Last year didn’t feel like my best reading year in quality or quantity, but 2025 is already off to a better start.
Reading in 2024
Here are my goals and accomplishments:
1. Read 36 books
I reached my goal in November and ended the year with 41 books. Goodreads made a summary page of my reading challenge, and I regularly add my books to a Highlight on Instagram (if they aren’t all there, they will be soon—I’m very behind on things).
2. Decrease my TBR
I started with 64 unread physical books and 20 unread Kindle books. On December 31, I had 58 unread physical books and 20 unread Kindle books. I don’t remember buying any books, though I did receive a few as gifts. I also switched tracking apps at the end of 2024, and I suspect some numbers are a little weird since I haven’t taken the time to confirm the import lines up.
I really expected that number to change drastically because we purged so many books when we moved. But it seems I kept most of my unread books. Realizing numbers may be a little off, it looks like I went from 296 physical books to 284, which includes 22 cookbooks and 38 of Mike’s books on the shelves.
3. Read 24 minutes per day
This goal is the only reason I ever hit the other goals. December 31 was Day 1203.
How Many Stars?
- 5 stars: 5 books
- 4 stars: 13 books
- 3 stars: 16 books
- 2 stars: 5 books
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 4 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Formats Read:
- Audiobooks: 9
- Kindle: 30
- Physical books: 1
Pages Read:
- January – 803p
- February – 593p
- March – 1034p
- April – 1770p
- May – 1004p
- June – 850p
- July – 1711p
- August – 1230p
- September – 1633p
- October – 752p
- November – 1120p
- December – 872p
- Total – 13,372 pages
This number includes the corresponding pages in the Kindle version of any audiobooks. That’s a few thousand fewer than 2023, which isn’t a surprise.
Hours Listened:
- January – 9h 31m
- February – 14h 41m
- March – 0m (I listened to some but didn’t finish)
- April – 0m (no audiobooks)
- May – 0m (I listened but didn’t finish)
- June – 15h 2m (over multiple months/borrows)
- July – 0m
- August – 5h 30m
- September – 4h 53m
- October – 0m
- November – 6h 2m
- December – 12h 6m
- Total – 67 hours 45 minutes
In 2023, I listened to 126 hours 11 minutes, so this is barely half as much time over fewer than half as many audiobooks.
2025 Plans:
1. Read 36 books
I’m sticking with the same goal as 2024, but I really hope I read more (and enjoy it more!) this year.
2. Decrease my TBR
Always… On December 31, I had 58 unread physical books and 20 unread Kindle books. My primary concern is physical space, so I may stop tracking the Kindle books. I also moved everything to Storygraph, though so far, I’m not enamored so I’m still keeping track in Goodreads as well. We’ll see which one sticks.
3. Read 25 minutes per day
I’m adding another minute to the daily goal.
