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Guest Post -2012 Reading Goals + Giveaway!
2012 Reading Goals
Holly: Many of us set resolutions in the new year. I personally don’t believe in resolutions. I feel like I’m just setting myself up for failure when I set resolutions. Year before last, I did set a reading goal. I’d planned to read 144 books and I reached my goal. Last year I set a reading goal of 211 books in 2011 and didn’t reach it. I only read 191 (I think. I haven’t tallied up all the re-reads yet). Not a bad number, but not the number I was shooting for.
This year I’m going to try for 200. That’s about 16 books a month, approximately 3 a week. I don’t think that’s unreasonable. 2011 was a pretty crazy year. I had a hard pregnancy and then a newborn, so my concentration was shot. I’m hoping I’ll be able to focus more in 2012.
I also want to try to read a better variety. Most of what I read in 2012 were contemporary romance. I burned out on paranormal a few years ago and haven’t read but a handful since. I’m going to try to get back into them. I also want to get through my giant pile of historicals. To that end, I think I might join a TBR (to-be-read) challenge so I’m forced to read at least one book from my TBR pile per month. I need to start culling that bad boy down.
Rowena: I always set goals. Whether they’re life goals, work goals, reading goals. I set them. Sometimes I accomplish them and most of the time I don’t but I don’t mind, it doesn’t stop me from setting them. I love lists and I’ll keep making them whether I finish them or not. Last year, I barely accomplished the only goal that I was actively keeping all year long so this year I’m piping down.
Of course, that goal was a bookish one. It was my reading goal of reading 150 books in the entire year of 2011. I read 150 books and that’s it. Not more, but not less which I’m glad for. I don’t think I’d be able to do it again but I’m going to try to do it again anyway. As of right now, I’m totally stinking it up on that reading challenge but I still have a little under 12 months to get my act together so wish me luck on that one.
Other reading goals that I have are reading more romance novels. Last year, I read a lot of YA books and my romance novels fell off my radar. I’m going to spend this year getting back into my love stories of people my own age. Again, wish me luck.
What are some of your reading goals for this year? Remember, every week 5 winners are chosen randomly for a free book — announced on Sunday, Good Luck!!
I read all the time. I always have to have a book going. I find that setting goals for my reading takes the fun out of it.
I used to feel the same way, Lisa. It wasn’t until 2010 that I changed my mind. Mostly because I could easily keep track on Goodreads. There’s no pressure.
My one goal is to catch up or finish some of the series I’ve started. And I’ve started a lot of series!
I’m going to stop reading badly written romances just because romance is my favorite genre. My hopes have been disappointed too many times. I’m not getting my money’s worth in entertainment out of many of the newer books. I will reread good ones instead.
I will also read more nonfiction.
I will spend more time reading instead of wasting time poking around on the internet.
I always say these things, I don’t always carry through with them
I don’t think setting a goal would work for me. Then it feels like a task and reading is most definitely NOT something I want to feel is a task. I enjoy it too much!
My main reading goal is to reduce the size of my TBR pile(s). Somehow, I don’t think I’ll accomplish it, because I keep adding more books to them!
Originally I was going to try to read 25 books this year but I’ve been reading more. So I think I will uP my goal to 50. Good luck everyone.
I have several reading goals this year. First, I set my book goal at 165. This is a bit of a challenge, as we moved back home this past summer & I noticed that I had read only half the amount of books in the last half of 2011 as I did in the first half. Time to start carving out my reading time again! My other goal involving books is to read at least one TBR book a month (I have an entire 3 shelf bookshelf PILED HIGH with them!) & one Kindle book a month. On that note, I need to finish up on the computer & crack open a book! Happy reading everyone!
i would like to get through my TBR pile by June
My goal is to read as many books as I possibly can this year!
My reading goals are to try some different types of books. I average about a book every 1-2 days. Im getting into more Harlequin romance and historical romance. I would really liek to try 1-2 new authors a month
My reading is for pleasure. Setting a goal would make it work.
My reading is for pleasure. Goal setting would make it a task so I will leave it to reading my favorite authors…Thats how I chose what to read.
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I love to read. I have to read before I go to bed or cant sleep. Reading is my anxiety re-leaver.. Love reading.. Setting a new goal is to be able to read more,,
Thanks for a great post! Like you ladies, my goal is to read a lot more this year. Last year, I let myself overwork and didn’t read much at all. In fact, I spent more time reading book blogs than actually reading, lol! So this year, my goal is to read 150 books, at least 1/2 of that from my TBR piles (physical and electronic). I’ve been hoarding book sand realized that I’ve been missing out on a lot of good books b/c they are being buried in the TBR pile. Good luck everyone and may reaching your goals be stress free and fun!!!!
