Hey everyone!

So… it’s been about 2 years since I’ve last posted anything and it’s fair to say that the poor little blog was under threat of being abandoned forever. 😱 BUT, for some reason I cannot seem to let my little scrap of the blogosphere go. I really missed the bookish community and having an outlet to share my favourite reads. So here I am, attempting to resurrect my blogging passion, even if I’m typing into the void!

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2024 Reading Goals

For 2024, I’ve set my Goodreads Reading Challenge to complete 65 books. I’m already 3 down so it’s been a somewhat positive start! In the background of this, I’m also going to track the number of pages I read compared to last year (25,067) just to see the how it varies compared with the number of books completed – I’m a bit of a stats nerd. I’ve only ever hit 65 reads once before so it’s going to be interesting to see if I can match it, or even go beyond it!

Epic Reads Next Page Reading Challenge

When I stumbled across this year-long reading challenge on Epic Reads, it felt like a perfectly attainable mission to complete whilst still keeping a flexible TBR. The checklist has one main prompt per month, as well as some off-the-page challenges such as visiting indie bookstores or buddy reading with a friend. You can find the challenge tasks below.

I’ve technically already completed January’s prompt by reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 🐉 and I’ll probably choose February’s book towards the end of this month.

Clearing the Shelves

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a bibliophile tends to have some kind of book-hoarding or book-buying addiction… hello my fellow bookwyrms! With subscriptions to Illumicrate and Fairyloot, as well as the old ‘Tik-Tok-Made-Me-Buy-It’, my shelves are bursting at seams with unread goodies. I’m working hard this year to try and power through those that have been sitting on my shelves for far too long! Seriously, it’s like my books have they Gemino Curse and they just keep multiplying! Every time I move one off the shelf, another three magically take its place!

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That’s it! I’ve tried to keep it fairly straightforward so I can try and put maximum effort into actually reading books. I’ve only ever hit 65 books in a year once before so I think that is probably going to be my biggest challenge!

What reading goals have you set for yourself this year? Are you looking forward to discovering new genres, following particular prompts of reading challenges, or are you just trying to cling on to keeping reading as a daily habit? 🙈 Let me know in the comments, I’m always happy to chat!

T – The Biblioshelf 🤗