Any reading goals for 2020?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52174)
Staten Island, New York
January 13, 2020 5:26pm CST
It's a new year, which means another goal for the Goodreads reading challenge.
My goal last year was 55 books. Unfortunately, I only finished with 42 books.
Since I didn't reach my goal last year I am gonna keep the same one for 2020. I've set it at 55 books.
Hopefully, this year I will reach it and maybe even surpass it. If not, I hope I get as close to the goal as possible.
It's not so much about getting to 55 books as it is about continuously reading books. And the Goodreads reading challenge is helping me do that.
This reminds me that I have my first book to finish for 2020. Better get to it as I've been putting it off all day.
Any reading goals for 2020?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Jan 20
My only reading goal is to average a book a week. I have finished 3 books so far this year.
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@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 20
That is not bad at all.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
14 Jan 20
Not at this time Lena I just do not have the time.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
14 Jan 20
10 books I bought in the last year and still didn't finished. Shame.
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 20
It's okay. As long as you finish them doesn't matter that it took you longer.
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jan 20
@Behindtheguitarbar That's ok. I set the same goal for this year as last year because I didn't reach it this year. Hoping this year I will.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
15 Jan 20
@lovebuglena thank you. But its reading goal of last year, haha.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Jan 20
I don't read books now like the way I did when surfing the net is still unknown. There are still a lot of them I cannot store yet because I have not finished reading them.sometimes I flip through the pages then put it aside again.
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jan 20
Maybe you are just not into it these days.
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@dodo19 (48167)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
14 Jan 20
@lovebuglena I would imagine so, if this person can read so many books.
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 20
That's a good number of books to read in one year. There is someone on this site that reads hundreds of books a year. I don't know how that person is able to do that. Must be a very fast reader and have lots of free time.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 20
How does the Goodreads challenge work? Do you buy 55 books or do you get them from the library or other places? Do you read the books found on Goodreads? I know my books are listed on Goodreads and I've seen the challenge, but I haven't done anything about reading.
I don't set reading goals. I have a very hard time reading with my eyes as bad as they are with cataracts. I can only read for so long, and then I need to put the book down.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 20
@lovebuglena Do you review the books you've read? That's always helpful to the author.
Good to know how that works.
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 20
You set a number of books you want to read in 2020. Then each time you start a book you find it on Goodreads and select Currently Reading. Then when you are done reading it change the status to Read and that book will count towards your reading goal. Keep in mind, if you right away select Read for a book it will not register. You must select Currently Reading first for it to count. What I do is read books from the library though there are certain authors whose books I buy. Doesn't matter as long as the book is in the Goodreads database. Although you can probably enter a book into Goodreads if not found there as I've done that before.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
14 Jan 20
No, I haven't been able to concentrate enough to read a book. I used to be a voracious reader.
