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#February2022MidMonthReadingChallengeUpdate

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I thought it would be fun to do mid-month check ins on my reading challenges.  The first time I did one of these posts was in 2017, and then I was more consistent with them in 2018.  In 2018, I did these posts to help hold me accountable on my goals and challenges, and continued in 2019 consistently.  I am not doing these for accountability.

You can see my original goals and challenges post here.

Goals: read one book, I’ve already completed this

Challenges:
Diversify Your Reading Challenge– 2 out of 12 completed.Each month has a genre prompt.The prompt for February is Romance and I read Pride by Ibi Zoboi.
12 Books in 12 Months Recommended by 12 friends- I saw it on Bookstagram and thought it looked fun.- 1 book
A to Z Challenge from Little Inklings Design- 6 out of 26.
Reading Rainbow Challenge from Little Inklings Design- 3 out of 10
The StoryGraph January Pages Challenge 2022- read at least one page per day, or listen to one percent of an audiobook and track it.- 31/31
2022 Genre Bingo on StoryGraph and Tumblr– 7 out of 16 completed.

At time of posting all statistics are current.

#January2022MidMonthReadingChallengeUpdate

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I thought it would be fun to do mid-month check ins on my reading challenges.  The first time I did one of these posts was in 2017, and then I was more consistent with them in 2018.  In 2018, I did these posts to help hold me accountable on my goals and challenges, and continued in 2019 consistently.  I am not doing these for accountability.

You can see my original goals and challenges post here.

Goals: read one book, I’ve already completed this

Challenges:
Diversify Your Reading Challenge– 1 out of 12 completed.Each month has a genre prompt.The prompt for January is Memoir and I read Finding Fish by Antwone Quenton Fisher.
12 Books in 12 Months Recommended by 12 friends- I saw it on Bookstagram and thought it looked fun.- I’m currently reading my first book recommended by someone in my Facebook Book Group.
A to Z Challenge from Little Inklings Design- 1 out of 26.
Reading Rainbow Challenge from Little Inklings Design- 0 out of 10
The StoryGraph January Pages Challenge 2022- read at least one page per day, or listen to one percent of an audiobook and track it.- 15/15
2022 Genre Bingo on StoryGraph and Tumblr– 1 out of 16 completed.

At time of posting all statistics are current.

 

 

#2022ReadingGoalsandChallenges

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Hey everyone! I know it’s been a wicked long time since I’ve posted and I’m sorry. I haven’t figured out the full-time job/blogging balance yet. I thought I would jump on real quick and post my reading goals and challenges for 2022!

Reading Goals:
I exclusively use StoryGraph now, and you can add me as a friend! I’m going to set my goal at one book. This year I tried it and it worked really well. I really enjoyed not feeling the pressure to read “X” amount of books.

Blogging Goals:
I want to be more consistent with blogging in 2022. I’m hoping to find a balance between working full-time and blogging. I think I need to set some time at least once a week to draft and schedule posts, but not have a blogging schedule.

Challenges:
Diversify Your Reading Challenge
12 Books in 12 Months Recommended by 12 friends- I saw it on Bookstagram and thought it looked fun.
A to Z Challenge from Little Inklings Design
Reading Rainbow Challenge from Little Inklings Design
The StoryGraph January Pages Challenge 2022- read at least one page per day, or listen to one percent of an audiobook and track it.
2022 Genre Bingo on StoryGraph and Tumblr

Please, bear with me. My end-of-year posts will be coming, I have some major updating to do with the stats that I keep for myself. I always love looking back and reflecting.

Happy new year!!

#March2021GoalsandChallengesUpdate

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I’ve done these posts in the past to keep me accountable for my goals. However, seeing as how I decided to do things differently this year with my goals and challenges, I still thought it would be great to do these monthly updates.

You can read what my goals are and the challenges that I’m participating in here.

Reading goals:
Goodreads/Storygraph: Read one book. I’ve already accomplished this goal. I have no regrets about setting my goal of reading one book and not changing it once I reached it.  I feel much freer in my reading life.  I am up to 16 books on the year and I’m very happy with that number.
Read more backlist books: I am doing okay with this goal.
Read more books written by Black authors (this includes books about social justice and Antiracism): I’m doing a decent job with this goal.  

Challenges:
Modern Mrs. Darcy– I’ve done quite a few things from this challenge.  I’m having a lot of fun with this challenge.
Library Love– Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books. For this challenge, I have read 11 out of 12 books.

Blogging Goals:
Post weekly reading updates: I’m doing okay with this, there have been a couple of times I didn’t post, especially if I didn’t read a lot a certain week.
Post reviews weekly: I have to say, I’m doing pretty well with this goal.  Posting these has become dependent on when I finish a book, which I always review books as soon a possible after I finish it.
Try to post more discussion posts: I feel like I’m doing okay with this goal, I just need to find the time to draft and schedule all my discussions. I have now added to the list of discussion post ideas that I created at the beginning of the year.  By the time the year is over, I will have had a discussion post for every week.


