I had a good reading year and let’s have a look at my 2021 reading goals!
1. Goodreads 2021 Reading Challenge
In 2020 I managed to read 201 books and I was really proud of myself. But now that I’m working full-time in 2021 I didn’t want to set the same goal. I didn’t want to disappoint myself because I know that I wouldn’t have the time to read 200 books. My goal for 2021 was to read 150 books and I managed to read more than that! I read 162 books in 2021, and I’m so happy with that!
2. Read 5 Thriller books
Another goal I managed to complete in 2021! I read 5 thrillers, but I didn’t enjoy all 5 of them, oops.
I read:
3. Read 20 books from my 2020 ebook TBR
So this is a goal that I didn’t complete at all. In 2021 I read quite a lot of books but they were mainly ARCs, ebooks from Kindle Unlimited and physical books. I didn’t read that many ebooks from my TBR. I read:
- Opium by Marian Mudder
- The Secret of Us by Lucinda Berry
- If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
- Don’t Look Now by Mary Burton
- I’m Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
3. Read 20 books from my 2020 ebook TBR
So this is a goal that I didn’t complete at all. In 2021 I read quite a lot of books but they were mainly ARCs, ebooks from Kindle Unlimited and physical books. I didn’t read that many ebooks from my TBR. I read:
- Possessive by Willow Winters
- Supernova (Renegades #3) by Marissa Meyer
- The Winter Manor by Emily Blythe
- The Return (Titans #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Kiss Me Not (Kiss Me #1) by Emma Hart
4. Finish my 2020 physical TBR
So I managed to read quite a lot of books from my 2020 TBR. I gave The Bear and the Nightingale a try, but it wasn’t really my thing, and I didn’t start The Chemist. After reading the synopsis, I wasn’t that interested anymore and I didn’t want to force myself. But besides those two books, I read all the other books from my 2020 TBR!
My TBR consisted of:
- After We Fell (After #3) by Anna Todd ✓
- All This Time by Mikki Daughtry & Rachael Lippincott ✓
- Apollyon (Covenant #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout ✓
- Loveless by Alice Oseman ✓
- Opium by Marian Mudder (Dutch book) ✓
- Sentinel (Covenant #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Storm and Fury (The Harbinger #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout ✓
- Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart ✓
- The Bear and the Nightingale (Witernight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden - DNF
- The Brightest Star (Origin #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout ✓
- The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer ✗
- The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 (The Mortal Instruments: Graphic Novel #4) by Cassandra Clare✓
And that’s it! Even though I didn’t manage to complete all of my goals, I’m still happy with what I read this year. Hopefully 2022 will be another good reading year!