Hello Everyone!
I thought I would put together a post for my 2019 goals. I have decided to do this for two reasons, first so that I can hold myself accountable and second so that I can see what I accomplished once we get to the end of the year. This year I will be starting a new job and I am not sure what all will be coming my way so I am not sure how much reading I will get done. I read more in 2018 than I ever have in one year but I am hoping to do half as well this year.
I learned a few things this past year regarding my reading first I do not have to purchase all the new releases and read them to be relevant. Some of the books that I was most disappointed about this year I only picked them up because they were popular. I also realized that big hardback books scare me if they are in paperback it does not bother me as much. Crazy I know but I’m working on it.
Goodreads Goal
I am setting my Goodreads goal to 15 books. I find this is a good number because there is no stress to hit it and I mostly just like being able to go back and see the list of books that I read throughout the year.
Physical TBR
I started this year with a physical TBR of 236 I really want to get this number down to at least 175. I really want to get my backlist of books down.
My 2019 10 Books I want to read
Setting up TBR’s is not generally a good thing for me because I am such a mood reader. So what I have done is I picked out 10 books that I am excited about but they keep getting pushed down my pile because of other books. The plan is to help keep these books on the top of my pile of books.
- The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman | Add to Goodreads
- Timekeeper by Tara Sim | Add to Goodreads
- Truthwitch by Susan Dennard | Add to Goodreads
- The Darkling Bride by Laura Andersen | Add to Goodreads
- Duels and Deception by Cindy Anstey | Add to Goodreads
- Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo | Add to Goodreads
- Witchfall by Victoria Lamb | Add to Goodreads
- The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton | Add to Goodreads
- The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl | Add to Goodreads
- Now I Rise by Kiersten White | Add to Goodreads
More Specific Reading Goals
I want to either finish or catch up on at least 3 series.
I want to read at least 3 tomes (books over 500 pages).
Purchase less books.
What are some of your goals for this year?
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Sophril Reads 
I would love to catch up on so many series. I’ve missed out on so many. And I’m also a very heavily mood reader so although I try to have a tbr, it never works out lol. Good luck with your new job!
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I really like this blog post! You packed everything in a single entry – I should have done that too instead of posting ten smaller ones 😂 Hope you‘ll be able to reduce your tbr! I feel you, I‘m struggling with all my unread books too! Happy reading! ❤️
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Great goals Sophril! One of mine in 2019 is toning down on the ARCs to get more time to read some books on my TBR!
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I understand completely I foolishly accepted everything I was asked to do at first then I felt like I was only reading what I was asked to and not what I wanted to be reading.
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Great goals! I like you 10 books to read in 2019 list – some great books on there. I hope you succeed in your goals this year and good luck 😁
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I read a lot of “hyped” books this year too and I want to find some more underrated books to read! And I totally get being scared of big hardbacks! I hope you have a great 2019 and good luck with your goals ❤ P.S. do you own all 10 books you want to read this year?
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Yes they are already sitting on my shelves. That is what made me choose them.
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Haha is there any books that you really want that you don’t own yet?
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Always. 😁. I keep telling myself that I will get Before She Ignites by Jodi meadows when I knock some of my physical TBR down.
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I need to reduce my TBR ask well.
I have so many older books I want to read that I rarely get round to reading newer/hyped books, which always a feel like I’m missing out 😂
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These look like very realistic and reachable goals. I also want to catch up on at least one series, which will be hard for me as I tend to be a fickle reader. Great goal setting.
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Thanks they took me a while to make reasonable.
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My reading goals this year are a bit unusual and very informal. I have some non-fiction ebooks that I’m looking forward to reading but I also want to read more shorter prose and poetry on Wattpad, DeviantArt and writers’ blogs. I’ve found so much genuinely amazing stuff online but I sort of forget it’s all out there sometimes 🙂
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