MBS 2023 Reading GOALS

MBS (Martha's Bookshelf) 2023 Reading GOALS

I expect to only sign up for one actual goal (Goodreads) and one actual challenge (Audiobook). The rest are just my own set goals again These help me focus on selection of titles from my huge TBR shelves. 

GOODREADS Goal: 125 again
I exceeded this goal the last two years but I know I have some longer audios I plan to listen to this year.

TBR Goal: 90 again All media: Audio, ebook or print.
I am keeping this the same.

AUDIOBOOK Goal: 100 again
I will join the 2023 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That's What I am Talking About, with the highest level again - The 100 Club (Audiobook Addict) 100+.

NETGALLEY Goal: 10 again
Since I can do audio on NetGalley so this should be doable with a few children’s titles too. I currently have five (plus two older)on my shelf.

AUTHOR Reviews Goal: ? I'd like to do at least 4, one per quarter.
If I can get to some then I will be glad to do so.

NONFICTION Goal: 10
I reduced this from 12. I like including this to get in nonfiction. Most likely the books will be TBR audiobooks.

EBOOKS or PRINT Goal: 8
This is reduced from 12. I am struggling with ebooks and print. I only got to 10 in 2022 because four were children's books.

SEASONS Goal: 4
I will do this again for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn (maybe Fall).

SERIES Goal: 75
I have done over 90 the last two years so this should be easily doable.

ALPHABET CHALLENGE #1: My first choice is AUDIO SERIES which I so enjoy! Most will be TBR before 2023 as I have bought several and held them for 2023 listening. Part of my fun decisions will be choosing between a series I am familiar with or those I want to start!

NO ALPHABET CHALLENGE #2: I may do a second set but I am not setting it as a goal. Although the Alphabet helps me pick from my overflowing shelves, I am going to keep my options open for more free flow this year so I won't worry about a second set.

YouVersion Bible App Goal: Bible through the year and 5 additional plans. (I reduced plans from 10 to 5 to meet what I did in 2022.)

Three New Goals this year:

LOCATIONS Goal: 8
This is for settings in the titles like Mountain, River, Woods, Sky, Inn, Ranch, Bay, Ruins, Villa, City, Lighthouse, etc. I may have a liberal interpretation but I think this will be a fun way to pick books.

NUMBERS Goal: 12
I am not insisting these be in order like One to Twelve although I will do some in that group. But I will be picking titles with numbers in them as another way to pick books.

GROUPS OF  FIVES: Five categories with five titles for each:
Five Places (Covered by Locations) Five Numbers (Covered by Numbers)
Five Times of Day: i.e., Dawn, Sunrise, Morning, Noon, Twilight, Sunset, Evening, Night, Midnight
Five Occupations: i.e., Cowboy, Rancher, Cook, Detective, Witch, Sorceress, Soldier
Five Colors: I'm pretty sure I can find at least five. :-)

Wrap Up MBS 2022 Reading GOALS

WRAP UP
MBS (Martha's Bookshelf) 2022 Reading GOALS

I have only signed up for one actual goal (Goodreads) and one actual challenge (Audiobook). The rest are just my own set goals. 

I didn't meet all goals but I was happy with those completed and overall happy with the reading year. I still would like to find a way to read more ebooks.

GOODREADS Goal: 125
COMPLETE - I exceeded the Goodreads Goal finishing 145.

TBR Goal: 90 Audio, ebook or print.
COMPLETE - TBR exceeded at 111 total.

AUDIOBOOK Goal: 100
I am joining the 2022 Audiobook Challenge hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer.
I have chosen the highest level - The 100 Club (Audiobook Addict) 100+
COMPLETE - I ended up reading almost all Audio for the year finishing 135.

NETGALLEY Goal: 10
I am having trouble with the ebooks so I will shoot for at least 10 in either children’s titles or audios. Most of these will be new since I only have 4 on the TBR shelf, one of which is a third read.
COMPLETE - NetGalley exceeded with 14.

AUTHOR Goal: 10
I did 14 in 2021 so I should be able to do 10. My concern is the slowness I have for ebooks so I have to hope for audios. I have two to start the year.
Not Completed - I only did 3. I just didn't get through the ebooks this year. I'd be glad to listen to audio!

