Mid-year check-in

Can you believe that it’s already the end of June, and we’re halfway through 2019? Instead of panicking, I’m taking a step back to reflect on the reading goals I set for myself in a post back in January.

BOOK BUYING BAN

The first goal was to go on a book buying ban. My TBR was out of control and I needed to spend some time focusing on reading what I already owned. Amazingly, I actually achieved this goal for the first four months of the year! I didn’t buy any books (apart from the odd new release that I was desperate for) and read through my TBR and utilised my local library. When I got my TBR stack down I ended the ban and began shopping again and am now in the process of starting another wave of the book buying ban. (Eek!)

RE-READING

My second goal was to focus on re-reading more and if you take a look at my Goodreads I have done just that. I’ve dedicated time each month to re-read some older books and take a more critical approach to my reading so that I can update both my star rating and my review. I would totally recommend doing this as it’s an interesting process.

NOT JUST YA FANTASY

Then I set the goal to read more diversely and not just stick to my comfort zone; good ol’ YA fantasy. I haven’t done so great with this one as so far this year I’ve read 93 books but 40% of these were Fantasy and 63% were YA. I’ll definitely keep trying though! Recommendations for great books from different genres are always welcome here.

LONG BOOKS

Lastly, I wanted to try and read longer books. It’s no secret that I am intimidated by the long books on my TBR because I feel like it’ll slow my reading and put me in a slump. However, I’m happy to report that I’ve managed to read 12 books that are 500+pages this year! I’m going to write a post with some tips on how to read longer books much quicker.

I’m actually really happy with how my reading has been going this year. I feel like I’m making lots of progress! How are you getting on with your 2019 reading goals?