Hello friends!

I hope you’re all doing well. Today I have a very interesting post to share with you!

If you read one of my most recent posts “My 6 Reading Goals for 2025“, you know I’ve set a few goals for the new year. But last year, around the same time, I shared with you “My 8 Reading Goals for 2024“. So I thought it would be a fun idea to revisit all the reading goals I set for 2024 and see if I achieved them – and probably laugh with me about how miserably I failed.

I always like setting a few yearly goals for reading because I think it’s the perfect opportunity to push boundaries, explore new things, and get out of my comfort zone! So for the most part, I take these goals seriously. You’ll see I ended up achieving 5/8 goals – 2 of them being related to reducing my physical TBR, and the other not being super relavant if I’m being honest -, so I’m not super mad about it!

In the following list, I will list all of my reading goals for 2024. In front of each goal, I added a ✔️ (if I achieved it) or a ❌ (if I failed).

Ok, ready to take a look? So here are the reading goals I set for 2024 and what happened during the year:

1. Read 60 books: ACHIEVED ✔️

In 2024 I ended up reading 75 books, so it’s safe to say this goal was achieved. This goal was not very hard for me to achieve because this has been my yearly goal for the last few years. This means I read an average of 6.25 books per month. At this point, I’m used to reading this many books, but I’m still glad it was achieved!

2. Reduce book collection to less than 230 books: FAILED ❌

Another year, another flop. I swear this is one of the hardest goals to achieve! Even though I set a higher number this time and was able to sell a few of my books, I still failed to achieve this goal. I’m not super mad about it because I didn’t buy a single physical book in 2024 (which is incredible to me!), so I didn’t make my collection bigger which is the main reason why this goal is here.

3. Read 24 books from my physical TBR: FAILED ❌

This was also a major flop! I ended up reading only 10 books from my physical TBR this year, so I didn’t even read half the amount of books that I originally intended! This is probably one of the goals I’m the most sad about because I really wanted to diminish my physical collection. Oh well, I’ll try to do better in 2025!

4. Read 2 fantasy series I have always wanted to read: ACHIEVED ✔️

Another goal that was achieved! Wow, who am I and what did I do to Neide? I was able to conclude the “Ink” and “Sea Witch” fantasy series, so this was another hit! I’m very proud of myself for this one.

5. Read 1 big book (>500 pages): ACHIEVED ✔️

Do you see that, friends? I did it this year! If you read my “My Fear of Big Books” post, you know I’m intimidated by big books, so I wanted to work on this fear of mine because I don’t want to miss out on all the amazing stories out there. I didn’t have much choice here if I’m being honest, because I wanted to finish the “Dreamland Billionaires” series either way… but a win is a win!

6. Only buy 12 books max: ACHIEVED ✔️

I already gave you a spoiler in goal #2, but I’ll tell you again: I bought 0 physical books this year! Can you freaking believe it?! I’m so surprised with myself, I didn’t know I had it in me! I’ll admit it was difficult at times when I was browsing my local bookstores, but I just had to remind myself that it’s very difficult to go through my physical TBR as it is, and I can just buy the books for my Kobo without taking physical space. It was difficult, but I’m proud of myself for being strong!

7. Read 10 pages or a chapter a day: ACHIEVED ✔️

Well, to be honest with you, I didn’t actually make a mental check every day to see if I read that day or not, but I know I was reading something all the time so I’m counting this goal as done! The real goal here was to make sure I was always reading something, and I believe I achieved that in 2024. So another green check for this one!

8. Use my TBR Prompt List with my TBR Wheel: FAILED ❌

I don’t think this idea even left the first month of 2024, so I’m going to say this was a HUGE failure. I wanted to add some spontaneity to my reading months, but I honestly forgot about this goal in its entirety. The idea was and is still is really good, but maybe I’ll do this more casually from now on.

And there you have it friends, my reading year. Wow, I’m impressed with myself… this went smoother than I thought! I achieved a lot in 2024 and I made a lot of progress with my reading (and discipline). I can only hopefully I’ll achieve more and better in 2025! 🙂

What about you? Have you revisited your goals? Let me know how your year went! 🙂

Have a great day friends!