It’s the start of a new year which means it’s time to look at my reading plans and goals for the year ahead!

2024 Reading Goal – 20 Books

In 2023 I set my goal to 18 books and read 22! This year, I’m setting my goal at 20 books. I’m hoping I can read a few more than that, but I wanted to make sure I set an achievable target.

2024 Reading Challenge – Beat the Backlist

I don’t usually participate in reading challenges and I’m a mood reader so don’t generally set any kind of TBR. However, I do sometimes struggle with indecision about what to read and thought it would be fun to give a reading challenge a go this year. I picked Beat the Backlist as it’s fairly flexible with no specific requirement for the number of books you read.

Beat the Backlist is hosted by Austine Decker and involves reading backlist books published in 2023 or earlier.

There are a selection of optional prompts to help you pick your backlist reads. There are way more than I’d be able to read in a year, so I’ve decided to pick a few of the prompts to focus on for the challenge so I have a smaller list to work from.

You can find out more about Beat the Backlist here.

Fae or aliens

4-word title

Travel by ship

Retelling of a classic

Walk through history

Door on the cover

2023 debut novel

Between 300 and 400 pages

Neon coloured cover

Hotel, mansion, or castle

Have you set yourself any reading goals or challenges this year? Chat with me in the comments!