I think specific themes can be fun as goals. Like, read a book set in every state/province in your country, read a book that starts with each letter of the alphabet, read a book focused on each of the five senses, read books by authors with your same first name, etc. If you love a certain author, you could make a challenge of reading their entire backlist. You can find your very specific subgenre of interest and read every book that covers the topic. For example, I’m super interested in sci-fi/fantasy + exploring archaeology/ancient ruins, so I’ve made a list of every book I can find that focus on these things and am working my way through the list. I think focusing on themes makes a reading list more fun and hobby-like than trying to achieve a total book count. And if you want to keep book numbers as a goal, maybe focus on amount of time (ex: 30min a day) or pages (25 pages a day) instead of total books read.
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I think specific themes can be fun as goals. Like, read a book set in every state/province in your country, read a book that starts with each letter of the alphabet, read a book focused on each of the five senses, read books by authors with your same first name, etc. If you love a certain author, you could make a challenge of reading their entire backlist. You can find your very specific subgenre of interest and read every book that covers the topic. For example, I’m super interested in sci-fi/fantasy + exploring archaeology/ancient ruins, so I’ve made a list of every book I can find that focus on these things and am working my way through the list. I think focusing on themes makes a reading list more fun and hobby-like than trying to achieve a total book count. And if you want to keep book numbers as a goal, maybe focus on amount of time (ex: 30min a day) or pages (25 pages a day) instead of total books read.