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'>  Designed by www.freepik.com What are your bookish goals for 2026?
As readers, we typically kick off a new year with big plans for our reading lives—or at least a hopeful vibe—about what our reading life will look like. Maybe it’s the fresh calendars, fresh challenges, fresh new reading trackers, or the fresh confidence that whispers dangerously, “This is the year you’ll read 100 books.” (It’s okay if we all say this every January. I suppose it’s tradition.) We imagine cozy evenings with a book, steady progress on our shelves, and finally being the kind of person who finishes what they start instead of collecting half-read novels like abandoned hobbies. Personally, I begin each year with wildly optimistic expectations. I set ambitious reading goals, create elaborate strategies to complete reading challenges, and make heartfelt promises to finally read the books my friends recommended months—sometimes years—ago. Most bookish goals tend to fall into a few familiar categories:
Do these plans always work out? Absolutely not. Life loves to show up uninvited with responsibilities, exhaustion, and the audacity to interfere with reading time. So rude. However, over the past two years, reading challenges have introduced me to genres and authors I never would’ve picked up on my own. And honestly? Some of those “I’m only reading this for the challenge” books turned into total gems. Other times, I just grab a book I’m excited about and then do a little victory dance when I realize it magically fits a prompt. Reader math is very real. But the thing is: I still set goals every year because they work. Even when I don’t hit every target, they push me to read more, try more, and step outside my comfort zone, which feels like a win, win, win for me. As we continue stepping into 2026 with our color-coded trackers, overly ambitious goals, and suspiciously optimistic attitudes, I’m choosing to embrace the chaos of reading life. Whether I hit every goal or completely derail by the summer (also tradition), the joy is in the stories I discover along the way. Now I want to hear from you: What are your bookish goals for 2026? Are you plotting to conquer your TBR, experimenting with new genres, or simply trying to make more time to read? Share your goals in the comments and let’s keep each other motivated, accountable, and endlessly inspired—because reading is better when we do it together.📚✨
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