Paperbacks and Planners

New year, new goals, same check ins.

Just like in 2020, I really want to be actively checking in with my goals throughout the year to make sure that I actually achieve them. This year’s check in will look a little different since my goals are quite different.

I’ll be looking back on the 6 TBR Challenges I drew that month, my Seasonal TBR, Goodreads Challenge, Netgalley Score, Buzzword Readathon (if I participate), and 5 Star Prediction, and 20 to read in 2021 progress.

Here’s how month #1 went.

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1. TBR Challenges

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I’ve finished 4/6 and tentatively DNF’d one (I’m still unsure if I’m going to try picking up Love is a Rogue by Lenora Bell again…). Which only leaves Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth! That’s not half bad for my first TBR of the year.

2. Winter TBR

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I’m already over halfway done with my Winter TBR! And 3 of the 4 left are some of my most anticipated upcoming releases! So I’ll definitely have no problem wrapping this TBR up.

3. Goodreads Challenge: 13/100

While I’ve read quite a bit in January, I will admit that 98% of these were audiobooks. I’ve been all about audiobooks lately because I’ve been struggling to stay focused, and audiobooks give me the ability to do something with my hands while I read (cross stitching is my currently obsession). I’m not mad about it though – AUDIOBOOKS ARE READING. And I will die on that hill.

4. Netgalley Score

In January I finished 6 ARCS, DNF’d 1, and closed out 5 books as “Will Not Review”. That means I got 12 ARCS off my TBR this month!! I’m really proud of that. But since I marked so many as will not review, my score didn’t go up nearly as much as I’d have liked. But I’m up to 55% which is higher than it was in December. So progress!

5. Buzzword Readathon

I didn’t participate this month. The word was “Dream” and I had already finished Deadly Dreams at the end of December. I didn’t have any other books with Dream in the title on my shelves so I decided to pass for this round.

6. 5 Star Predictions

I finished 1 book of this list and it WAS 5 stars!! I knew this book would be a new favorite and I’m so glad it was everything I wanted it to be ❤️

7. 20 to Read in 2021

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4 down, 16 more to go! As I said earlier, technically I didn’t finish Love is a Rogue but I’m still on the fence about whether or not I ever will.. so for now I’m counting it as a DNF.

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So January was a pretty solid start! I’m proud of the progress I made and how well I stuck to my TBRs – monthly, seasonally, and yearly.

Did you set any 2021 reading goals? How’d you do during the first month?

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