Do you set a reading goal each year of a certain number of books?

[Barbara, Founder and Moderator]

Do you read or set for yourself a goal of how many books you read each year?

[Barbara, Founder and Moderator]

I set myself a goal last year to read 75 books.
I read 79.

This year I set another goal of 75 books.

When I first started getting back into reading I'd maybe only read about 30 books a year. So, I double that now.

[[deleted user]]

Last year I started out with my goal at 40. I was trying to get through books fast so I would hit the goal. I ended up reading over 60 books last year. This year I didn't set any goals because I think the pressure I put on myself took away from the enjoyment of reading. I MAY set a goal again for next year but it will be lower, maybe around 30 books.

[Barbara, Founder and Moderator]

Elizabeth wrote: "Last year I started out with my goal at 40. I was trying to get through books fast so I would hit the goal. I ended up reading over 60 books last year. This year I didn't set any goals because I th..."

Do you join the goal group on here on Goodreads. It's where you set a goal at the beginning of the year and then they keep track for you if you are on target, behind, etc.?

[Barbara, Founder and Moderator]

Here's the link http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/5...

Each year they start another one at the beginning. Like it will be 2014 Reading Challenge.

[[deleted user]]

I am part if that group, I just didn't set up a thread for this year with a specific number of books I want to read. Maybe next year I will.

[Jennifer]

Normally I don't, but this year I did just for fun to see where I would end up. I keep having to expand my goal though. Currently I think my goal is somewhere around 250 books.

[Anny]

Nope, didn't set a goal. Maybe I will though.

@Jennifer: Just curious, does the number include comics/manga?

[Jennifer]

My number includes anything I read, minus my own books, video game guidebooks, and any activity type books.
What I am trying to do is get an average of how many books I read of books such as graphic novels and mangas compared to other types of books. Then I was hoping to see, out of all these, what my favorites of the year was to see what this years winning genre, and age level was for me.
It's like I said, I am only doing this for fun because I think the results will be interesting. I don't really have any interest in challenging myself to read more in a year or read certain types of books because then it becomes work.

[Anny]

Interesting. I'd also like to know how the many genres compare in my tally.

I tried setting a goal of 25 first. I think I'll need to increase it soon though.

[Barbara, Founder and Moderator]

Jennifer wrote: "Normally I don't, but this year I did just for fun to see where I would end up. I keep having to expand my goal though. Currently I think my goal is somewhere around 250 books."

Oh my! I don't think I'll ever get to 250 books a yr.

I started out maybe reading about 30 to 35. I have increased it to around 75 books a yr. But, that's been over the last 3 yrs. So, it may take me awhile to ever get to that many books in a year or ever.

[Barbara, Founder and Moderator]

Jennifer wrote: "My number includes anything I read, minus my own books, video game guidebooks, and any activity type books.
What I am trying to do is get an average of how many books I read of books such as graph..."

I don't count anything other than books. I think that's what that site is for. I don't count magazines, or any other type of stuff other than books.

[Jennifer]

I also am not counting any of the books I use for research purposes in my total due to the fact I'm not reading them for fun.