Here are my reading goals for this year.

Read 80 books – I will keep my books at under 100 per year. I want to enjoy other hobbies and activities alongside my responsibilities and work. I plan to hit 100, but it’s not required to make me satisfied like reaching 60-80 would.

Read more books from my shelves – The most important goal. At least 25% of total books read or at least 35 books has to be from our shelves. Need to be better about this one as I have decided to basically given up on Not Buying books because I love books. They give me joy. Getting and having them gives me that serotonin rush, but I need to read more from the ones I get. I will always be one of those readers who has giant TBR piles so it’ll be a constant journey for me to balance it out.

Read at least three from Boxall – Should be fine.

Keep physical library books at less than 10 books at any time – Need to keep an eye on this one.

Read one poetry book – Should be fine.

Read one French book – More Tintin probably.

Read one Shakespeare play – Failed in 2024.

Continue Ascendance of a bookworm light novels series – Love these books! I hope to be done most of this series by the end of the year. I am going to watch the anime once I catch up enough in the books.

Specific Reading challenges:

• Read 12 books by Irish authors – I’ve already failed to read one Irish book in January so hoping I can double it up in the next few months.
• Reading Glasses Challenge 2025 – My favourite specific challenge in recent years.
• StoryGraph Genre Challenge 2025 – These genres are always so specific which is interesting to find books for.

My other goals from last year such as reading classics, giving away books, and continued digital and audio reading will continue. I think they have become more routine and do not need to be tracked as much.