Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Bookish Goals for 2025.
My Bookish Goals for 2025
These are more like general goals, rather than specific challenges or targets. I signed up for some challenges, including some that tie in with one or more goals below, but the challenges got their own posts.
Get back to writing. No excuses. I need to make this a priority.
Spend less time scrolling through social media and more time reading. I don’t even need to explain this one, do I?
Read more of the books I own. I own a lot of physical books I haven’t yet read, and even more Kindlebooks. It’s rather embarrassing, tbh.
Read some of the books Robin has recommended to me. I have a whole personal challenge for this one. Robin knows me really well, and I have loved most of the books they have recommended to me in the past, so I’m not sure why I’m so far behind on reading these.
Read more library books. There’s no downside, other than the wait time for popular new releases. And it makes sense to read a book before I decide whether to buy it—assuming the library has a copy. (I did sign up for the Library Love challenge this year.)
Review more of the books I read. Especially the ARCs! I’m off to a decent start on this goal. I have reviews written for three of the five books I have finished so far this year, I’m working on a fourth, and the remaining one is a reread that I reviewed years ago.
Unpack my books onto my bookshelves. This has been on my to-do list since September, and it’s way overdue. (An explanation: We had the floors redone in most of the house in August, which required packing everything in those rooms into the basement. Then we had the walls painted. Since then, I have spent about 10 weeks out of state on two separate trips. While we have put much of our stuff back in place, I haven’t gotten around to reshelving my books yet. . .and it’s driving me nuts.)
Reorganize my books as I reshelve them. I want to rethink where some of them end up. I need more room for my writing and research books in my study/office, and maybe that’s not the best place for my children’s books. Other categories, like sci-fi and fantasy, will go back to their original shelves.
Catalog my books as I reshelve them. I plan to use use Book Collectorz (a phone app and PC program) for this.
Anne@HeadFullofBooks
Good luck on your goals. They all sound doable.
My goals and challenges: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/p/2025-reading-goals-and-challenges.html
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Lory @ Entering the Enchanted Castle
Less time scrolling and more time reading and writing — I didn’t articulate this as one of my goals, but I definitely share it!
I hope you can get the books unpacked and organized, that is such a satisfying accomplishment.
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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
I plan to also spend more time reading and less time on social media like FB. I hope to write more.
Lydia
These are all excellent goals. I’m rooting for you.
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Lillian @ Mom with a Reading Problem
These are great, doable goals. I need to add writing more reviews for the books I read to mine too. I’m awful about it if it isn’t an arc 🤦🏼♀️
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Cheryl Malandrinos
Nice goals, Lark. Reading more of our owned books is on a lot of lists this week. Social media–we love, and we hate it. I could add that goal to my list as well. Wishing you the best of luck with your goals.
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Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
I hope you can achieve your goals this year!
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CurlyGeek
These are great goals. I also want to read more books I own, and review more. Good luck with the unpacking and organizing!
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