#February2021ReadingGoalsandChallengesUpdate

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I’ve done these posts in the past to keep me accountable for my goals. However, seeing as how I decided to do things differently this year with my goals and challenges, I still thought it would be great to do these monthly updates.

You can read what my goals are and the challenges that I’m participating in here.

Reading goals:
Goodreads/Storygraph: Read one book. I’ve already accomplished this goal. I have no regrets about setting my goal of reading one book and not changing it once I reached it.  I feel much freer in my reading life.
Read more backlist books: I am doing okay with this goal.
Read more books about social justice written by Black authors: I’m doing a decent job with this goal.  

Challenges:
Modern Mrs. Darcy: I’ve done quite a few things from this challenge.
Library Love- Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books. For this challenge, I have read nine out of 12 books.

Blogging Goals:
Post weekly reading updates: I have stuck to this
Post reviews weekly: I have to say, I’m doing pretty well with this goal.  It helps me when I read a book and then review it as soon as possible. I have also gotten better at cross-posting my reviews to Barnes and Noble.
Try to post more discussion posts: I have now added to the list of discussion post ideas that I created at the beginning of the year.  By the time the year is over, I will have had a discussion post for every week.

#January2021ReadingGoalsandChallengesUpdate

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I’ve done these posts in the past to keep me accountable for my goals. However, seeing as how I decided to do things differently this year with my goals and challenges, I still thought it would be great to do these monthly updates.

You can read what my goals are and the challenges that I’m participating in here.

Reading goals:
Goodreads/Storygraph: Read one book. I’ve already accomplished this goal. I have no regrets about setting my goal of reading one book and not changing it once I reached it. I feel much freer in my reading life.

Read more backlist books: I am doing okay with this goal. The book I am currently reading is a backlist book

Read more books about social justice written by Black authors: I have not read any books yet. I will be reading some books soon and not just in February either.

Challenges:
Modern Mrs. Darcy– This has been fun so far. I have already done one of the things that I wanted to do for this challenge. You can see what my reading adventure looks like on Bookstagram.
Library Love– Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books. For this challenge, I have read three out of 12 books.

Blogging goals:
Post weekly reading updates: So far, I’m doing well with this goal
Post reviews weekly: This one has been easy.
Try to post more discussion posts: This one might be tricky because I have a hard time coming up with discussion post ideas, but I do have some.

#2021ReadingGoals

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2020 has been a rough year for all of us, with the pandemic and fighting for social justice I had trouble focusing on reading.  I also took a much needed step back from blogging.  A few months ago I significantly lowered my Goodreads reading goal from 115 books to 50 books, which you can read about here.

These past few days, I started thinking about my goals and the reading challenges that I will be doing in 2021.  Without further ado, below you will find my reading goals and the challenges that I will be doing.

Reading goals:
Goodreads Challenge: 1 book.  Yes, you read that right.  I know for a fact that I will read at least 1 book in 2021.  I have seen a few Booktubers do this in the past, and think that it’s a great idea.  Honestly, setting my goal to just 1 book takes the pressure and stress off of reading x amount of books and feeling like I have to read that number.  Something that I hate doing is lowering my reading goal which I had to do this year.

Read more backlist books
Read more books about social justice written by Black authors to educate myself even more

Challenges:
Modern Mrs. Darcy– This year’s challenge is so unique and different, you can choose your own reading adventure!
Library Love– Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books

Blogging goals:
Post weekly reading updates
Post weekly reviews
Try to post more discussion posts

Stay tuned for my November/December wrap-up and my 2020 Reading Year Review!

#GettingMyReadingBackOnTrack

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After a few not so great reading months and lowering my goal, which you can read about here, I’m finally starting to get my reading back on track. To help me get it even more back on track, I have decided to join three readathons. The first readathon is Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, the second is the 24b4Monday Readathon the last weekend in October, the goal is to read 24 hours before Monday, and the final readathon that I signed up for is the *Bookly Fall Readathon in November.

I will be using Twitter for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon.

*For those of you that don’t know, Bookly is a reading app that tracks your reading.

#May2020ReadingGoalsUpdate

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I thought it would be a good idea to update my followers on how I’m doing with my goals and challenges, and in a way, I feel like doing this holds me accountable.  You can find my 2020 Goals post here, it also includes links to the challenges that I will be doing.

Reading goals: 31 out of 115

Challenges:
Goodreads: 31 out of 115
The 2020 Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge: 6 out of 10
Library Love Challenge: 13 out of 60+

#March2020ReadingGoalsUpdate

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I thought it would be a good idea to update my followers on how I’m doing with my goals and challenges, and in a way, I feel like doing this holds me accountable.  You can find my 2020 Goals post here, it also includes links to the challenges that I will be doing.

Reading goals: 17 out of 115

Challenges:
Goodreads: 17 out of 115
The 2020 Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge: 5 out of 10
Library Love Challenge: 13 out of 60+