My Bookish Goals For 2025 – The Results Are In!

I set myself ten goals this year and now it’s time to check how I did…

Achieve my Goodreads goal of reading 104 books – A near miss. I managed 102 but just could not squeeze in those final two
Read more of the books I already own, including:
- At least 20 books that have been in my TBR pile for longer than two years, i.e. January 2023 or prior – I read 19 which is another near miss but better than I’ve done in previous years
- The five remaining books on my Backlist Burrow list, a challenge I started in 2023 but have made little progress with – I got nowhere again with this one
Attend Henley Literary Festival and at least one other literary event – I went to several events at Henley Literary Festival and attended the Borders Book Festival in Melrose for the first time
Complete two historical fiction reading challenges:
- When Are You Reading? Challenge (see my updated post here) – Done
- Historical Fiction Reading Challenge – I surpassed my target of 50, reading 65 historical fiction books
Complete the What’s in a Name Challenge (see my updated post here) – Done
Read all the books on The Walter Scott Prize 2025 longlist before the shortlist is announced – I didn’t manage this but I did read all the shortlisted book before the winner was announced. And I was there at the Borders Book Festival when it was!
Reach the point where I’m read and reviewing every book on my NetGalley shelf in advance of publication – All the books on my shelf are now 2026 publications and my feedback ratio is 98%.
Take part in a reading challenge I haven’t done before – I participated in the Nonfiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shellyrae at Book’d Out and read three, which was my target
Finally bite the bullet and update my blog’s theme – Pretty obvious I haven’t got around to this although I have updated the header
Embrace audiobooks and aim to listen to one per month – It hasn’t been strictly one per month but I did listen to 12