I set myself a number of bookish goals for 2023 and it’s time to see how I got on. Goals completed in full are shown in green, goals more than half completed are shown in orange and goals less than half completed are shown in red.
- Achieve my Goodreads target of reading 120 books – I fell just five books short of my target
- Read at least 50 books that have been in my TBR pile for longer than two years, i.e. they were acquired prior to 1st January 2021 – I only managed 23
- Attend Henley Literary Festival and, if possible, at least one other literary festival in person – I attended several events at Henley Literary Festival, I attended the Women’s Prize Live event and I went to one event at Falmouth Books Festival
- Take part in – and complete – the following reading challenges: When Are You Reading? Challenge 2023, What’s in a Name Challenge 2023, 20 Books of Summer, Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2023 – I completed three out of the four challenges, failing once again on the 20 Books of Summer challenge
- Read all the books on the Walter Scott Prize 2023 shortlist – if possible, on the longlist – before the winner is announced – I managed to read seven of the twelve books on the longlist but not all the books on the shortlist
- Complete my own Backlist Burrow challenge by reading two books from the backlists of each of the six authors I’ve chosen – I’ve only managed to read six books from my list so far
- Read and review all new NetGalley approvals (from January 2023 onwards) by their publication date – Achieved! My NetGalley ratio now stands at 97%
- Be a better blogger pal – leave comments on posts, share posts on social media, etc – I tried to be but it’s up to others to judge
- Refresh my blog – new theme, archive old posts, etc – Er, no.
- Be more active/creative on Instagram – More active possibly, more creative definitely not
Look out for my blog post setting out my bookish goals for 2024.
