Alli the Book Giraffe

Hello readers! It’s time to talk about how I’m doing on my reading goals. I know I’m not going to hit them all, but we can still talk about where I am with each one.

How have y’all been doing on your goals? Have you hit any yet or do you maybe find them stressful?

Goal 1: Goodreads Goal

I have changed this goal a few times this year, but it was originally at 150. I don’t think I’ll hit that, but I currently have it at 125. I don’t plan on reading quite as many books in October as I did in August or September because the books I’m reading are much longer. Most the books on my October TBR are around 400 or more pages.

Goal 2: Favorite Authors

This goal was to read a favorite author every month. Well, I did take a few months off from reading, so I didn’t get this every single month, but I have done well! I read a favorite author 6 out of the last 9 months. I call that a success and I’ll be doing this goal in 2024 as well.

The reason I even added it was that I always neglect reading from authors I’ve loved and read from before for new authors.

Goal 3: TBR Vets

I have a list of 20 books I’ve owned for the longest that I wanted to try to read or get rid of this year. I have read 2 of them and unhauled 9, so I can’t be mad about that. I have no idea if I’ll get to any others this year, but 11/20 is not a bad result.

Goal 4: Series

I had a goal for this that I told you guys about and one that I didn’t. The one I told you about was to finish more series within a year of starting it. I think I’ve done well on that! I just struggled with reading book one in a series, loving it, and then waiting so long to continue that I was no longer interested.

The goal I didn’t tell you about is in my reading journal and that was to finish 12 series. I have finished 5! That is pretty good. I’ll be putting that one on here as an official goal in 2024 as I have also started almost 30. I blame KU for this, lol.

Goal 5: Buzzwordathon

I always try to do this one and ALWAYS fail! I read a book for Buzzwordathon in January and February, but haven’t read one since. I’m probably going to keep trying for this goal as long as Lala keeps putting the challenge out there. It’s fun to come up with a TBR for it and all.

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