As we close out the horrendous year that is 2020, I’m planning ahead for the upcoming year and what I plan to read. I usually only have a challenge around the number of books I read in the year, but this year I’m adding a few more from other blogs that I follow.
The Goals
Read 60 books in 2020 – In the past few years, I’ve read around 50 books, more or less. I kept with that for the fact that it’s almost one book a week. It was especially hard to keep up with this in the past due to graduate school. I want to up it just a few in 2021.
Get my TBR Owned pile down to 10 (okay more like 20 or 30) – I don’t buy too many books, I just don’t have enough bookshelves. But really, I have way too many books that I own that I haven’t read.
Read the Lambda Literary Awards from 2020 – I’m stealing the idea of reading a literary award shortlist from Bookish Luna. This year I’m going to read the shortlist of the Lambda Literary Awards. As there are 24 sections, each with about 4-6 books in their shortlist, I’m going to only read the shortlist for the Lesbian Fiction awards this year. I’m excited to add a literary list to my challenges, as I hope this broadens my reading and authors.
Utilize the Library More – As a way to help keep my TBR owned pile, I also want to use the library more. Since I actually work in one, it is easy for me to get books and take them back, so this shouldn’t be difficult.
Read More Poetry – I have quite a few poetry books and a pretty decent poetry collection in general. This year I want to try to read a few poems a day (2-3 depending on the length) and have that be part of my morning or evening routine.
Happy Reading Darlings and New Year!
Great goals! Cutting down my TBR owned list and reading poetry more are some of mine as well. Happy new year!