My goal is to read as many books as I can this year.
I plan to read about 52 books this year. One book per week. I want to catch up on series that I’ve started and I want to read back lists of some of my favorite authors.
Last year Goodreads registered I read 125 books since June (when I signed up). This year I’ve given myself the lofty goal of 250. Not sure I’ll be able to make it but I’ll sure have fun trying!
Goal is to try to find 1 new author a month.
At moment my reading goals are to finish all the paperbacks stacked in the usable Walmart bag and what i’ve downloaded on my new Kindle! So far I’ve been reading one in Kindle and one paperback each day
I was looking at my resolutions list for 2012 and I had no reading goals! Changed that right away. I have a couple series I love that I’ve fallen behind on and a few new-to-me authors I haven’t tried, so I have a nice mix of old and new goals.
Funny how the TBR mountain never gets smaller…
I’m not very good at keeping track of my books and I don’t do very well with New Year’s Resolutions but this year I’m trying a new approach and I’m going to try to keep track via Goodreads…I’ll have to see how it goes. My goal is to read at least 200 books too.
I love goals..this year I set the goal to read 24 new to me authors.
I love that! I think I’ll add something similar.
No reading goals for me. Just to allow myself more of it. More than currently. I make time for stuff I dont like, I am ready to start making time for stuff I do like. Reading, sewing, crafting. I want to learn how to crochet. And that is my goal to make time for these things. To heck with the dishes, dust or dog hair!! haha
To find more time to read books.
My goal is to only read books that I REALLY want to. If I start a book and do not like it, I do not have to finish it, just because I feel bad.
No particular goals for reading except I always wish I could read more. I know a lot of groups keep a count but I find that not very significant if someone is reading a lot of short books or novellas while someone else is reading War and Peace lol.
I want to catch back up on my backlist..
I just want to read as many books as I can. It would be nice if I could read 3 books a week.
I don’t really set any particular reading goals for the year, I read if and when I have time and some weeks I only read one, others I can read four or five (a trait of my which my husband can’t stand because he thinks I re-read books because I don’t remember them for reading them so quickly. I re-read books because I enjoy them LOL)! I know that I read about 200 books a year on average but I don’t really keep track of which ones on paper (have kind of a photographic memory, I can look at a book cover or a page or two and know whether or not I’ve read it, when I read it last, etc…).
I really like to set goals. Not only for books but also life goals. I think that if I have them written I’m going to be more focused on making them happen.
This year my goal is to read 100 books. I’m really going to do my best, but my first rule is to enjoy reading. It’s a hobby for me, so if I don’t have time or just don’t feel like reading, it’s ok.
My goodreads goal is 100 books this year, which is roughly 2 books per week. I’m already ahead, so I might inch that one up to maybe 125. But then I haven’t started a 500 page classic or non-fiction yet, and these always take much longer to finish.
My reading goal for this year (and you are going to call me crazy I just know it) is to read 1,000 books. I know I am very ambitious! But I tend to read a lot and faster than most people I know. SO I tend to go through books quickly.
Last year I set a reading goal of 30 books, and as the year went by, I kept revising it up until I changed it to 80, and I read 83. This year I’ve set a goal of 80 as well and I hope to reach or pass it as well. I have to make a dent in my TBR pile somehow.
I read when I can so I don’t make goals. I’m happy if I find the time to read a book a week. But I’ve promised myself then when I retire I will read a lot more.
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My goal was 150 books this past year and I think with school and work it was a bit overly ambitious. Right now my goals are not to lose my love of reading and to remember to squeeze it in even with school. So, I was able to accomplish (not including texts) 52 books. This year I hope to get to at least 100.
My reading goal is 137 books – one more than last year. I like setting a goal because it pushes me to read. Hopefully this year, I will read a lot more and buy a lot less so I can stay on top of my reading pile.
My reading resolution this year is to expand my reading tastes/interests. I’ve been mostly a non-fiction reader. This year I’ve already been looking at Romance, SciFi, Paranormal, Suspense, etc.
I always try to read or listen to about 100 books a year. Considering I work full time and cart my teens around town, I think that’s pretty good.