End of Year 2020 Reading Resolutions Wrap-Up

So this year was kind of rocky for my reading. Basically I went into a reading slump that pretty much lasted the entire year. Looking forward into my Reading Resolutions for next year, there will be some changes taking place because I think a big reason I went into a slump was because I got behind at the beginning of the year when I took some months away from reading while I moved and did some remodeling in my new house. I had too high of expectations, and that ended up being the downfall of my reading year.

I have a few different challenges that I am really interested in tackling next year, but I'm thinking of setting up a jar with monthly challenges to do change up my reading resolutions, goals, or challenges. I'm looking forward to the next year, and the books that I am really excited to read.

1. Meet My Goodreads Reading Challenge Goal

Halfway through the year, I changed my goal from 50 to 10, and I did end up meeting this challenge, and exceeding it by 21.

2. Listen to 10 Audiobooks

I ended up listening to six audiobooks - wasn't a strong year for audiobooks, but slowly I am starting to listen to more overall then I have in my past years.

3. Read 10 Contemporary Novels

Contemporary books are my least favorite genre, so every year I just aim to read 10, sometimes I read more and other times I don't meet the 10 books. I read two contemporary novels this year - so it wasn't a strong year for this. This is one of the challenges that doesn't really faze me if I don't reach it just because contemporaries aren't my favorite and it's just a challenge that I put into place to try to read outside of my normal reading tastes.

4. Read a book in all of the following genres:

Dystopian/Apocalyptic: Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

Historical Fiction: Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

Fantasy: Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

Fairytale Retelling: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Mystery: Things She's Seen by Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Thriller/Suspense: Off the Trail by Diana Urban

Horror: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Graphic Novel/Manga: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Poetry/Verse: Voices by David Elliot

Anthology: Rural Voices by Various Authors

Sci-Fi: Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Middle Grade: NONE
Steampunk: NONE

5. Read 10 books that are longer than 500 pages

I did not end up reading any book over 500 pages - I don't know if I am going to make this a challenge next year or not. Although, I do want to read more longer books. Even though I didn't read any books over 500 pages, I got close with a few books that I read this year.

6. Finish the Series of Unfortunate Events

I didn't read any Unfortunate Events books. This will probably not be a challenge next year.

7. Read all of Amie Kaufman's, Meagan Spooner's, and Jay Kristoff's books

I did not read all, but I did read Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Other than that, I read nothing. I'm probably going to aim for this challenge again next year.

8. Read all of Kasie West's books

Nope, did not happen. We will see if this will be a challenge.

Have a Happy New Reading Year!!!!!

Waiting on Wednesday: 2021 January Scheduled Book Releases

In the coming year, I plan to slowly introduce new posts weekly. One that I am starting is going to be my Waiting on Wednesday: Monthly Scheduled Releases to share with you the books that I am highly anticipating reading this year that also happening to be coming out this year.

Last year, I was looking forward to 45 books that were scheduled to be released throughout the year. Obviously, last year was a bad reading year for me in general, but I ended up only reading 1 of the 45. Some of those books are on my TBR for this year (already planned for January), so I am still planning to get to some of them. I also in general only read, 9 books that were published in 2020 (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), with the majority of the books I read last year from the previous year, 2019.

Starting off in January, there are five books coming out that I would love to read either during the month of January or hopefully February.

I have not preorder any of these books, and most likely these will all be acquired from my local library. I don't tend to preorder a lot of books, just because I have limited space for my books - although, it is known to happen.

There are also plenty more books that I would love to read that are coming out in January, but these are the ones that if I had to pick and read any books coming out this next month, these would be the ones.