I like to set myself some book-related goals every year. Now the moment has come to look back to see how I did before I set some new ones for this year.
- Achieve my Goodreads target of reading 104 books – I made it… just.
- Read at least 25 books that have been in my TBR pile for longer than two years – Failed. I only managed 16.
- Attend Henley Literary Festival and one other literary festival – Achieved. I went to three events at Henley Literary Festival and one at Falmouth Books Festival.
- Complete the When Are You Reading? Challenge 2024 – Achieved. My wrap-up post is here.
- Complete the What’s in a Name Challenge 2024 – Failed. I matched 5 of the 6 prompts but the final one – a book title involving footwear – eluded me.
- Complete the 20 Books of Summer 2024 reading challenge – By my strict rules I failed because I didn’t read all the books on my original list, but most others would say I succeeded because I read 20+ books during the period of the challenge.
- Complete the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024 – Achieved. I read 64 historical fiction books in 2024.
- Read all the books on The Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist before the winner is announced – Nearly. There was one I didn’t get to – The Upper Country by Kai Thomas
- Complete my Backlist Burrow challenge – Failed. I only managed to read one from my list – All Day at the Movies by Fiona Kidman – so this challenge will have to roll over.
- Maintain a 95%+ feedback ratio on NetGalley – Achieved. My ratio is currently 97%.
If you set any book-related goals for 2024, how did you get on?
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You did well!
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Seems to me that you succeeded well Cathy.
I am in awe of your 97% NetGalley feedback ratio.
Well done 👏
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Thanks, it’s taken me a huge effort to get there and now it’s an equally huge effort to maintain it!
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Well done. But what’s most important is that you enjoyed what you read.
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You did very well with your goals, Cathy. I set five goals for myself last January, and did not achieve any of them. I don’t know why I bother, as I am not good with goals or resolutions.
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Perhaps your goal should be to be better at goals LOL. Or set easier ones.
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You make me laugh, Cathy, but that would be a good one!
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I set myself all sorts of challenges that I didn’t quite make. For some incomprehensible reason I set my Goodreads challenge at 80, then picked some really thick books that slowed me down. I finished 60 and have another ten or so half-read. For my international reading challenge, I achieved my goal for Europe and North America and the Caribbean, but the rest of the world was sadly neglected.
I wanted to read the older books from my TBR and succeeded in reading 40 that I had at the end of 2023, 28 of which arrived in 2022 or earlier. As for 20 Books of Summer, even though I extended it into September, I only read 17 books. My other ongoing challenge is to read books from the 1001 list. Last year I read five, which would be a win if I hadn’t aimed for twelve. Ah well, those books aren’t going anywhere! I’ve also realised that I’m sabotaging myself twice by signing up to too many ARCs on NetGalley, then get behind on reviewing, so I’m at an abysmal 62% at the moment, partly because I’m relatively new. Time for some quick preliminary feedback, methinks.
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Well that sounds like you did pretty well to me!
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