Hello!
I have been thinking about the goals I set myself for 2023 and whether I will succeed with any of them.
Here are the goals that I set myself:
- Read my height in books
- Read 80 books
- Read more Ancient Greek and Roman literature
- Classics Club, Maigret and Agatha Christie Challenges
- Read one nonfiction book a month
Reading my height in books has been going well so far. Am I allowed to say that I am quietly confident I will make this challenge? I haven’t read many books in October so far but I am hoping to read more in half term and I always generally read a lot of books in December so I am really hoping that will be enough.
Read 80 books is not going to happen! Not unless I suddenly win the lottery and give up work before the end of this year. I finally decided to lower my Goodreads Challenge this month because the amount of books I had fallen behind was just stressing me out. My new challenge is 70 books but I am still hoping I will read more than 70 books.
Reading more Ancient Greek and Roman literature has been going better than it did last year. I still want to read some plays before the end of the year but I am pleased with how this challenge is going so far.
The Classics Club challenge could be better but I have been making progress. I’m hoping to read two more books off the list before the end of this year. The Maigret challenge is not going so well but is better than the Agatha Christie Challenge. I haven’t read one Agatha Christie book this year! I have read some Maigret books but not as many as I had hoped. There is still time to read some Agatha Christie before the end of the year!
Read one non-fiction book a month has been no problem. In fact most months I have read more than one non-fiction book a month. Some months non-fiction is all I want to read. I have really been enjoying my non-fiction reading this year and I hope it continues.
Overall, my goals have good points and bad points but I still have a couple of months to improve on certain goals. I’m happy with how things are going so far but rather disappointed that I won’t manage the 80 books in a year.
How are your book goals going this year?
Happy Reading
Lady Book Dragon 
Lowering your goal sounds like a good idea to me. Reading isn’t supposed to be stressful after all. You’re still reading over a book a week which sounds fine to me. Sadly, having to earn a living gets in the way of more pleasurable things. I hope that you manage to read a couple of Agatha Christie before the end of the year. Good Luck with your challenges!
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Thank you! I sadly had a reading slump a few months ago and it really set my goal back.
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