19 Goals for '19

19 Goals for '19

At the beginning of the year I made an arbitrary list of goals to complete this year. I would like to look back on them and see how many I completed.

Goodreads goal of 108

Last year I read a solid 101 books for my challenge of 100, so I decided to step it up a little. Keep it at an average of 9 books per month.

10 Classics

I read a few classics last year, and really loved them. I want to read more of them, and more diversely with some translated fiction, and international authors.

Read more books than I buy

I have a huge amount of books piled up that I haven't read yet, and I need to get through them before buying tons of new ones.

Start a blog

We'll see how far along this goes. But technically, whether I continue with it I did start a blog. We can check that goal off of the list.

Start writing reviews

I will start by writing them on here, and linking them in my Goodreads when I rate and finish a book.

Finish 3 Book Series

I have quite a few series that I am halfway through, so I want to get to finish them.

Reread 5 Books

I love to reread books, and honestly I do it a lot. This probably won't be a hard goal to accomplish for me.

Write a draft of a novel

Speaking of hard goals...

Read 25 books from TBR (bought before January 1st)

This is related to reading more books than I buy. I want to whittle down my physical TBR, making room for more books. 

Finish book draft

This means to finish a draft of a novel that I've already started.

Read 3 books in french

I am trying to get a better grasp on french, so I think reading some beginner french books might help.

Read daily

Whether its one page, or one thousand pages, I just want to read.

Write at least 5/7 days a week

Writing everyday helps you get better, so I want to get into a consistent writing mood.

Keep up with my Reading Journal

I just put together a reading journal out of an old composition notebooks, just for basic reviews and thoughts on the books I'm reading. I want to be consistent with that as well.

Fill up 2 Notebooks

I buy too many notebooks to not finish any.

Make a spreadsheet for stats

I did this already. It's just about putting the books and ratings in once I finish them.

Read 10 books that are 600+ pages

I read a couple of very long books last year, so I just want to challenge myself to read as much as I can.

Get a bookshelf

Achieved this already. I went to Ikea and bought a nice bookcase.