2018 Book Goals

Well, another new year, another fresh reading start is upon us!

Here are my bookish/blogging goals for the year. I may eventually share some personal non book goals as well, but I'm still thinking about those, and debating if I'd like to share them. Would anyone even be interested in the non-book goals?

2018 Bookish and Blogging Goals:

Read 84 books. 

This works out to be 7 books per month. It's more than double my goal from last year. Given that I'm in a more flexible, less stressful job at this point, it seems doable.

Read 18,000 pages

It seems like a lot, but is totally manageable. It's only 1500 pages per month

Read 20 books on my shelves that were received/bought prior to 2017

I have SO MANY unread books that I paid to move here two years ago and still haven't read. This includes books that authors requested I read and review.

Read 20 books from the library

I've missed going to the library, and need to start going again, this should force me to do that.

Read 20 Books that I won via GR.

I've won several books via Goodreads in the last 5 years, and more than 20 in 2017 alone, so this should be easy to accomplish

Read a joint book with my husband 2 days per week

This is so that we can enjoy reading together, and have something new to discuss together.

Blog 2 times per week

I've really let the blog go over the last 18 months, and probably more like 2+ years if I'm honest. Life got crazy, as happens when you move to another country.

Aim for 1 personal post per month (at least)

The blog has been and will continue to be mainly about books. But, there is a person behind all these reviews. So, I'll share a bit about myself, my thoughts, and the things I like.

Purchase A New Vegetarian Cookbook (or two...)

In an effort to eat better, my husband and I are going to try to eat a few vegetarian meals per week. We'll need some cookbooks to draw inspiration from.

Do a few giveaways

I haven't done any giveaways in a long time, and I know people like them, so I'll try to do a few this year.

As for my personal goals for the year, I'm thinking I may share more about those in my personal posts.

Does anyone have any bookish or personal goals they want to share? If so, please do!

2017 Reading Goals: Keeping it Simple

I have gone through major life changes in the past year. As a result, my blog has fallen to the wayside. While I do enjoy blogging, I think I have come to regard it somewhat as a chore. So, rather than obligating myself to blog about every book I read, I'm going to keep things very simple going forward.

This year I plan to focus less on blogging and reviews, and more on simply reading to enjoy books again. I will share reviews here from time to time, but I think this year I may start to add more random, personal posts, about whatever strikes my fancy.

That being said, I do have some reading goals in mind for this year. If I make them, great, if I don't, it's not the end of the world.

I've set both reading and life goals in a list. For now, I'll just share my reading goals, but I may share my other goals at some point later on.

2017 Reading Goals

-To read at least 100 books

- To read 30 minutes a night or more, at least 3 nights per week

- To read 17,000 pages

- Read at least 15 of the unread books on my bookshelf this year.

- Check out at least 15 books (and read them) from the library this year

What are your reading (or life) goals this year?

2016 Reading Challenges

Happy New year everyone!

I hope everyone had a nice time ringing in the new year. I was asleep when the clock struck 12, since I had to be at work at 6 am this morning.

I didn't feel I should do a 2015 recap post since my reading was pretty sparse last year. But, I did update my reading challenges page to include my progress with last years goals, so you can check out those updates if you're interested.

If I'm honest with myself, this years reading will probably not be all that much better, since I'm planning to make a major move within the next six months, so that my husband and I can finally (!) start our lives together. That will take a ton of time and planning to get that all done. Which means a lot less time for reading. But, I'm going to set some simple goals and see what I can accomplish.

This year my reading/blogging goals are:

• To read 75 books
• To read a total of 16,000 pages
• To write and post 1 review or general post a week on the blog
• To send some of my books off to new homes before I move with some "if it fits it ships giveaways." For these giveaways I will be compiling a list of the books that I have to give away and letting my blog readers select the books from the list they are interested in. However many can fit in whatever box I have will be the number of books the winner will get.

What are your reading/blogging goals for this year?

2015 Reading Challenges

I decided not to do a 2014 recap post, since my reading in 2014 was pretty lackluster.

If you'd like to check out those lackluster results you can take a look at my Past Reading Challenges page

I'm keeping this year's goals simple again.

• Continue with my goal of reading 1,000,000 pages in my lifetime:  Currently 93,022 pages
• Read 115 Books
• Read 15,000 pages
• Witches and Witchcraft Reading Challenge (Detailed post on this coming soon)

What are your reading goals this year?