Top Ten Tuesday is a tag hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's prompt is "Goals for 2026 (Bookish or not! Share your reading goals, personal goals, etc.)".
I love setting goals in January, and bookish goals are my favorite type of goal to set! Before we get into my goals for 2026, let's see how I did in 2025:
2025 BOOKISH GOALS VS. WHAT I ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED
✅ Goal #1: Read at least 50 books. I read a total of 105 books!
✅ Goal #2: Read at least 5 Middle Grade books.
✅ Goal #3: Read at least 12 books from my paper TBR (as opposed to my Goodreads "Want to read" list; I only started using Goodreads last year, so I have quite a long list on paper).
✅ Goal #4: Attend the 2025 Washington Writers Conference and pitch Hunted to at least three literary agents.
❌ Goal #5: (This one might be too ambitious, but ...) Read ALL of the books I didn't get to from 2024 lists (I've already read two, which leaves 25–that's half my entire reading goal for the year!). I managed to read all but two!
❌ Goal #6: Read at least one book for each National Month. I missed June, October, and November.
✅ Goal #7: Participate in the 2025 Cover Lovers Reading Challenge (hosted by Susan at Bloggin' 'bout Books) at Level Two (11-20 books). I got 33 of 50!
✅ Goal #8: Participate in the 2025 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Reading Challenge (hosted by Rachel at Fantasy and Sci-Fi Fanatics).
✅ Goal #9: Participate in the 2025 New Release Challenge (hosted by The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog) as a New Release Newbie (1-30 books). I read 15 new releases in 2025!
✅ Goal #10: Read at least one post by another book blogger per week.
BOOKISH GOALS FOR 2026
Goal #1. Read at least 75 books.
Goal #2. Read at least one book from my paper TBR (as opposed to my Goodreads TBR) per month.
Goal #3. Read at least one nonfiction book per month.
Goal #4. Read one book for each National Month (e.g. Black History Month, Women's History Month, etc.).
Goal #5. Read 50 books for the 2026 Cover Lovers Reading Challenge hosted by Susan at Bloggin' 'bout Books.
Goal #6. Read at least 12 books for the 2026 New Release Challenge hosted by The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog.
Goal #7. Reread at least five books (I've already reread one!).
Goal #8. Write at least three full-length book reviews for my blog (I've already written one!).
Goal #9. Buy at least three books from local indie bookstores (this one shouldn't be too hard 😉).
Goal #10. Read no more than three physical books at a time (audiobooks don't count 😜).
Looks like you did great with last year's goals! I didn't think to check on mine, but I think I did okay... and probably my list from this year looks a lot like last year's, ahaha.
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You did a wonderful job with your goals last year!
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