my 2024 Reads page. I focused on the books I’ve gotten from Book of the Month to help me with one of my other goals. I hope to read each book for the corresponding number each month.
What about you? Are there any challenges your participating in this year?
Can you believe 2023 ends tomorrow night? I feel like this year flew by! Anyway, I thought I’d evaluate my 2023 reading goals. Last December, I made three bookish goals. They are:
Read at least 24 books.
Read 50% of my book club books.
Read 50% of my Book of the Month (BOTM) books.
I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2023 Reads page.
Yearly Goal
My goal for the year was to read 24 books and I read 12.
My favorite book was MEET ME AT THE LAKE by Carley Fortune. My least favorite book was THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME by Alexandra Benedict. I didn’t hate it; I just didn’t love it either.
Reading Stats
New Reads: 9
Rereads: 3
Pages Read: 5,070
Source
Own: 4
Library: 1
Borrowed: 7
Format
Hard Cover: 0
Paperback: 1
Kindle: 2
Audio: 9
Age Group
Adult: 6
Young Adult: 4
Middle Grade: 0
N/A: 2
Pages
0 – 99: 0
100 – 249: 2
250 – 499: 7
500 – 999: 3
1000+: 0
Primary Reason Read
Book Club: 2
Personal Interest: 10
Primary Genre
Contemporary: 3
Fantasy: 3
Mystery/Thriller: 2
Non-Fiction: 3
Science Fiction: 1
IRL Book Club
I made a goal to read at least 50% of my IRL book club books this year. I read 2 out of 12. Here are the books I read:
Book of the Month
I made a goal to read 50% of the books I got from BOTM. I read zero out of 12 books.
Conclusion and 2024 Goals
I had an abysmal reading year and didn’t accomplish any goals. Next year, I’d like to read more, but I’m going to set my Goodreads Challenge low so I don’t feel the pressure. My goals for 2024 are:
Read at least 12 books.
Read at least 50% of my IRL book club books.
Read at least 50% of my BOTM books.
I’ll keep track of my progress over on my 2024 Reads page.
How did you do on your goals this year? What are your goals for 2024?
At the end of December, I wrote about my yearly goals in my Evaluating My 2022 Goals post. At the time, I settled on six goals and one challenge-related goal. However, I’ve decided to make some changes. My NEW goals for 2023 are:
Read at least 50% of the Book of the Month choices I didn’t get to last year.
I got rid of two goals and my challenge-related goal. All three of those goals were tied to the Play Book Tag Goodreads group I was a part of. While I enjoyed reading a book based on a specific topic each month, my reading tastes were so different from the main contributors that I wasn’t enjoying my experience. I finally decided to leave and focus my reading elsewhere.
A few people from my IRL book club are participating in the Pioneer Book Reading Challenge (hosted by a local independent bookstore) and the POP Sugar Reading Challenge this year. I was considering joining them, but I really don’t feel like doing the Pioneer Book Challenge and I’m still on the fence about the PS Challenge. I’ll probably participate in the PS Challenge because I can always change my mind later if I’m not enjoying the books I’m reading.
Anyway, I’ll keep track of my reading progress on my 2023 Reads page if you’re interested in seeing what I’ve put together.
How about you? Do you ever adjust your goals, reading or otherwise, during the year?
Can you believe 2022 ends tonight? I feel like this year flew by! Anyway, I thought I’d evaluate my 2022 reading goals. Last December, I made four bookish goals. They are:
Read at least 24 books.
Read at least 50% of my IRL book club books.
Read a book for 50% of the monthly tags hosted by my Goodreads group: Play Book Tag (PBT).
Read every Book of the Month book I selected before the end of the year.
I also made two challenge-related goals. They are:
Participate in the Narniathon hosted by Chris (Calmgrove).
I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2022 Reads page. (You can read my review of each book below by clicking the cover. I don’t have a review yet for THE HUNDREDTH QUEEN. I’ll be posting that next week.)
Yearly Goal
My goal for the year was to read 24 books and I read 32.
I’ll share my favorite books of the year on Tuesday for Top Ten Tuesday. My least favorite book was KEEP MOVING: NOTES ON LOSS, CREATIVITY, AND CHANGE by Maggie Smith. I didn’t hate it; I just didn’t love it either.
