Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is our bookish goals for 2025. Here are some things I want to achieve in 2025:
- Read my 2025 preorders in 2025. I preordered a lot of books in 2024 and still haven't read some of them. If I was excited enough about a book to preorder it, I need to make it a priority.
- Use my library more. I did a decent job of reading from my own shelves last year, but I want to use my library more (and maybe spend less money on books, ha!). About 32% of my books came from the library last year; I'd like to increase that to at least 40%, especially since I cancelled my Kindle Unlimited subscription and won't be getting books from there for the foreseeable future.
- Read 75 books. This is the same number I chose last year. I read more than this in 2024 (110), but I want to keep the number manageable!
- Attend two bookish events. Over the past few years, we've been fortunate enough to attend some fantastic events and meet some great authors, so I definitely want to do more of it!
- Complete 30 states in the Literary Escapes Challenge. My sister and I have been unofficially doing the Literary Escapes Challenge hosted by Dollycas for a couple years. In 2024, I crossed off 22 states, but I'd like to get at least 30 this year!
Here are Michele's goals for 2025:
- Read 225 books – This is less than my 2024 total, but life has gotten so busy the last couple years. With my daughter getting older and being involved in more activities and wanting to devote time to other hobbies of my own, I have been trying to be more selective with my reading.
- Read books from a wide variety of genres – my most read genre over the last few years has definitely been romance, but I can see myself getting burned out from it. I want to read more thrillers, speculative fiction and nonfiction. My husband and I even have a comic book series we are looking forward to in 2025!
- Don’t be afraid to DNF books or take a break from certain authors – I know every book I pick up won’t be a winner and it’s ok to DNF a book. Similarly, there are a few authors that I have been really meh about their last few books – I need to really consider whether I should take a break from them.
- Utilize my library more – Especially now with my daughter getting more into reading, I will try to be more proactive in using our township library and its resources.
- Buddy read with my daughter and husband – Luna is reaching the age where she will start getting into Middle Grade books and I am really excited to share those with her. James got into reading some of my physical books in 2024 so I look forward to finding things we both will enjoy – first up is Onyx Storm next month!
What are your reading goals for 2025?
You two have some great goals! I don't have that many, just my Goodreads goal that I keep low and hopefully also attend a bookish event. The only problem is that there aren't many in my country. Most of them are mostly for children or authors/books I don't read. But we'll see!
ReplyDeleteAngela, you and Michelle have some great goals that seem to fit your lives very well. I will say that Michelle's goal of 225 books is amazing!! Not that yours isn't great too - just, wow! It's hard for me to admit that many bloggers read a lot faster than I do. Ha! Good luck to both of you and I'll look forward to hearing about what you've both read.
ReplyDeleteLove these goals! I tried to read more books from the library and only pre-order certain books. I think that helped this year, although the library hold list can be pretty daunting. I like Michele's goal of buddy reads. My son is in 6th grade, so it's been fun to read some of the same books or have him read some of my favorites like The Hunger Games and Maze Runner.
ReplyDeleteHave fun using your local library more often! I’m a heavy user of mine and love what they have to offer.
ReplyDeleteGreat goals for both of you! DNF'ing more is a goal I should aim for too... And attending bookish events is a fun one. Good luck with all of these!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of attending book events, I should do that more. My sisters and I are trying to read more different genres as well. Good luck with your goals.
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