Here are my goals from last year. And here are my bookish goals for 2026!
- Read 52 books.--I didn't want to overburden myself, and I have no regrets. I ended up reading 84 books, which is less than the fluke of last year's 90 (the most in my adult life!) but still pretty good.
- Read at least 14 books by authors of color.--13 books would be 25% of 52 so I decided to add another for luck and in case I end up surpassing my overall reading goal again. I ended up reading 13 books by authors of color, which is less than 25% of 84, but still better than last year.
- Read and review all of the books I have accepted or will accept for review this year.--I did this! I reviewed all the books I agreed to review in 2025--and I actually have no books to review yet in 2026, so I'm at net zero for reviews for once.
- Read at least 3 books by women in translation--I've already read one!--Unfortunately, that was the only one I read all year--The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa is a great book though!
Bookish Goals for 2026
- Read 60 books--Again, trying not to overburden myself but setting a higher goal than last year
- Read at least 20 books by authors of color--Maybe setting a higher goal will help me?
- Read at least 3 books from countries that I've never read a book from before--I have a list of countries that I've read books from (U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, Nigeria, Japan, Korea, Spain, France, Germany, etc. etc.) and countries that I haven't (Cameroon, Ecuador, Ghana etc. etc.), so I'll be working on the latter. I'm defining books from a country as books written by an author that has lived a significant portion of their life in that country. I know some may be difficult to find in English translation. We'll see how this goes!
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