Book goals 2023…… few questions for you

I also use goodreads.com and I also make a goal of 52 a year. The last few years I've managed between 50 & 56 for the year. Some months I find I read a lot, and others I barely crack open a book - well I read on my kobo but same idea LOL And yes I count re-read books because even if I've read them before, its still one I read that year

I read everything (except research/helpful books) on kindle app so it keeps track for me. I’d count the re-read book for the current year. Do you have any idea how many books you read a week now? How much more do you want to read and think you’ll have time for? I wouldn’t place the goal too high lest it takes some of the enjoyment out of it. I’d just get it in my head that I’ll re-evaluate at the end of the quarter.

My reading goes between silly romance novels and mystery/thriller type book. I’m in the mood for something light so I’ll go look at the hundreds of books I have downloaded and see if a cover stands out for me.

1. I use a Mac/iOS app called Book Tracker. I really don't care for the social aspect of Goodreads.
2. I don't set goals. I'm a daily reader and read for enjoyment. I don't need another metric to achieve in my life I might set a goal if I was trying to get in the habit of reading more, but I read 74 books last year so I think I'm doing ok. I don't want to compete with myself on a leisure activity.
3. I don't have goals, but if you do, of course re-reads should count. It's still reading.
4. I am currently reading "Dilla Time" by Dan Charnas, "Someone Like Me" by Julissa Arce, and am starting "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver tonight.

1. Goodreads. It's easy and convenient. You can rate and review books and see what your friends are reading. I've been tracking books there since 2012. 

2. I base it on life and on the previous year. My goal in 2022 was 75 books. I read 71. Goodreads said, "Better luck next year." <Alllllllllllll the eyerolls.> LOL. My goal this year is 70. 

3. Yes.

4. I just finished Look Closer by David Ellis. I highly recommend. So many great twists! I couldn't put it down. It was one of my favorite books of the year. 

Yes, I read The Housemaid. I also highly recommend it for all the same reasons. (However, the two books are very different from each other.)

I'm starting the year with A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meisner. Up next is The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham. 

Happy reading! 

Lisa 

I never set a total book goal. Instead I do challenges...for this year I'm doing the alphabet challenge (title, and author), a "books around the world" challenge (read a book set in each area -- Central America, South America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, etc... there are 13), an Africa challenge (a book set in that country or an author from that country...there are 54), and a "read around America" challenge (a book set in each state). Plus I continue to work on my list of Agatha Christie books.

Yes, I'm crazy. hahahaha But, the Christie one is ongoing, and I suspect the Africa one will be also. I'm going to try to finish the others. And yes, I will count a book in multiple challenges -- at the beginning it's especially easy to do that, like for example the title and author for the two alphabet ones, and the setting (country or US state). 

My first book this year is the next in the Phryne Fisher series, "Murder on a Midsummer Night". I'm about 1/3 of the way through.

eta: forgot to answer the other questions, lol... I keep track in a notebook because Goodreads is too "busy" for me. Too much going on, too many things to click on, too many links to follow, etc. haha 

And yes, if I reread a book I count it again. My eyes have still moved over those words so it's reading. 

I’ve always been a huge reader but it’s really taken a backseat the past decade or so. I’d like to read more, so I’m actually going to set a reasonable goal for myself this year. I have used Goodreads to track for years.

1. I've used Goodreads for over 10 years, though I am going to do Storygraph this year concurrently and see if I like that better.  I also keep a very rudimentary paper journal, I've done that for years.

2. I didn't hit my goal a year or two, so while I read 156 in 2022, I will probably put 125 as my goal.

3. Absolutely. Why not? 

4. I'm in the middle of my IRL book club book called Sold on a Monday. 

I track on Goodreads. I usually set my goal to 75. Some years I make it and some I don’t. This year I way exceeded it.

I also use Goodreads, it’s easy to track.

I set myself a goal but it doesn’t really phase me if I don’t reach it. Last year I had some significant illness which meant I didn’t read as much for 3 months so I didn’t reach my target. No big deal.

Don’t overthink it, no-one is monitoring you LOL - it’s your challenge. If you want to reread a book and count it or count audio books, go for it.

1) I track on Good Reads, I started as a way to not repurchase books I already had and not to re-read a book I didn't mean too. I don't rate them.
2) Your goal is what realistically could work for you, that might be 10 books a year it might be 250. My goal the past few years has been 40-52
3) I would count it if you read it twice
4) I'm starting with the newest Louise Penny

1) Goodreads - it’s easy to use and I like to read others reviews and see what my friends are reading.

2) I have kept track of the books I have read since 1993 so I know what a reasonable number is for my goal. Since 1993, the number I have read has ranged from 91 to 145. I am retired now and I set my goal at 120.

3) I don’t reread a lot, but I do count rereads as books read.

4) Starting the year with “Lark Ascending” by Silas House.

1. Where do you track these books? Goodreads - sign up and let us know your user name so you can have some friends

2. How do you determine your book goal? Start with 52 - a book a week. I know some people don't like setting goals but I do, for me it's nothing more than a reminder to read. We have so many options for our leisure time these days and I think if you want to be "a reader" then there's some mindfullness and intention involved. You have to actively choose reading as an activity and a book goal reminds me to do this. Watch another episode of a mindless TV show or sit and read for an hour? The goal reminds me to choose reading. The point isn't to care if you make it or not at the end...staying on the reading journey is the real goal.
There's a "Reading Challenge" tracker on GR that updates atomically whenever you finish a book.
When you start a book, go to GR and look it up, then select "currently reading" and then "update progress" as you read or just "I'm finished" at the end...and rate it out of 5 stars.
2022 goal was 90 and I read 100, therefore 2023 goal is 100.

3. If you read a book over again, which I do often do you count that towards your total. If I read the whole book, I add it to my total. I don't re-read often, but I say it all counts. And all books count - paper, ebooks, audiobooks etc. Reading has no room for book snobs!

4. What are you starting off the year with??? I've been in a non fiction mood recently, so I finally started a book I've had for a while: Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter. It's about the different types of needlecrafts and the stories behind them. There's a section on the quilt made by female prisoners of war in Changi and when I googled the pictures of it made me cry.
It's an audiobook and the narrator Siobhan Redmond is a Scottish actress and has the most beautiful accent.

*ETA: I've read The Housemaid, I'm in the minority though of people who didn't like it. It was too unrealistic/unbelievable for me to really buy into the story, and I'm also a bit tired of reading long descriptions of domestic abuse where women are victims.

I do have a Goodreads account, but I keep track in an Excel spreadsheet.

I don't set a goal I just read every day. Whatever I finish with is it. I've been keeping track since 2012. I average 70 books per year. This year I'm low at 62.

I don't usually re-read a book. But if I did I would add it to the books read list.

My first 2023 read is finishing up The Fire and the Ore by Libby Hawker from 2022.

I use goodreads.
My goal is 35 books. I read 32 last year. I don't read a lot during the school year.

I use My Novel Companion to keep track and review my books.

I'm starting the year with Children of Blood and Bone for book club

I do not count rereads