2023 Reading Goals

Now that 2022 is over, it's time to think about next year 😁 Here are some of my reading goals for the coming year ~

Get my TBR down to 250 books

• As of the end of 2022, I'm down to 317 books on my TBR. My goal for the end of 2022 was 310, so we're a little behind, but I still think 250 books is very doable for next year.
  

Be finished with 90% (90) of the books on my 100 Greatest Books Challenge

• As of the end of 2022, I'm down to 25 books left which means I need to read 15 this year to make this goal. Check out my 100 Greatest Books Challenge here. Most of the remaining books are long-winded classics, books I own, or books that don't have audiobooks, which is why they've been put off so long...

Do 5 rereads

• I never make time for rereads because there are SO MANY books out there that I haven't read. Here are some favorite books I've been wanting to reread:

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• The Nevernight Chronicle by Jay Kristoff (I haven't read the third book yet, and now I need to reread the first two to refresh my memory)
• Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. A childhood favorite that is more relevant to me now that I have a baby niece on the way.
• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. Will always be on this list. 
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. I had to read this for class in high school, and it moved me so much I bought my own copy (that I have yet to read). It's been 6 years since then so I'd like to reread this and watch the adaptation.

Read 110 books

• I normally put my goal as 104 books (2 books/week), but I have been reading a lot of graphic novels lately so I think 110 is more than attainable.

Read more nonfiction

• I used to be so good at reading science books and even history books. I only read 3 (three!) nonfiction books this year, even though I own so many. Some of the nonfiction books I want to get to this year include:

• Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
• Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit
• Grunt by Mary Roach
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• My Own Words by Ruth Bader Gisburg
• A Life on Our Planet by Sir David Attenborough

Read one book from each of my favorite authors (based on availability)

• I spread myself so thin with reading that I forget to read new releases from my favorite authors. Here are some authors I want to make sure I read at least one book from this year:

• Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Fredrik Backman
• Andy Weir
• Jay Kristoff
• Mary Roach
• Christina Lauren

I think it's nice just to do a "Top 10 books I most want to read next year" (outside of the aforementioned books in this post) so here are mine:

• Crier's War by Nina Varela
• Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
• All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
• Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
• Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
• Bunny by Mona Awad
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab

Lastly, I want to write/post more reviews in 2023. I did hardly any this year (did I even do one?) because I just got lazy, but looking back on my favorite reads, I wish I had all my thoughts about them. 

That's all my 2023 reading goals!! Cheers to 2023 and happy reading 💝