Reading Stats
New Reads: 21
Rereads: 11
Pages Read: 11,447
Source
Own: 10
Library: 22
Format
Hard Cover: 12
Paperback: 4
Kindle: 12
Audio: 4
Age Group
Adult: 13
Young Adult: 9
Middle Grade: 7
N/A: 3
Pages
0 – 99: 0
100 – 249: 6
250 – 499: 22
500 – 999: 4
1000+: 0
Primary Reason Read
Book Club: 7
Book of the Month: 3
Personal Interest: 8
PBT: 4
Read-alongs: 7
Unofficial Trim: 3
Primary Genre
Contemporary: 1
Fantasy: 11
Historical Fiction: 3
LGBTQ+: 1
Mystery/Thriller: 4
Non-Fiction: 3
Romance: 8
Science Fiction: 1
IRL Book Club
I made a goal to read at least 50% of my IRL book club books this year. I read seven out of 12. Here are the books I read:
Play Book Tag
Each month my Goodreads group votes on a “tag” (theme) and share, discuss, and review books that fit the tag. I wanted to read one book for at least 50% of the tags. I read books for six of the 12 tags. Here are the books I read:
Book of the Month
I joined Book of the Month in January and I made a goal to read every book I selected by the end of the year. Unfortunately, I only read three out of 12 books. Here are the books I read:
Unofficial Trim Challenge
Each of us created a list of 24 books on our TBR. Each month, a participating member randomly picked a remaining number between 1 through 24 and we’d read the book associated with that number from our lists. Because there are 24 books, this challenge will continue into 2023. I read six out of 12 books. (I read two as book club books, but they still count because they’re not on my TBR anymore.) I’m counting this as a win because I read half of what I set out to do. Here are the books I read:
Narniathon
The Narniathon started in December 2021 and technically ran until July so participants could read an extra book if they wanted to. My goal was to read all seven books of the Narniad and I did.
Conclusion and 2023 Goals
I’m really happy with my reading this year despite it slowing down in the latter half. I read more in 2022 than I have for the last seven years. I’m excited that my reading mojo seems to better. It’s been a lot of fun to discover so many great books and authors. I can’t wait to discover more next year.
Next year, I have similar goals. While I want to make reading a priority, I’ll be in school again and I need to make it a priority as well. Because of school, some of my reading goals are lower than they’d normally be after such a fantastic year of reading. Hopefully, I’ll be able to exceed my expectations. My goals for 2023 are:
Read at least 24 books.
Read at least 50% of my IRL book club books.
Read a book for 50% of the monthly tags hosted by Play Book Tag (PBT).
Read every Book of the Month book I select before the end of the year.
Read the backlog of my Book of the Month picks from 2022.
Read the backlog for the Unofficial Trim Challenge hosted by PBT from 2022.
I also have one challenge-related goal:
Participate in the Unofficial Trim Challenge.
I’ll keep track of my progress over on my 2023 Reads page.
How did you do on your goals this year? What are your goals for 2023?
Now that the year is halfway over (can you believe it?), I thought I’d check-in on my progress with my 2022 reading goals. My reading goals for 2022 are:
Read at least 24 books.
Read at least 50% of my IRL book club books.
Read a book for 50% of the monthly tags hosted by my Goodreads group: Play Book Tag (PBT).
Read every Book of the Month book I select before the end of the year.
I’ve been keeping track of my progress on my 2022 Reads page.
Yearly Goal
My goal for the year was to read 24 books and I’ve read 23. I only need to read one more book! I guess I’ve kind of annihilated that goal. I’m not going to officially change my goal; I’m now seeing if I can read 52 books by the end of the year, which will be the most books I’ve ever read in one year.
So far, my favorite books I’ve read this year are:
I made a goal to read at least 50% of my IRL book club books this year. I’ve currently read 5 out of 6. I didn’t get a chance to read May’s book because I was really stressed that month, and when I’m stressed or sick my reading goes first. Here are the books I read:
To reach my goal, I only need to read one more book. I plan to read more, though, as we have some great books scheduled for the last half of the year.
Play Book Tag
Each month we vote on a “tag” (a theme) and share, discuss, and review books that fit the tag. I wanted to read one book for at least 50% of the tags. I’ve currently read 5 out of 6 tags so I only need to read one more book to reach this goal. I plan to read more tags as long as they interest me. Here are the books I’ve read:
Book of the Month
I joined Book of the Month in January. I made a goal to read every book I get by the end of the year. I’ve read 3 out of 6 books so far.
It looks like I’m a little behind on this one. I might need to sacrifice some of the challenges so I can reach this one.
Unofficial Trim Challenge
Each of us created a list of 24 books that are on our TBR. Each month, a participating member randomly picks a remaining number between 1 through 24. Then, we read the book associated with that number on our list. Because there are 24 books, this challenge will last for two years. I’ve read 6 out of 6 books. (I read two as book club books; they still count because they’re not on my TBR anymore.) I didn’t get a chance to read May’s book, again, because I was stressed. I also didn’t get to June’s book because I was sick with COVID for a week and it threw off my groove for the month.
Narniathon
The Narniathon started in December 2021 and technically runs until next month so participants can read an extra book if they want. The seven books of the Narniad are enough for me. I’m behind on the last two books because of how May and June have treated me. I’m going to try to catch up in July.
Anyway, I’m really happy with my reading progress. I’ve read more than I obviously thought I would. It’s been fun and I’ve discovered so many great books and authors. I can’t wait to discover more during the last half of the year.
How are you doing on your goals this year?
P.S. I forgot this was posting today so some of the sections were incomplete and show as such in Feedly and Bloglovin’. Oops.
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