OMG. Same. 😝

My goal is small 6 books for 2024 and 12 books for 2025. I am finishing Shantaram atm, gonna read bloods meridian next.

loved Shantaram, drop your thoughts in the just finished a book thread when you're done

bout that time again

my goals for next year:

read at least 10 books that are over 500 pages

reread 10 books that I loved growing up or read long enough ago to forget about them

read at least 5 books in Spanish

25 new fiction books (already have them lined up)

7 non-fiction (no idea on what or which topics)

3 rereads

Have you read 2666

yea I read it last year in Spanish. harrowing read at times but singular and unforgettable. big Bolaño fan but honestly I liked The Savage Detectives much more. read that in English a few years ago and will probably reread it this year in Spanish

On my list for next year been hearing a lot of good things

thinking about doing The Savage Detectives this year too

I did 13 this year

the goal is 20 books once again. maybe this'll be the year that i actually reach it lol.

Wanna read some big ass books, and also difficult reads, fiction and non fiction.

Read stuff that aligns with elements of what I'm writing

12 novels for me this year! however, I will count long graphic novels to my total. I wanna start the year reading Watchmen

What are you writing?

Read 16 books in 2024. Aiming for 20 in 2025.
Compared to 2021 and 2022 my reading was AWFUL in 23 and 24 so I am hoping to focus fr fr this year

I don't think you hold that much info reading slow either. It's either you do want to intentionally learn or just be entertained. This goal seems to just fall in the entertainment side of consuming

Guy has never heard of goal setting

Sometimes when you have a clearly defined goal it's easier to do a thing

If I have a bunch of books I'd like to read it's easier to say "ok ill have read this many by this month " than to just leave it to a whim

Also some people literally read to become better readers so tracking that progress helps

There is no better way to read. Some people just like structure is all, nothing to do with rushing through a book.

we seem pretentious for tracking our reading and striving to hit numerical goals

you seem pretentious for being above it all and acting like your way of reading is superior