2021 Wrap-Up & 2022 Reading Goals

2021 Wrap-Up & 2022 Reading Goals

Hi everyone! Today I want to do a quick recap of my goals for 2021 and how well I did with them as well as go over some of my reading goals for 2022. Let's just jump on in shall we?

 Books

Under The Dome & The Long Walk & Misery by Stephen King - Under The Dome I did read and loved. The Long Walk & Misery are still on my TBR.

Neverday & I Knocked Up Satan's Daughter by Carlton Mellick III - Yes! I read and enjoyed both of these.

We Were Beautiful by Heather Hepler - I didn't get to this one but it is still on my TBR

All The Stars and Teeth & All The Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace - Yes! Read and enjoyed both of these!

Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher - Read and enjoyed!

Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning - I just read this in December and unfortunately I did not enjoy it.

Project Nemesis Trilogy by Brendan Reichs - So I didn't end up reading these yet but they are on my TBR for 2022

Elites of Eden & Rebels of Eden by Joey Graceffa - I did read these. Elites of Eden was my favorite book in the trilogy.

Goals

1. Read 100 books: I'd like to try and read at least 100 books again this year. I Smashed this one and ended up reading over 200 books.

2. Prioritize my Physical TBR: I started 2021 with 301 physical books on my TBR, I want to cut that down as much as possible. I don't think I did a horrible job of this, but it could have been a lot better. I'm going into 2022 with 250 books.

3. Classics: I would like to continue to read more classics. I think 6 books is a great goal to reach for. I read more than 6 and actually enjoyed most of the ones I read.

4. Popsugar Reading Challenge: I love a challenge and hopefully I'll finish the Popsugar Reading Challenge for the third year in a row. Did it!

5. Translated Works: This year I'd like to read at least 4 translated books. I'm pretty sure I completed this.

6. Series: I want to finish off as many of the series I have started as possible. I did finish a few series that I started. I still have a few to finish but I'm happy with the ones I did complete.

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And now for my 2022 Goals!!

Books

Project Nemesis Trilogy by Brendan Reichs - I've been excited about this trilogy ever since I got it in 2020. It's time to just read them already!

The Long Walk & Misery by Stephen King - The Long Walk has been on my goals list since 2020, that is one I really want to get done at this point. Misery I want to read so I can watch the movie.

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron - I'm so excited for this one!

Kings of Wyld by Nicholas Eames - Over Christmas my fiancé sent me to the bookstore and told me to get a book. I asked the lady who worked there for recommendations on a horror or sci-fi under 300 pages. She wasn't a horror reader so she ended up picking out a 500 page fantasy book for me instead. Side note, she did ask if I was okay with fantasy and had a back up sci-fi recommendation but she recommended this book the most.

China Dolls & The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See - In 2020 I binged 5 books by Lisa See and then never read anything by her after. The 5 books I read were all 4 and 5 stars so I have no explanation for this.

Goals

1. Read 100 books. I read a lot in 2021 and while I like reading a lot I probably will not read that many books this year.

2. Focus on my bookshelves (currently at 250 unread books). I am putting myself on a book buying ban with one exception. I just started a book club where we read backlist titles, if I need a book for that which I can not find at the library I am going to buy it. 

3. This year I created a reading challenge to help me get through the books on my physical TBR. The prompts are not strict, it's literally just a fun way to help me decide what to read next. I tried to make the prompts so they would be easy to fill without much, if any, searching.

4. Something book related I want to do this year is a Cross Stitch Book Journal. I originally got the idea when I saw a post by @bookstitchlong. When I looked more into it, people actually embroider a journal by stitching an icon a day, I won't be doing one daily but instead I'll be doing one per book read. I don't know how to embroider so I'm going to cross stitch mine. Hopefully it'll turn out nice and I won't run out of room.

That's basically all of my challenges for this year. I want to keep it simple and give myself room to just read whatever I feel like at that time. It's going to be a pretty chill reading year for me and I'm looking forward to that.

If you've read this far, thank you so much! I appreciate every read I get on these posts. Please remember to check me out on Instagram and Twitter for updates on my 2022 Reading Challenge and Bookish Stitchalong.

See you on the moon! XO

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Prompts Blog Post: https://fourmoonreviews.blogspot.com/2021/11/four-moon-2022-reading-challenge.html

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