2021: The Year for Reading
Updated: Jan 3, 2021
At 12:02 AM, there I was, with fireworks exploding outside of my window, refreshing my Goodreads app. The new year was upon us and I was eager to set my reading goal for the year. As I look back on the goals I’ve set in the past, the dumpster fire that was 2020, still proved to be the best reading year for me. I finished off with completing 81 books, demolishing my original goal of 50 and my mid-year renewed goal of 75.
January, in the past, has always been good to most. We are the most driven and dedicated during this time. Fueled by the strong finish I had at the end of 2020, I’m eager to get started on my goals for this year.
Here are my reading/bookish goals for the year:
Read 50-100 books
Read 25% of the books I currently own
Do quarterly unhauls to donate books I disliked or books I don’t see myself getting to anytime soon
Diversify my reading: read books by indigenous authors/more mystery and suspense
Read more novellas
Complete my Harry Potter re-read
Utilize my public library more
Write book reviews
If you’re interested, here is my January TBR:
From my personal library:
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (my winter book club pick)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by VE Schwab (the book I regret not finishing in 2020)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (my non-fiction pick for the month)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (this is a re-read/comfort read for me. I will be listening to the audiobook while leafing through the illustrated edition.)
From the public library:
Long Way Down (Graphic novel) by Jason Reynolds
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
What are some of your reading goals for this year? What's on your January TBR?
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