Reading goals

2023 was a pretty decent reading year; I kind of had to force myself back in the saddle after many years of poor reading and distractions by real life, computer games, and the internet. 2024 was not a good reading year. What with my relocation and vegging to YouTube and stuff after work most nights, I didn't do great. So far, I've determined to not watch stuff on YouTube unless I really want to, and I've limited most of my consumption to a few gaming lore videos, a few pop culture things here and there and hiking and overlanding videos. Consequently, it's still early May and I'm almost at my goal of 30 completed books for the year. I should easily hit my stretch goal of 40 and maybe even my "crazy goal" of 50 without too much trouble. For 2026, if I do get close to beating my "crazy goal" of 50 this year, I probably need to bump all of my goals up by ten—base minimum of thirty, actual goal of forty, stretch goal of fifty, and crazy goal of sixty.

Here's a screenshot of the current state of my reading tracker. 

The titles to the right are either on deck or in process. Gaming books at the top and novels below. These are in a constant state of flux as I change my mind on what to read and when, although I don't always update this file with what I think I might read next, because I'll probably get around to it eventually even if I defer it for a little while. Worse comes to worst, I can migrate them to the next year if I don't read them in the current year. The titles highlighted in yellow are pdf titles.