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Okay so here we go again. Much like previous years, I am not going to hold myself to these too strictly because if reading/blogging ever becomes a thing I feel like I HAVE to do, then it is not fun anymore.
1. Read 250 Books | I did this quite comfortably in 2022, and less so in 2023. I think it is best to keep the goal there, though I have read far more in previous, and far less as well.
Result | SO CLOSE. I ended the year at 246 because I babysat a good friend's daughter on NYE so she and her husband could attend a wedding. I would have made it otherwise, but I have no regrets because baby girl is the stinkin' cutest and the best New Year's date; we watched Descendants, played Connect 4, and had a shrieking contest (she's 3). Totally worth not making my goal.
2. NetGalley Ratio | I am at a dismal 77% right now. My highest was 96%. The goal is to get back to at least 90% by the end of the year. This is doable, though it will be a bit of a slog if I don't get some shelf-control and stop requesting every history book I come across. It also means having to actually sit myself down and writing some darn reviews again.
Result | lol. I am now at 69%.
3. Read More from TBR | Uuuuuggggghhhhhh. I have had a really terrible habit these last two years of reading books not on my TBR. I have to get back to this more in 2024. There are so many fantastic titles languishing in this purgatory of having gained my attention once, then being completely forgotten once again. It would help if CK didn't bombard me weekly with new treasures :P
Result | Not as much progress as I would have liked, but I did read more from my TBR in 2024, and have started off 2025 strong.
4. Get TBR Below 2,000 | This seems like it should be combined with #3, I know. But goal #3 has to do with reading books directly from the TBR. Goal #4 has to do with that, but also with discarding books I am no longer interested in reading. I used to go through the list regularly and cull it but I have not done so in a few months. That will be a piece of this goal for 2024.
Result | YAY! I am currently at 1,963 books on my TBR. I did purge quite a bit also, which helped. I fully believe some of the titles will end on my TBR again later because I will re-discover them and decide I want to read again.
5. Prep Posts Again | I used to be really good at getting up to two months' worth of memes/features ready at a time - Top Ten Tuesday, Books From The Backlog, and First Line Friday. I am going to work on doing this again, so I am consistent with something in addition to Tackling the TBR and Stacking the Shelves.
Result | Suuuuuuuuper successful. Like, to the point it was TOO successful. I ended up relying almost exclusively on the prepped post for content and wrote very few reviews. I will stick with Tackling the TBR and Stacking the Shelves, but will no longer prep others, and just participate if I feel inclined or I have a great book I have to share.
There you have it. Do you have any goals for yourself this year? I'd love to hear about them!
How did you do with your reading goals this year??
Happy Reading!
Sarah
