I set a goal of reading 150 books at the beginning of 2019, and I’m currently on target to meet or exceed that goal. As of the time of writing (early December), I’ve read 141 books which means I’m on target.
Sometime soon Goodreads will send me my year’s statistics, including the shortest and longest books on my list, and the total pages read.
I also wanted to expand my reading this year, by actively choosing to read more debut or new-to-me authors, more indie (self-published) books, more nonfiction (i.e. books on writing, editing, and marketing books), and to read a pile of books from my to-read pile. I have to admit that I’m not doing so well on those lists …
Of the 141 books I’ve read so far this year:
- 47 have been from debut or new-to-me authors (my target is 50).
- 49 have been self-published titles (my target is 50).
- 9 have been writing or marketing books (my target is 24. Oops).
And I’ve taken 49 books off my to-read pile. I didn’t actually read them all—there were a fair few that I started but didn’t finish. But I’ve decided I’m not going to read them (for a variety of reasons, mostly because I either didn’t connect with the characters, or because I thought the writing lacked polish).
