Reading Goals for 2024: Reflections. I definitely forgot about my reading goals for the vast majority of the year, so if I accomplished them, it may not have been on purpose. Let’s take a look!

Read more short story collections. Short story collections have been some of my favorite books of all time, so I often have the goal of reading more of them. Unfortunately, I failed HARD at this one. I had wanted to read at least 4 collections in 2024, one more than the 3 I read in 2023, and instead I read one. ONE. At least that one did end up on my favorite books of the year, which honestly just underscores the fact that I need to actually read more of the types of books I know I’m going to love.

Read an anthology. Again, complete failure. I read zero anthologies, and they still haunt my TBR.

Read more romantasy. OK, a goal I actually did accomplish! There are 7 books I read in 2024 that I’d classify as romantasy, and I enjoyed all of them, with ratings ranging from 3.5 to 5 stars. So I confirmed that I do indeed enjoy this genre, and did more than just dip my toes in.

Continue in one or more fantasy series. Yes. I continued with 3 fantasy series, so even though I do have a bunch more on my TBR, this goal gets checked off.

Complete the Book of the Month reading challenge. OK, so I didn’t quite finish this challenge by reading 15 BOTM titles, but I did read 10, which I think is pretty respectable. I’m not mad at how I did on this goal.

Discover new-to-me nonfiction writers. OK, I crushed this one. Nonfiction dominated my favorite books of 2024, and a bunch that I picked up were from new-to-me authors. I don’t think I’ve ever read more nonfiction in a given year, and found some absolutely breathtaking reads.

Read more diversely. I think I did OK on this goal, but there’s always room for improvement. The majority of my 2024 favorites were written by BIPOC authors, so that’s a good start.

OK, now that we’ve reflected sufficiently on my success/failure of my 2024 reading goals, it’s time for…

 

2025 Reading Goals

Read more than one book from Olivie Blake. Olivie Blake has become one of my favorite authors in recent years, and yet she’s had several new releases that I haven’t managed to read yet, and actually didn’t pick up a single book from her in 2024. Hopefully in 2025 I change this! I have a lot of different options to pick from.

 

Read more romantasy. This was a goal last year as well, but since there are SO MANY romantasy books on my TBR, and I don’t frequently pick them up, we’re carrying it over into 2025.

 

Read more dark academia. This is one of my absolute favorite subgenres, and there are plenty of amazing-sounding books on my TBR that I just haven’t gotten to yet.

 

Read at least 5 short story collections. I keep failing at this goal despite my love for short story collections; let’s actually make this happen in 2025. Anthologies count for this challenge too, if I could actually manage to read one.

 

Complete the 2025 Book of the Month reading challenge. This would mean I need to pick up 15 BOTM titles in 2025, which is honestly pretty difficult. Nevertheless, it’s a fun challenge.

 

Read more diversely. This is always a goal, and one it’s important not to lose sight of.