2019 Recap and 2020 Reading Goals

Another Happy New Year to you all! It doesn't feel so long ago that we were here discussing my reading and blogging goals for 2019 and now we're looking forward to 2020. 

I had a really positive reading year in 2019, I read a lot and enjoyed a lot of what I read. I was also pretty good at keeping up with my challenges and with blogging, even if I have got a bit lax in the last few months. 

In today's post I will be recapping my 2019 goals and looking at how I did and sharing with you all my goals for this year. 

Goodreads Goal

In 2019 I set my Goodreads goal to 50 books, as I usually do, and I'm pleased to say I managed to exceed this and I actually read 69 books. 

In 2020 I will be setting my goal to 50 books again and hopefully I'll manage to exceed this once more. 

Reading Challenges

Last year I signed up to the AtoZ Reading Challenge hosted by Ginger Mom and Company. I didn't manage to complete the whole alphabet but I did manage to read 19 letters and I'm really pleased with this, you can see my final wrap up post here. This challenge is happening again this year for anyone wishing to take part however, I'm choosing a different challenge for 2020. 

This year I'm taking part in the TBR and Beyond Yearly Reading Challenge which is hosted over on the TBR and Beyond Facebook group. My plan is to pick a couple of prompts out of a bag every month in the hope of encouraging me to get through my backlist TBR. Along with the yearly reading challenge TBR and Beyond also host monthly challenges and I plan to take part in as many of these as I can. 

Blogging Goals

In 2019 I set myself a blogging schedule where I planned to post regular content on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and then one weekend day. I did really well with this schedule for most of the year and then I returned to work after maternity leave and my blogging time was severely limited. 

This year I'm not setting myself any super restrictive blogging goals as I know I'm not going to have a massive amount of time. I plan to regularly post a monthly TBR, reading wrap up and haul along with any reviews of books I received for review. If at any point I find myself with some extra time, such as the school holidays, then I'll schedule in some extra posts.  

Social Media Goals

I didn't have any of these last year but for 2020 I've decided to set myself the goal of being more active on social media. I actually spent quite a lot of time on Twitter and Facebook (too much probably) and I really want to become more active in the book communities on these platforms. 

So that's it. I'm really pleased with what I managed to achieve last year as it was definitely a busy year for me. Lets hope 2020 fairs just as well. 

What reading goals have you set yourself for this year? Did you manage to achieve everything you hoped to in 2019? I'd love to know. 

2019 Reading Goals

Happy New Year everyone! Who can believe we are in 2019 already. 2018 was a great year for me, even though I didn't read as much as I normally do, and I've already talked about this in previous posts which you can check out if you'd like. I'm hoping that 2019 will be just as great if not better, with a whole host of great reading and blogging experiences to boot. 

In today's post I will be talking about my reading and blogging goals for 2019. Last year I discovered that I don't do well with restrictive goals. I can't stick to specific TBRs or challenges as I like to have freedom in what I read, so this year I'll only be setting myself a couple of loose goals that I hope I'll be able to stick to for the duration of the year. 

Goodreads Goal

Every year I set myself a Goodreads goal as I know most readers do. I usually set my challenge to 50 books and can often meet this or even exceed it. As discussed in previous posts last year I didn't quite make it but I'm still setting my goal to 50 books as I'm hoping I'll do better in 2019. 

AtoZ Reading Challenge 

This year I'm planning to take part in the AtoZ Reading Challenge hosted by Ginger Mom and Company, you can find out more about this challenge and how to sign up here. My aim for this is to read a book for each letter of the alphabet. I'm not setting myself a TBR I'm just going to fit my reads in where I can and then become a bit more specific as we near the end of the year to fill in the rest of the letters. I'll be listing my reads in a separate post and updating it throughout the year.

Blogging Goals

Finally for my blogging goal I'm just hoping to keep up with my current schedule as a minimum amount of posts. Any extra would be a bonus. I would really love to take part in a blogging challenge such as Blogtober or Blogmas but I'm not going to commit to that just yet as my maternity leave would of finished then and I'll be back at work. My current schedule that I'd like to keep up with is as follows...

• Monday - Mailbox Monday Meme
• Wednesday - Top 5 Wednesday
• Friday - review of some kind
• Saturday/Sunday - other post e.g. wrap up, tag etc. 

So there we have my reading and blogging goals for 2019. Nothing to ambitious or restrictive but something to aim towards. 

What are your reading or blogging goals for 2019? I'd love to hear about them.