2018 definitely wasn't the greatest year but in terms of reading, it was nothing short of fantastic. It was my best reading year yet. I'm hoping to repeat at least some of that this upcoming year.
The first Goodreads challenge I actually participated in was in 2016. I had set it to 20 books in August or so. I barely reached it. The 20th book was finished about 10PM on New Year's Eve. And I'd had to read about a book a day for six days straight just to hit it. Since then, it's increased by 10 books each year. 2017 and 2018 were both ended at over my initial goal. This year, I'm setting it at 50 books. Which I am hoping to hit before the end of June. After that, we'll see how many I can get to.
One thing I want to start doing this upcoming year is to read at least one classic book a month. I've read a number of classics already outside of school and want to read more. I've technically already started this by listening to The Call of the Wild by Jack London as well as A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I have my next ten classics already picked out. I doubt they'll last me until October. But if it takes me until then for those, that's fine.
My last main goal is to actually write more reviews. I've written a small handful over the last year or so. However, I want to write more and get better at it. I feel like I'm horrible at writing reviews, whether here or on Goodreads. So I want to write more and hopefully get better at it.
One thing I've been tossing around in my head is actually starting a YouTube channel. I just don't feel like I'm the most creative person in the world when it comes to possibly doing this. I do like the thought of becoming friends with other people who are readers, hence this blog. It just doesn't seem like too many people really interact with blogs, or at least this one. And I'd love to have that interaction with others. So that may be something that starts up later this year.
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