At the risk of being exceedingly boring and routine, I’m going to go for exactly the same target as last year, and the year before, and the year before that:
I aim to read 150 books
Last year, I planned to be more creative and intentional about the kinds of books I want to read:
- Books from authors I’ve read and enjoyed before, and debut or new-to-me authors.
- A mix of review copies, new books, and books I’ve had on my to-read pile for too long.
- A mix of books from US and international authors.
- More books from Black authors, indigenous authors, and authors of colour (aka BIPOC authors).
- More nonfiction books (and not just writing craft books).
So here’s my list:
- Read 150+ books
- Read 48+ books from my to-read pile
- Read 40+ books from debut or new-to-me authors
- Read 40+ books from non-US authors
- Read 12+ books from BIPOC authors
- Read 18+ nonfiction books
Fortunately, some books fall under multiple categories (which I do allow, so a nonfiction book from my to-read pile that’s written by a non-US BIPOC author I haven’t read before, then the book counts under each of those categories).
