It’s a new year which means that I need to create a 2019 reading challenge for myself! Last year was one of the first years that I set myself a reading challenge that I focused on for the entire year. I’m eager to read even more books than I did last year!
In 2018, I challenged myself to read 10,000 pages over 30 books. I was only able to read 29 books last year but I completed my page count challenge by October, finishing the year with 14,895 pages read. I’m very proud of myself for that. I think that my main problem from last year was that I was so concerned with reading my page count goal that the books I was reading had an average length of over 500 pages with the longest book being 1,016 pages long!
This year, I decided to not focus on the number of pages I’m going to read. But I am going to dedicate my time this year so that I can read 35 books in total. Even though I’m not specifically focusing a page count to beat, I would like to read more pages than I did last year. This is how I plan to achieve my goal:
1) OwlCrate Reads
As one of my Christmas gifts this year, I was given a 3 month subscription to OwlCrate! I plan to continue this subscription after it ends and to read all of the books that are included in the box!
2) Read more Canadian authors
Previously I never focused on who the authors of the books I read are. This year, I decided I should focus some of my reading on authors who are born or live in Canada. I want to read 5 to 10 Canadian authors!
3) Read more female authors
Similarly to the geographic location of the author, I never focus upon the gender of the author. Usually my TBR (to be read) list includes a lot of female authors but I haven’t consciously thought about it when choosing a book. I also want to read 5-10 books by female authors!
4) Read at least one chapter daily
There are some weekends when I don’t feel like picking up a book at all. And then I spent my time watching Netflix or Youtube videos. Looking back at last year, I could have read so many more books if I had focused on reading during my off time, I could have read a few more books this year. So this year I’m going to spend time each night reading at least one chapter!