Ha ha ha ha ha ha … I’m not.
Well, that’s not quite fair. I did almost no reading in May because I was focused on the final edits for my book (so I read that ten times. Does that count as ten books?). I also visited my daughter and mother for ten days, which meant I spent that time with them rather than reading.
I’m now playing catchup work and life, but have been trying (!) to read a bit more. My “books finished” was accidentally helped by a couple of very short novellas (one finished at 65% of the Kindle copy, which left me frustrated as I was really enjoying it and wasn’t expecting it to end so quickly. It turned out to be only 55 pages, which is waaaayyyyy to short for a paid “book”).
Here’s what I said I was going to read:
- Read 150+ books
- Read 48+ books from my to-read pile
- Read 40+ books from debut or new-to-me authors
- Read 40+ books from non-US authors
- Read 12+ books from BIPOC authors
- Read 18+ nonfiction books
Here are my current Goodreads numbers:
- 42 books read (which sounds okay until you realise it’s 29 books behind schedule. I may have to be reasonable and lower my target).
- 6 books from my to-read pile
- 10 books by debut or new-to-me authors
- 6 books by non-US authors
- No books from BIPOC authors (that I’m aware of … but I do have Toni Shiloh’s next book on my to-review pile)
- No nonfiction đ
Yes, I’m way behind on everything.
I didn’t set a target, but I have read 24 books by indie authors, which is more than half. That’s a win!
I also seem to be buying more books than I’m reading (sorry, to-read pile. I blame the twice-weekly emails from Faith Books).
What about you? How are you progressing against your 2023 reading goal?
