Now that the year is halfway over, I thought I’d check-in on my progress with my 2026 reading goals. My goals for 2026 are to:

1. Read 60 books.
2. Read 6 of my book club books.
3. Read 12 of my 2026 Book of the Month (BotM) picks.
4. Read 15 books on my BotM backlist.
5. Read every single day by reading at least 1 chapter per day.

I’ve been keeping track of my progress on my 2026 Goals & Tracking page.

Yearly Goal

My goal for the year is to read 60 books and I’ve already read 51. I’m crushing this goal so far!

So far, my favorite books I’ve read are:

• The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• The Road of Bones by Demi Winters
• Kingdom of Claw by Demi Winters
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
• Funny Story by Emily Henry
• The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
• Half City by Kate Golden
• This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
• If Not For My Baby by Kate Golden
• Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
• Dawn of the North by Demi Winters

I’ve read a lot of amazing books this year!

Book Club

I made a goal to read 6 of my book club books this year. I’ve read 5 as of the end of June so I only need to read one more to meet my goal.

Book of the Month

I made a goal to read 12 of my 2026 BotM picks. I’ve only read 5, so I’m almost halfway there. It looks like I need to step this goal up a bit if I want to meet it by the end of the year.

Book of the Month Backlist

I made a goal to read 15 of the books on my BotM backlist and I’ve read 10 so far. I should meet this goal, no problem.

Reading Every Day

I made a goal this year to read every single day by reading at least one chapter per day and I have. I’m really proud of this goal because I’ve never been able to read every day for a full six months, let alone a year. If I keep this up, then I’ll meet my goal!

The chart below illustrates how many pages I’ve read each day for the past 6 months. So far, March 3 was my best reading day.

Conclusion

I’ve had an awesome reading year so far. Even though I need to focus on reading books that accomplish my other goals a little more, I’m actually quite happy with my progress. Hopefully the last half of 2026 will be just as awesome in terms of reading!

Can you believe 2025 is over? I feel like this year flew by once we got through January. I thought I’d evaluate my 2025 reading goals. My reading goals were:

1. Read 48 books.
2. Read 9 of my book club books.
3. Read 12 of my 2025 Book of the Month (BotM) picks.
4. Read 12 books on my BotM backlist.

I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2025 Goals & Tracking page.

Yearly Goal

My goal for the year was to read at least 48 books. I ended up reading 57 books, which is the most I’ve ever read in one year. Woot woot!

Reading Stats

Yearly Favorites

Books

Here’s a list of my top 10 favorite books (in order of how much I loved them):

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order by author’s last name):

• The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong
• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
• P.S. I Hate You by Lauren Connolly
• As You Wish by Cary Elwes
• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
• The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover
• The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
• Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
• Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams

P.S. My least favorite book of the year was THE GRIFFIN SISTERS’ GREATEST HITS by Jennifer Weiner.

Book Club

I made a goal to read 9 of my book club books and I did. Woot woot! Here are the books I read:

Book of the Month

I made a goal to read at least 12 of my 2025 BotM picks and I read 13. Woo hoo! I’m really excited about this goal as I’ll only be adding 7 books to my BotM TBR for 2026. Here are the books I read:

BotM Backlist

I made a goal to read at least 12 books on my BotM backlist and I read 13. Woo! Another goal met and exceeded! Here are the books I read:

Conclusion

I had a damn good reading year! In fact, it’s my best yet! I met all of my goals and, more importantly, I enjoyed most of the books I read. Only a few were duds. Let’s hope 2026 is just as awesome!