Are you someone that sets reading goals? I set all kinds of goals every year; I achieve some of them and some of them fall by the wayside before January is over. Every year, though, I set reading goals and work hard to attain them. Sometimes they are in the form of a fun reading challenge (I may or may not attempt the 339 Books of Rory Gilmore someday) or sometimes it’s a number. Did I mention a million times I hit my goal of 100 books last year (the 100th book came in at about 6pm on New Year’s Eve, but I still got it)???

This year’s number goal was smaller, only 70 books, but I had some specific categories in mind for books I wanted to read. While I probably won’t look back at the Coronavirus as a good thing, being temporarily laid off gave me a lot of time at home to listen to books while I organized my office. 18 books in the month of April gave me a big push to hitting my number goal, but set me back on my goal of listening to all of Philippa Gregory’s Plantagenet/Tudor novels because the libraries were closed and I couldn’t get them.

So here is my original list of my reading goals with a mid-year status update (for a little accountability and maybe to plant a seed if you’ve never thought of doing something like this).

1. The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels (15)

2. Biographies (I always like reading about other people so Bios had to be on the list)

3 Sports Biographies (3) (I always like reading about other people so Bios had to be on the list)

1. How Good Do You Want to Be?-Nick Saban
2. Saban: The Making of a Coach by Monte Burke
3. Twelve Mighty Orphans by Jim Dent

3 Political or business Biographies (3)

1. Becoming by Michele Obama
2. The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
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3 Entertainment Biographies (3)

1. Recovery by Russell Brand
2. Bossy Pants by Tina Fey (4 stars)
3. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (5 stars)

3 Miscellaneous Biographies (3)

 

3. Personal development books (8) (These are a combination of recommendations from friends and mentors)

1. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (3 stars)
2. Ultralearning by Scott Young
3. Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
4. Deep Work by Cal Newport
5. The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
6. Grit & Grace by Tim McGraw
7. The Social Organism by Oliver Luckett
8. Make your Bed by William McRaven (4 stars)

4. TBRs (Most of these were carried over from last year)

1. The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
2. The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes (5 stars)
3. Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (3 stars)
4. Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
5. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (5 stars)
6. The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
7. The Witch Elm by Tana French (3 stars)
8. An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks
9. The Shark by Mary Burton
10. Normal People by Sally Rooney
11. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
12. The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (4 stars)
13. The End and other Beginnings by Veronica Roth
14. The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
15. Dark Age by Pierce Brown
16. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
17. Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
18. A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

So there you have it

So far, I’ve read and/or listened to 60 of the 70 books for my reading goal, but you can see that I’ve got some gaps in my categories. I’ve also gotten distracted from my TBRs and have only read a couple from it LOL. You can check out my Monthly Wrap Ups to see what other books I’ve read and get my thoughts on them. If you have any biographies or autobiographies to recommend, I’d love to hear them!

I’d also love to hear about your reading goals. What do you do?

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