What I am reading Wednesday - goals

[paranoidangel]

I thought I'd failed my 2024 goal by 1 book, but then I checked back and it turns out my goal was not quite what I thought it was and I actually succeeded! Here's the goal:

So my goal for 2024 is once again to read 12 books that I acquired before 2024. And that my to read pile should not have gone up by the end of the year.

I read 13 books that I acquired before 2024. And acquired 13 more than I read. In total I acquired the same number of books as I read and therefore my to read pile did not go up!

This year's goal is simpler. I currently have 38 books to read. By the end of the year that number should be lower. It ought to be easy as two of them are library books. And some of the physical books are reference books, so I just need to read enough of those to decide if I'm keeping them or not.

Mirrored from my blog.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, congratulations - and good luck!

[paranoidangel]

Thank you.

[liadt]

Bravo and all the best for reading goals in 2025!

[paranoidangel]

Thank you.

[watervole]

Go for it!

I'm getting a lot better at resisting the temptation to buy new books.

Especially e-books. I keep a 'bought but not read' list on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/70716949-judith-proctor?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=bought-but-not-read

and check that before buying another book!

Because ebooks are so invisible otherwise. They don't look accusingly at your from a bookshelf...

[paranoidangel]

I mostly only buy new (to me) books that are £2 or less.

My physical to read books are not that visible because they're in a box under the sofa. But then I can picture how many they are - and feel how heavy the box is - unlike ebooks. But I now have them in a spreadsheet.