On Goodreads it is possible to set yourself a reading goal for the year, previously I have set and succeeded in reading a total of fifty and sixty books in one year. In 2018 I set the goal of reading 35 books and failed. I managed 27 of 35 books which Goodreads tells me is 77% of the way there.
I had wanted to reach the goal but I simply had less time to read in 2018 then I did in the year I read sixty books and even if I had had the time to read I had less disposable income for the majority of the year to spend on reading material.
In 2019 I have set the goal of reading 30 books, this is less than I planned to read last year as I am unlikely to have any more reading time this year as I am starting a Masters course at the end of January. However, it is still more books than I managed to read because it is supposed to be a challenge after all.
And if I do fail again, the goal of reading thirty will still make me read more books this year than I would be likely to if I set no goal at all.
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