2020 Goal Check In: April

In 2020 I set myself some specific reading goals/challenges for each month and I want to make sure I’m staying accountable. Here’s how April went!

This was a month… I have never read so many in a single month. Which means I hit pretty much all of my goals just by default/pure chance 😅

1. Review Every Book ✅

We’re living and thriving y’all! 61 books down and all reviewed.

2. Read 100 Books

Yeah I have blown past the half way point and am well on my way to hit this by July 😅

3. Physical TBR Challenge ✅

Okay so I technically didn’t finish The Secret History… but it was really boring ok? I’ll try and revisit it later (maybe).

4. Read outside my comfort zone ✅

I read a sci-fi (which I did not like) and a graphic novel series! Not bad!

5. Read at least 2 books in an open series ✅

I read a LOT of books in open series this month! I also started a couple new ones but we won’t talk about that 😅

6. Read at least 1 BOTM book ✅

BeachRead

OMG THIS WAS AMAZINGGGGG!

7. Romanceopoly ✅

I read Slave to Sensation for the Spring prompt – which was to read a book with yellow or green on the cover.

This week is also the Romanceopoly Readathon so I’m exclusively reading books for Romanceopoly this week! So far I’ve finished Dirty, Reckless Love for Library (Freebie) if I Never Met You for Lady Lane (Women’s Fiction).

8. April TBR

Okay so I missed this one… Technically I never finished The Secret History because (again) 1, it was boring and 2, I replaced Eight Perfect Murders on my owls TBR so it was no longer a priority. I also just changed my mind about a couple other things I originally put on this list because.. I do that sometimes.

But I killed my OWLs TBR so – you win some, you lose some.

9. Seasonal TBR ✅

I read a ton off of my Spring TBR! Only a few more to go! (I did have to make some minor tweaks since the ARC I was planning on reading got pushed back…)


This was an amazing reading month all around, so I’m not surprised I hit all these goals. Hopefully May is equally as good reading-wise!

How are you doing with your 2020 goals??

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9 responses to “2020 Goal Check In: April”

  1. Gray @ Paper Star Stuff Avatar
    Gray @ Paper Star Stuff

    Congrats on meeting all your goals! I can’t imagine reviewing every single book I read, that’s impressive 🙂

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    1. paperbacks.and.planners Avatar

      Some of them are definitely a lot shorter than others! I had TONS of “RTC” reviews leftover last year so I’m trying to not replicate that 😂😂

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  2. thebrowneyedbookworm Avatar
    thebrowneyedbookworm

    Look at you!!! Congrats to all your accomplishments so far!!
    I have a couple similar goals for 2020. I wanted to read more books outside my go-to genre, which I do quite frequently, I found that mixing up genres really works for keeping it interesting. I stopped doing monthly TBRs instead I have one big 2020 tbr and I’m participating in the Popsugar reading challenge this year.
    And I’m halfway through my goal of 100 books too. 😀

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    1. paperbacks.and.planners Avatar

      That’s amazing!! ❤️ I’m terrible about mixing up genres so I’m trying to do better.

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  3. Alex @ WhimsyPages Avatar

    You’re doing great on your goals! I really need to see my post again, because I have a feeling that I’m already failing a couple of them. Lol The good thing is I can always make new goals for myself. 😀

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    1. paperbacks.and.planners Avatar

      That’s definitely what happened to me last year! I looked back at the end of June and was like yeah, I haven’t done any of this 🤣🤣 Yay for new goals though!! ❤️

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  4. Jordann @thebookbloglife Avatar

    You are doing soo well with all your goals. I wish I was doing half as well 😂

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    1. paperbacks.and.planners Avatar

      Last year I completely failed because I forgot about them completely by like March 😂 That’s actually why I started doing these check ins because it was the only way for me to actually remember them!

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