Jen's 2018 Reading Goals

2017 was the year in which I decided that I would read what I wanted, when I wanted, and it worked out so well for me! For once I didn’t feel the pressure of having to read a certain book at a certain time and I felt more free to enjoy my reading. Since it was such a success for me last year, I’ve decided that I’m going to take the same approach to reading in 2018 and basically keep the same goals. The main objective will obviously still be to read as much as possible while working on decreasing my physical TBR pile and all without putting any extra pressure on myself.

Goodreads Reading Challenge: 100 books

I managed to surpass this goal in 2017 and will be aiming to do the same in 2018.

Decrease my TBR pile

Every year I set this as a goal and every year I fail by adding to my TBR pile rather than decreasing it. But the number of unread books I now own has reached epicly ridiculous proportions and has actually been stressing me out. According to my calculations, I started 2017 with 373 physical TBR books and ended the year with 356 physical TBR books. Still a ridiculous amount but it’s the first year in which I did actually manage to decrease my TBR books so it’s proof that it can be done!

For 2018 it will still be an absolute top priority to read from my physical TBR pile and I am going to try harder to minimise my book buying even more. I know that it’s just not going to be possible for me to stop buying books altogether, but I can only try.
Again, to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on myself, I won’t be aiming for a specific number (although to decrease my TBR by a bigger amount than last year would be great).

Read/complete 10 series

This was also a goal that I set and achieved for the previous three years so I want to keep it going in 2018. In 2017, rather than setting a specific list of series to read, I just went with what I felt like reading and that was a far better strategy. It allowed me to read what I was in the mood for and I’ll definitely be doing the same thing in 2018.

Restricting re-reads

This was a great goal for me in 2017 so I’ll be continuing it in 2018. Keeping it to a minimum is the goal here because I know that limiting myself to zero re-reads just isn’t going to happen. I already have a few books in mind that I would love to re-read.

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

It’s been quite a long time since I’ve read the first few books in this series and I just miss the world and the characters and being caught up in the magic. It’s time for another re-read.

The Martian by Andy Weir

This is one of my all-time favourite books ever and although I’ve re-read it multiple times already, I just know that I will feel the urge to read it again sometime in 2018.

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

This was a re-read that never happened in 2017 and so I still haven’t read Tower of Dawn yet! But the supposed final book is due for release in 2018 so I would love to complete a re-read (because I have a hopeless memory and I’ve forgotten almost everything that’s happened) of the first five books plus the prequel novellas and then move onto Tower of Dawn. All in time so that I can be fully prepared and raring to go when the seventh and final book is released.