It’s that time of year again–reading goals! I’ve very much enjoyed my two-part reading challenges the past few years, so I’m going to continue again for 2022.
– Quantity
– Variety
I won’t lie: meeting the challenge in 2021 was a lot harder than previous years. I was tempted to set lower goals for 2022, but that would defeat the “challenge,” wouldn’t it? With that in mind, I’m going to keep the numbers the same; I’m just going to have to be more disciplined in my reading (though I’m taking an honest-to-goodness vacation in 2022, so I should have lots of time to read!).
So here are my 2022 reading goals: a minimum of 75 books to include the following:
1. New-to-me author similar to a favorite author
2. Re-read a favorite book
3. Book set in a different country
4. A “daunting” book
5. New-to-me author’s debut
6. Read an author of a different race or background
7. Read a book club book
8. Mystery novel
9. Audiobook
10. Read a book based on the cover
11. Holiday novel
12. A friend’s favorite book
13. An animal on the cover
14. Red, yellow, or blue cover
15. Green, orange, or purple cover
16. Space opera novel
17. 2021 new release
18. 2020 award-winning book
19. Food on the cover
20. Set in your home state
21. Set in a state you’ve never visited
22. Classic children’s novel
23. Try a new book by an author you didn’t like
24. A memoir
25. A novel on my TBR pile
26. A nonfiction book on my TBR pile
27. One-word title
28. Three-word title
29. Five-or-more-word title
30. God/Lord/Jesus in the title
Who wants to join me? Share the title of one or more of the books you’d like to read for this challenge!
Karin,
I am new to the world of writing. I absolutely love your idea/plan of your reading challenge. Any reading challenge I have done is pick a number of books to read and start reading. I don’t know if this is proper — I would like to join you in you challenge and see if I can hang with you to complete it. The topic are absolutely fascinating. I do have one question though. What is a “daunting” book?
Have a safe, prosperous, healthy, joyous and blessed Happy New Year! 🎊
I’d love if you joined me! A “daunting” book is one that seems like a challenge. Maybe it’s a genre you usually avoid or a length that’s a challenge. The classics are daunting for me (or maybe the Twilight series).
Hi Karin,
I love this idea! I’m not sure how I’ll squeeze these into my schedule, but I’ll give it a whirl.
Sincerely,
Tammy
Let me know if you need any book ideas!
Have fun with this! I love the idea but have already committed to (probably) more than I should have, LOL! I am excited about the reading challenges I am doing and this one does sound good. Happy New Year!!
Happy reading!!
Karin, 75 books would be an overwhelming challenge for me! But I realize any improvement over last year would be great. (–it was a bummer year, when my TBR pile grew!) I’m ready to give some thought to my list. Wish me luck!
Good luck! I definitely wouldn’t get through that many books a year without audiobooks, though — I listen to LOTS of audiobooks.