Reading Goals for the Year (2020)

This year, I want to read more and I want to hold myself to it. Hence this public declaration.

I thought I'd set some goals. This is pretty straight forward, this is what I would like to achieve with regards to reading this year. Above just the number of books, I also have goals around the scope of genres read so as to avoid reading a million of the same type of book. Above the literary and women's fiction that tends to be my go to, I also want to read some of the following:

Some self-published books from new authors (or authors just new to me), some loud books that have all the traditional publishing marketing power, some non-fiction books, some poetry books, some literary 'classics' and finally some YA fantasy (because this is a genre I plan to write in future). I'm setting my goal at 50 books and I'm so serious I made a visual:

Now, I still don't quite know how that break down will happen exactly. For example, will I read between 8 and 9 books in each genre or will I read 15 classics and only 3 poetry books and make the difference in whatever genre pulls me? I can't be sure, but I'm choosing to leave it open so I have a sense of freedom in this en devour. Though, more likely than not, the breakdown will not be equal and while I will make it a point to read at least three books in each genre, I can't pretend that I will approach them all with the same vigor. What I do promise is to keep a tight record of every book read (I might even review some of them) and I will tally it up all at the end of this year. I look forward to the results and I can't wait to share them with you. Feel free to join me or to suggest books for any of the genres.

Happy reading,

Noni