You’ll have to forgive me, because it’s taken me the better part of January to get a handle on my reading goals for the year.

The reality of 2018 is that the first 4 months are going to be heavily dedicated to my wedding, but then… then I have the entire rest of my life to not be planning a wedding anymore, and thus, to read. Plus a Honeymoon. Which means many, many books on the plane.

So here are my goals. I tried to give myself a handful of specific and semi-ambitious goals, but most of the rest of them are casual, and even encourage stopping reading books when you’re not enjoying them, or skipping out on a particular challenge altogether.

Goals 1-5 I wrote myself, and goals 6-15 I borrowed from the 2018 reading goals set by my friend Katrina. Her goals are great, and I highly recommend checking out her full list.

1. Read at least 3 books that fall into the category of “you should have read this by now” whether it’s a classic or been on your shelf too long
2. Read at least 3 books about people who are very different from yourself
3. Read at least 8 actual physical books
4. Finish reading The Book Thief
5. Read The Name of the Wind
6. Read a book that’s over 500 pages
7. Quit a book before you’ve finished (or at least skim the rest)
8. Get rid of a book immediately after reading it
9. Read a book immediately after acquiring it or hearing about it (before it even makes it to the shelf or TBR)
10. Read a book you think might make you a better person
11. Read a book of short stories
12. Read a book with a cover that bothers you
13. Get rid of a book without reading it
14. Get at least 2 books behind or ahead of schedule at some point in the year
15. Decide not to do one of the challenges on this list

The best place to follow my progress is my Goodreads account, though I will try to remember to come back here and update when I’ve finished a particular challenge.

I’d love to hear what your reading goals are for the year, or what other things you hope to accomplish in 2018!