Don't never not give up

I've been in the same boat as you - set myself an amount of books to read that year, but then find myself searching for short books and avoiding long ones.

I've also tried planning out the books I want to read over a set amount of time, which works better in a way because then I can choose long and short books and adjust the time limit. The bad thing about that system is that often il see a new book that I either have to read for a course, or desperately want to read, and then the system goes out the window because it isn't in the plan.

It would be possible to do a number of pages in a set time goal, but I've never tried that

Maybe this is an age thing but I couldn't finish All Systems Red. My guess is the main character resonates with alot of teenagers and that's why it is loved so much and gets recommend on here all the time.

To me it was a poorly written sci-fi with a memorable main character, but not memorable for any good reasons.