My 2024 Reading Goals

I have done a lot of reading in the past year. I broke my record for books read, pages, read, countires read from, and more. I think it was a succesful year of reading. However, there is something that I think I am lacking. I think I am lacking the pure point of reading. To me, reading should be about cracking a book open and getting lost in another world. Or reading a book that opens your eyes to a new way of living. Or making yourself feel better when you are feeling blue. Reading shouldn't be about seeing how many books you can read in a year or trying to read everything an author has ever written. While yes it is good to push yourself and read more than you normally would, and yes it is nice to read everything written by an author you enjoy, reading shouldn't be all about accomplishing goals. Unecessary goals nonetheless. So while I have read 49 books this year with just under two weeks left in it I don't feel as if I accomplished what reading should be all about. 

My 2024 reading goals are as follows:

1. Read whatever book my mom gets me for Christmas

2. Read the book that my friend L gave me last year

3. Read the next installment in the Bosch series

4. Read 5 books on the "100 book you should read poster"

5. Read more of the Inspector Montalbano series

6. Read Day

7. Read the book F gave me on finance

8. Read the next book in the Flashman series

9. Read a Peter Mayle book

10. Read a few classics

11. Read a nonfiction book

So there it is. Who knows if I will just read these 16 books the whole year. I highly doubt it, honestly. But what I am going to do is not try and cram books and not fully enjoy them. It is like listening to music. You can throw it on in the background while cleaning and you'll like it but not fully appreciate it or you can sit down and listen. I have been just throwing book on in the background. I am going to sit down next year and really appreciate every book I read.