Black Girls Read! discussion

So how was 2022 for you? We still have a few weeks left but did you reach your goal? Are you close? I met my goal of 100 books. I have 3 on my "currently reading" list and I am not sure if I am going to finish or just focus on doing a wrap up for the year and get started on my goals for next year

I upped my goal from 150 to 200 and I’m 8 books away from my goal so I will definitely complete my goal.

Ready to start my 2023 list!

That's amazing. Congratulations!! Do. you have any themes or challenges in mind for the upcoming year?

No I might try a theme this year
I am still debating

2022 reading was decent. I had a goal of 45 and I've only read 25 books. I'm done for the year and I'm not concerned about finishing it. I read some good books and honestly I DNF'd more books than ever this year. 2023 will be the same goal, but I'm hoping to do more challenges like the A-Z and 5,000 page goal, which I did complete this year.

Darnetta wrote: "I upped my goal from 150 to 200 and I’m 8 books away from my goal so I will definitely complete my goal.

Ready to start my 2023 list!"

Wow! That's awesome! I hope to have more time to read in 2023. My goal this year was 50 and I'm currently at 88.

You guys are amazing! O barely ekked out 70. And the last 3 of that I'm currently reading. The problem is I'm constantly being distracted by a new book, so I have a lot of start ups that I dnf.

I finished my goal of 100 books yesterday, so proud of myself.

I completed my goodreads reading challenge for the first time since 2017 - read 30 books this year. It was a mix of novellas and longer books though (not knocking those at all!), so I want to meet my goal next year with 200+ pg books. I am currently reading 3, and want to start a longer novel before the end of the year. Goal is 35 next year - have to be realistic with myself LOL

I love it. Yesss for being "unbothered". I like the goals you are considering

New books are THEE very best distraction. Here's to NEVER being bored.

Congratulations on reaching 100!!

35 is an excellent goal. Drop your first title once you select it.

I had a goal of reading 20 books but ending up reading around 24 books. This doesn’t include my Audible if I include my Audible books, my total for the year is about 53 books. To the ones that read 100 books a year how do you do it?

I had a small goal of 12 books which I completed around September if I'm not mistaken. For 2023 I want to try to read about 30 books, 3 of those being ebooks.

I always set my goal at 25. So far I have 67 listed as read but there are a few books that I need to add to the list. This is the most I’ve ever read in 1 year!

I read about 8 books a month (2 per week) to get to the 100 a year. This year I focused on listening to books have not been disappointed too much!

I started Goodreads reading challenge later in the year like in September and I gave myself the goal to read 20 books by the end of December. So far, I’ve read 18 books.

For a moment, I thought I wouldn’t hit the goal because I didn’t read much in October. To make sure I made the goal I stopped reading books that were 350+ pages long and have stayed under 300 pages, it really helped to reach the goal.

My original goal was 32 but I changed it to 25 when school started back in August. Reading is supposed to be what keeps me sane & I don’t want to take all joy away by focusing on the number of books read, the competition aspect (even if it’s just me). I’m 3 books away from completing the challenge and have 6 that I’m currently reading. December 16th is when break begins and I am ready:-) .

I'm loving all the reading! 🙌🏽🙌🏽💙 This year I've almost reached my goal of 130 books. 🎉🎉

Stephanie wrote: "35 is an excellent goal. Drop your first title once you select it."

I'm starting the year with either 'The Light We Carry' or 'Red Lip Theology'.

I also want to read The Light We Carry

Shana wrote: "I also want to read The Light We Carry"

I just got it for the holidays and I am planning on reading it for book discussion I am having on 1/25.