Let's Talk Bookish: End of Year Reading Goals

 

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly (Friday) meme originally created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits and Dini @dinipandareads! In this bookish discussion meme, bloggers get to discuss certain topics, share opinions, and spread love by visiting each other’s posts.

November 21: End-of-Year Reading Goals?

Prompts: What books do you want to read before the end of the year? Are there any new releases you’re still looking forward to? What goals did you set at the beginning of the year? Have you changed or added to those goals?

I don't have too many books left that I want to read by the end of the year - I am honestly a big mood reader so we will see where my mood takes me. Right now, I have a focus on winter/holiday themed books - last year I read 11 Holiday themed, so I am shooting for 12 this year. This is terrible of me to admit but I don't remember what I originally set my 2025 reading goal for. I blew past all of my own expectations for the year by June, so I bumped my goal up to 175 and then in like September I bumped it again to 200 - I am currently super close to hitting that. Knowing those numbers, I imagine that my original goal for the year was 165 but I am not confident in that number - not that it really matters. 


Comments

  1. dinipandareadsNovember 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM

    200 is amazing! I think the most I've read in any year was around 165 or 170 books or something like that and my mind was already blown that I could manage to accomplish that 😂 I hope you manage to reach the 200 mark and that you enjoy the books you read to do that. Thanks for joining LTB this week!

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  2. Celeste | A Literary EscapeNovember 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM

    Wow, 200 books read in a year is fantastic!!!

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  3. Jen TwimomNovember 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM

    great job! I'm finishing the year reading some of my TBR of books I really wanted but didn't have for review. I've already exceeded my 2025 goal for total number of books, so now it's just gravy. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  4. EmmaNovember 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM

    Good luck on reaching your 200 goal!

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  5. Lindsey @ Lindsey ReadsNovember 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM

    Good luck on your goals! I had 10 books I still wanted to read by the end of the year, but I've been a little slumpy and reading slowly so I'll be happy with whatever number I still get finished :)

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