Musing Mondays is a weekly feature hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Each week MizB asks a book related question and we have to give our answers.
This week’s musing asks…
Do you have a reading goal for the year, such as __ books? Why or why not?
The answer to this is yes, I do have a reading goal. I never used to take much notice of how many books I read a year. It used to be read as many books as I can, but now I spend more time blogging, the books I've read over the year has gone down. Last year was the first time I set a reading goal, I noticed on Goodreads that there was a Reading Challenge, so I thought why not give it a try. I did actually surprise myself as I managed to read 122 books in 2011.
This year I have also set myself another Goodreads Reading Challenge of 110 books, I'm not doing that well at the moment as I've only read 22 books this year. So this means I am behind my schedule. I do feel a bit under pressure, but then again life gets in the way and that can't be helped. I'm not stressing out about the amount of books I read, because at the end of the day I'm here to enjoy the books and it's not a race!!
7 comments:
I don't do challenges and I don't set goals...for me it all makes reading too much like a job.
122 books in a year is a lot!! Wow.. that sure is a high goal. Hope you'll get to the goal you want this year ^^
Ella
Check my musing monday? :)
You've def got a lot of catching up to do hehe. Yah it's tough when other stuff gets in the way. Here's my Musing
Life can get in the way sometimes. I set goals, but if I don't make them it's okay. My MM post:
http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/musing-mondays-june-4/
My book group's agenda is enough stress for me. Because you're exactly right: reading is fun!
I remember feeling like the amount of books I read last year was completely squashed by the amount you read last year :P I only read 57 in 2011, but that doesn't include uni books ... and uni books/work is the reason I read so little.
This year my goal is 50 again, but I'm already on 28! :) It's going well so far!
Hope you manage to pick it up - but if not, like you said, it's not the end of the world, and if you're enjoying the ones you do read, then that's what matters! :)
My Musing
Loves xxx
I do the challenge on Goodreads just because I like how it sets out all my books from the year in one place! It's handy for referring to.
But I agree, totally not a race! All that matters is that we're reading :)
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