For this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, I’m previewing 10 Bookish Goals for 2025. What is your top reading goal for the year?
10 Bookish Goals for 2025
I’m linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl: Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Bookish Goals.
Do you set book goals?
I’ve already discussed goal setting in my 2024 Reading Stats and 2025 Reading Goals post here, but I’ll expand on it today.
1. Read for Enjoyment, Escape, and Knowledge
DNF the rest! You might enjoy this post about My Love/Hate Relationship With DNFing.
2. Meet my Goodreads Goal of 100 Books
Even though a satisfying reading life is not about the numbers, I enjoy tracking my reading. Since retirement, I have no difficulty meeting this simple GR goal.
3. Write Reviews and/or Make Notes IMMEDIATELY After Finishing a Book
I’m good at this for a while and then I slack off. It makes writing reviews more difficult than it needs to be! You might enjoy this post on writing book reviews.
4. Make More Book Club Kits
I’ve created three FREE Book Club Kits (James, West With Giraffes, Go as a River), and I’ve fallen short of my original intention of four per year. I’m working on one now which I’ll share with you soon! My book club kits can be found in this menu tab.
Read more: 10 Bookish Goals 2025 #readinglife #readinggoals #bookblogger #toptentuesday #bookx #booksky5. Make More Bookish Friends
One of the greatest joys of the bookish community is making book friends. Every year, I connect with more of you!
6. Retire my Newbery Award Winners Project and Think of a New One
The last three Newbery books I’ve read have been disappointing. I might keep the menu tab up, and I will always take a look at the year’s winner, but I think I’ve grown weary of reading the backlist titles. There are too many excellent middle-grade books that are not nominated. I need a new reading project.
7. Read More Nonfiction
I try…and I’m not opposed to nonfiction. I have had difficulty in the last couple of years finding titles that appeal to me. I don’t especially enjoy self-help. My favorite nonfiction is Narrative Nonfiction. I also enjoy thoughtful memoirs and an occasional biography.
8. Create a Monthly Link-Up Party
I’ve been contemplating this for a while, so this might be the year. Would you link up with me?
9. Read a Classic
It’s an ongoing goal to read one classic a year. In 2024, I read Huckleberry Finn in preparation for reading James. I have Persuasion on my Kindle, so that will be my 2025 selection.
10. Find a Good Book Series to Binge
I enjoy a backlist series so I don’t have to wait for the next installment.
QOTD:
Share one of your 2025 reading goals!
Happy Reading Book Worms
“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
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~Madeleine Riley, Top Shelf Text
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I take notes and sometimes even work on my reviews while I’m still reading a book. It makes the final review so much easier to write even if I do sometimes have to rewrite certain sentences.
Good goals. I had “nothing” for this so skipped this week. I think I may have mentioned this to you before, but I open a new post when I start a book [or have an idea for a post]. I put quotes or notes about where the quotes are [notebook for example] and it helps. Now–a new book series! I’d love to find that.
Thanks for sharing your method! 🙌📚
Seems you will be very busy.
The best kind of busy! 🙌😍
Great goals. I might be interested in a link up party. Is it the same kind of idea as this – there’s a theme and people add their posts?
Yes….the only idea I have so far is one for fav or most memorable character of the month. Any ideas?
My main goal this year, Carol, is to read more of the books that I own. Beyond that . . . I don’t know. Have a wonderful reading year Carol and good luck with your goals. 💖📚
Thanks! May your owned books bring you an abundance of 5 star happiness!
I’m definitely not going into retirement anytime soon! But, as the bookiest bookworm, I want to read 100 books this year!
Yay! Wishing you a happy new reading year and a tall stack of 5 star reads! 🥂
These are all great goals, Carol. I am trying to read more classics as well, Carol. I read Around the World in 80 Days last year and really enjoyed it. I also read Huckleberry Finn before James last year. I would link up with you. Enjoy the rest of your week.
How’s the weather in Florida? 😎 🌞
Pretty good. I’ve been here for 12 days and spent 9 of those down at the pool. A couple days were cooler and no sun, but I’m okay with that. No Snow, Ice or cold wind works for me. 😀
Lovely!
I’m in for a Link Up (assuming I understand the concept correctly). Still trying to put my goals together…these are some good ones.
Thanks! 📚🥂
Great goals, Carol. I’ve gotten into the solid habit of writing and posting Goodread reviews for every book that I read, immediately after reading them. I started doing this because of book clubs — where I often like to read in advance. But this practice has come in handy in so many different ways. And sometimes, as a book perculates, my thoughts change on it a bit. <3
Good job! 🙌 I need to work on consistency!
So, you make notes on a book AFTER you’ve finished it? Interesting! I take pretty copious notes while I’m reading, then use those to write my reviews. If I didn’t, I would never remember the details of a book. My aging brain just can’t keep up. LOL
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Well….I’m inconsistent and make notes both ways. Sometimes I find myself so engrossed that it’s difficult to stop….but I try to at least highlight in my kindle. Other times …especially if there’s a long character list or more than one timeline or setting, I take notes while reading. When I write notes after reading, I rely heavily on my highlighted passages. Overall, it’s not perfect or consistent. I think my goal is focused on consistently using one method! Hopping over to read your post….
I really need to write reviews as soon as I finish a book. I put them off and then I don’t remember everything I wanted to say/talk about. Good luck with these!
Thanks! We can read faster than write reviews! And we always think we’ll remember!