Happy Tuesday everyone!

Today’s Top 10 Tuesday post is all about my 2025 Reading Goals! I love goal-setting, even for something that is a hobby for me. I have a lot for this week’s post, so I’ll cut the intro and get straight into it!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Artsy Reader.

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1. Read 80 books

Every year, I set my reading goal to 80 books and this year is no different. After I read 96 books in 2024, I have my own personal goal of hitting 100 books, but if I don’t make it to 100, I won’t be too upset.

I still feel as though 80 books is a great goal for me. I have a lot of 2025 releases I am excited for (it truly feels like the year where all of my favorite authors are releasing a book). However, I do want to focus more on my owned books in 2024 too.

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2. Read or Unhaul My BOTM Backlist

As of now, at the beginning of 2025, I have 23 books on my shelf from Book of the Month that I have not read. Because most of these 23 books are from before 2022, I made the decision to unhaul whatever books I do not finish by the end of the year. These books come from when I used my BOTM every month, regardless of how excited I was for the books. This has led to a lot of BOTM books that I haven’t even touched since they’ve been placed on my bookshelf.

Since then, I have become a lot more picky with my choices, and I often skip the month if I don’t see anything I am truly excited to read. Hopefully, this leads to me avoiding this problem in the future!

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3. Get My Unread TBR Percentage Down to 45%.

Last year, my goal for decreasing my unread TBR ended up being way too much for me. Because of that, I decided to readjust my goal for this year. As of right now, I have 204 unread books on my bookshelves. While the number of books I own will most definitely change as the year progresses, as of right now, I would need to read 27 books to reach my goal of 45%. This feels a lot more attainable to me, especially since I have been averaging 40 books from my physical TBR every year.

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4. Get Netgalley Ratio to 90%.

I am starting the year with 19 books to read and review from Netgalley. This is a major improvement from last year, especially since seven of the books haven’t released yet! Last year, I made some major progress with Netgalley by reviewing over 30 books.

For the first time ever, I am finally have a review ratio of 80%. While this is the recommended ratio, I would like to get it even higher so that I have more leeway when requesting new books. By the end of 2025, I would like to have my ratio above 90%, as well as have the 6 books from 2020-2022 reviewed.

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5. Read 10 Indie Books

Last year, I read seven independently published books. Out of the seven, five of them were three or more stars, and two were four star reads. Because of the success I had last year, I thought it would be a fun goal to attempt to read 10 books this year. Kindle Unlimited has a TON of books from indie authors, which would also help with my next reading goal….

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6. Read 2 Kindle Unlimited Books A Month

I have had Kindle Unlimited for a few years now, and the amount of books I read from KU in that first year is embarrassing. Since then, I have started reading from my Kindle way more, but I still do not utilize my subscription as much as I would like to. To make it feel worth the subscription, I would like to read two Kindle Unlimited books every month. If I do not accomplish this, I might have to reanalyze if KU is for me.

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7. Post on My Blog at Least 4 Times a Month

Not me failing this goal last year, but putting it right back on my 2025 list. I did decrease it by one (four posts instead of five), but I do still want to make this blog a priority for me.

With the new year, I need to remind myself that four posts a month is okay, and I don’t need to burn myself out from doing something that is supposed to be fun for me. Yes, I get the opportunity to read ARCS, but I do not get paid for running this blog. I want this blog to continue to be a fun experience for me where I get to talk about books.

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8. Have 35 or less ongoing series

Last year, I finally made a spreadsheet of all book series I have read or are currently in the middle of. And wow, I was flabbergasted by the number.

Currently, I am in the middle of 44 series, but only two of those series are ones I am up to date with. That is INSANE to me.

Since the number is so high, I decided to make one of my reading goals for 2025 to be for book series. I am sure I will start some series throughout the year–and I don’t want to completely overwhelm myself–so I decided that my goal would be to only have 35 ongoing series by the end of the year.

Looking at the series on my list, I have quite a few of series where I am only one book behind from being caught up or finished, so I will likely be prioritizing those books this year .

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9. Read 9 Book Recs From Students

Another goal I like to include in some way is to read book recommendations from my high school students. Not only does it get my students excited when they see me reading a book they recommended, but it also gives me the opportunity to read more YA books that I can maybe recommend to other students!

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10. Read From at Least 40 New-To-Me Authors

My last goal is one that is always the easiest for me to hit: read from 40 authors I’ve never read from before. I usually aim for 30 but after reading from 60 new authors last year, I thought that 40 authors could still be a challenge. I have a lot of favorite authors releasing books this year, so I didn’t want to make the number too high.

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And that’s it! This is my favorite post to make at the beginning of the year because it really allows me to get into a positive mindset for reading! It also gives me something to look back on when I want to check in with my goals!

If you are still with me, be sure to answer the question of the day in the comments below!

QOTD: What is the number one reading goal you have made for yourself this year?

Until next time, xx