It’s almost the end of the year, and I haven’t quite met my 2022 reading goal. However, Christmas is over, and I’m now on my summer holiday … so it’s reading time!
(Click here to check out my 2022 reading goals.)
I’m currently at 148 books with five days to go in the year, and it’s my summer holiday. I’m definitely going to make the 150 books as long as I don’t do something stupid like try to re-read War and Peace (or try and finish Vanity Fair).
I set an original target of 150 books, but I also set some sub-goals.
Of the 148 books I have read:
- 15 have been by BIPOC authors (out of a target of 12+).
- 32 were by international authors (target: 40). It’s possible I didn’t categorise some properly.
- 44 were from debut or new-to-me authors (target: 40).
- I intended to read 48 books from my to-read pile. I’ve read 40, which means fallen well short of the target. On the plus side, I have made a practice of reading the books I’ve bought this year, so my to-read pile has shrunk rather than grown. Win!
I had intended to read at least 24 nonfiction books, but I’ve only read 13. I guess I over-estimated that one 😉
I’ve have read 71 books by indie authors, which wasn’t something I set a specific goal around, although I do usually seek out books from indie authors.
I have completed all my reading goals except Literary Escapes (reading a book from each state) I am close and making an effort to get a few more in before the end of the year, even though I won’t complete the goal. I will carry the remainder into 2023 and finish it. Congratulations on doing so well with your goals!!