2020 Bookish Goals

2020 Goals

* Goodreads - So my 2020 goodreads goal is going to be 100 books again, mostly because while I did manage to read 162 in 2019 I don't want to put too much pressure on myself. 

* Book buying - I am going to set myself a book buying limit of 52 books. This may sound like a lot but it will include pre-orders and charity shop buys. I am hoping that this will make me think a little more before buying so many books (some of which are still unread on my shelf from a couple of years ago).


* Series - It looks like 2020 is the year of the sequel and I hope to keep up with the ones I am interested in but I also have some series I have had for a while but not started or finished yet. These include The Raven Boys, Mistborn Trilogy and the Planetfall series by Emma Newman.


* Instagram - I really enjoy posting and chatting on Instagram and I have increased my followers a lot in the last year but in 2020 I would really love to get to 1000 (I am currently at 539 so this will require some work from me and a more regular posting schedule).


* Blog - I am hoping to be a bit more regular on my blog and hopefully stick to a schedule of 2 posts per week. These will be a mix of TBR's, wrap ups, reviews, unboxings and memes.


* Library - I am going to look at using my library more - I currently use the app for audiobooks which is great but I want to use the library more for physical books. I am starting a new job soon which is based in the town centre so hopefully this will help.


* Readathons - I love taking part in readathons but sometimes I get a little too enthusiastic and try to do too many so this year I am going to be more picky when choosing readathons.

2019 Review

2019 In Review

So in 2019 I set my goodreads target to 100 and managed to read a total of 162 books. Below are some stats about my year of reading.

My best reading month was November 2019 in which I read 20 books and my worst was September when I read 8.

Genre wise the split was as follows:

Fantasy 100
SciFi 31
Historical 10
Contemporary 12

Thriller 4
Superheroes 4
Autobiography 1

NB: All sub genres are including in the overarching genre (i.e. urban fantasy, magical fantasy etc are all covered by Fantasy)

I read in different formats this year too.
43 Hardbacks
54 Paperbacks
41 Audiobooks
14 Graphic Novels
10 Ebook copies
(5 ebooks and 3 paperbacks were ARC copies)

104 books were YA
40 Middle Grade
18 Adult


87 of the books I read were published in 2019 with the remaining published before then.

I also DNF'd 3 books.

December Wrap Up

In December 2019 I managed to read a total of 10 books.

I didn't read as much as I was hoping to but it was fairly busy with Christmas and family stuff so I am still happy.

Owlcrate Unboxing December 2019

In this post I am going to be unboxing the December 2019 Owlcrate. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Owlcrate is a monthly book subscription box from the USA. Each month you receive a brand new young adult novel and 3-5 bookish items along with exclusive goodies from the author.

The theme this month was Tales of Trickery (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Bookmas - Top 5 Duology's

Bookmas - Top 5 Duology's

December TBR

Generally unless I am taking part in a readathon I don't tend to set TBR's but below is a selection of books I am hoping to read by the end of 2019.

November 2019 Wrap Up

In November 2019 I managed to read a total of 20 books.

I read far more this month than I expected to which I think was in part thanks to the Beliveathon which I read 11 books for. And it was a pretty good reading month for me. Let's hope December is just as good.