NONFICTION Goal: 12
I like including this to get in nonfiction. Most likely the books will be TBR audiobooks.
Not Completed - I only finished 11.

EBOOKS or PRINT Goal: 12
I only did 10 (of 24) in 2021 so I want to push to at least one per month. Not necessarily have to be read one per month but that would be nice.
Not Completed - I got to 10 with four of those being children's books. As noted above, I ended up shifting to Audiobooks.

SEASONS Goal: 4
I will do this again for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn (maybe Fall). I have toyed with monthly goal in prior years, but it just didn’t work to match the month. I could try reading the months whenever… I’ll think about that.
COMPLETE

SERIES Goal: 75
Considering I read 97 series in 2021 (32 continuing + 65 new) I expect to do well with this again.
COMPLETE - I read 99 series; 34 continuing and 65 new to me.

ALPHABET CHALLENGE #1: My first choice is AUDIO SERIES which I so enjoy! Most will be TBR before 2022. Part of my decisions will be choosing between a series I am familiar with or one I want to start!
COMPLETE but I had to use an X22 Podcast for X.

ALPHABET CHALLENGE #2: This will be a variety Mixed Media - Audio, NetGalley, eBook and Print. I will try for single titles rather than series in this challenge, but not guaranteed. Most will be TBR before 2022.
The Alphabet goals help me pick from my overflowing shelves. :-)
All done except X.

YouVersion Bible App Goal: Bible through the year and 10 additional plans.
I finished my Bible (5th year in a row) but only did 5 additional plans.

Colors – No goal. This wasn’t as easy as I hoped so I am not setting this one up this year. I may just keep track to see how it goes.

MBS 2021 Reading Goals

Martha's Bookshelf 2021 Reading Goals

Challenges: Goodreads, otherwise all goals are 'unofficial'.  I still think I would struggle to have time to fully participate in specific challenges for 2021. I do have reading goals again with some adjustments.

Goodreads 2021 Challenge: 124
I set my 2021 Goodreads Goal at 124. This is less than the last two years because I have some longer books and series on my TBR shelves (prior to 2021). This will require about 2-3 books per week (10 per month) which is very comfortable for reading and review posting.

TBR: 90
I still plan to read at least 90 TBR titles, consisting of audios, current NetGalley titles, current author titles, and ebooks and print books. That only leaves me 34 for 2021 titles which would include 7 NetGalley and 9 author review titles and another 18 for new titles. Titles can qualify for more than one goal.

Audiobook Goal: 64
I love audiobooks and, as noted, have some longer ones that have been waiting. So instead of planning on 100 audios this year, I plan on at least 64 with the hope it will be closer to 75.



Alphabet Goal: 26
I do plan on working on the Alphabet Goal/Challenge. I can do this with Audios and actually have two TBRs per letter already lined up. Right now the “X” picks are “x” in the title, but I do have an ebook that starts with X that I will count too just to be solid on the Alphabet.

NetGalley: 24
I have 17 NetGalley titles that will be TBR and I will plan 7 more for a NetGalley reading goal of 24; a comfortable two per month though not required to be two/month.




Author Reviews: 12
I have 3 author ebook titles which are TBR and I am planning on at least 12 author review titles (ebook or audio) for the year.

NonFiction: 12
I plan to read at least 12 nonfiction titles – likely one per month. These may (but not required) be TBR and may qualify towards Audio and Alphabet goals.

eBook/Print TBRs: 24
I plan to do better than the last years (barely 12) reading my own ebook or print TBRs. The goal will be at least 24 or 2 per month.


Seasons: 4
I enjoyed doing a book for each Season: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall/Autumn. I have thought about doing one with each month in it but I think that might be restrictive. Maybe I’ll shoot for half the months and give myself permission to read them in any month they come up. 😊

Colors: 8
I have been thinking color themes the past couple of years so I think I will see how many colors I can cover. I will plan on the four primary colors (red, blue, green and yellow) and add at least four more, making the color goal 8.