January Goals and Progress

What are your plans for January? Tell us about your goals and keep us updated with your progress here.

My goals for January:
book-buying ban - that would be hard
finish 3 books I started in 2019 (Im Westen Nichts Neues, Now) and military memoir I started in January
stay current on my post (have parcels ready to travel, and also some notes from the post office)
stay within budget for post costs

Heh!

Let me try for five books this month. I did not make 75 in 2019, but I did get close (71). I could have read a few more children's books to complete my 75, but I didn't want to *force* my 75.

My calculator says I have to read 6.25 books per month to reach my 75. Technically I have to read 7 books per month to reach my annual goal, but I read what I want when I want. That's the best way! :D

>2 Amaryllys: Sorry to inform you, but there is no such thing as a book-buying ban. It simply does not work! ;)

>3 SqueakyChu: Ahah Well, I will try at least

>4 Amaryllys: Heh!

I am going to commit to reading 4 books from the mountain in January.

I have no specific goals for any given month. I just want to continue in 2020 what I started last year: not buy books (or, as little as I possibly can), read my oldest books and set many books free.

For all of you that have January goals: good luck!

>3 SqueakyChu: I'm one-fifth on my way to my goal! :D

Good luck to all of you!

January's a pretty busy month for me, so I have fairly modest goals:
- read, register and release a couple of books off my shelves
- don't buy any new books!

Mid-month check-in:

1) book-buying ban - no books bought yet. It was easy with the shops closed for the New Year Holidays and me being away celebrating said New Year
2) finish 3 books I started in 2019 - finished 1
3) stay current on my post - received a pile of books, sent some - still have more to send
4) stay within budget for post costs - staying withing budget so far, and the projection is also good

Good overall

>10 Amaryllys: I'm closely watching your book-buying ban...and smiling!

>11 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the support! Hope to meet this goal

My January goal is to read books by black authors and/or African subject matter so that I have books to release for February's Black History Month Challenge.

So far, I've finished just one ( The Hate U Give ) and I've started two more ( Between the World and Me, The Watsons Go To Birmingham ).

Gosh, I'm not doing at all well on this month's goal. I've only read 2 books from the TBR pile and there is only a week left. (Off she goes to see if there are some tiny books she could fit in.)

Last week of January!

- I am on track with my book-buying ban (no books bought!)
- visited the post office yesterday, sent the books I owed. At the same visit I received books from the rings I am participating in, so another post office visit need to be planned XD And also, one sweeps was drawn.
- no additional costs for my budget + received the order for the stamps, so I don't need to pay anything at the post office in my next visit, unless I send something other than books

I have no progress on the remaining books I started - but I already met my goals for the month with 4 books finished (although not the ones I planned XD )

Good progress on your goals! I bought two book (instead of you). Haha! One I loved (Sea and the Poison). The other is kind of boring {Exodus : A Novel). The latter is a book by Deborah Feldman whose first book (Unorthodox) I found very interesting.

I'm also doing well so far with my own book-buying ban for the month!

I finished and registered Oval by Elvia Wilk, one of the Tournament of Books contenders, and I mailed it to another LT member and ToB fan. She's not on BC but maybe she might be persuaded to join, or at least add a journal entry for the book.

Goal met! Five books read! I'm ready for February.

>18 SqueakyChu: Congratulations!

I have also met my goal of reading 4 books off Mount TBR.

I didn't make it a goal to not buy any books but I do try to keep new acquisitions down to one-half of what I take off. I did add two books to the pile in January: one was a purchase on a gift card to our local bookstore and one was a gift from the publisher so I guess I've met that "non-goal" as well.

>19 gypsysmom: Congrats on reaching your goal!

>18 SqueakyChu: >19 gypsysmom: Congratulations on meeting your goals!

Finished 12 books in Jan!

4 from MTBR and to be donated
8 borrowed from sister, husband or library!

umm...*several* acquired...

book-buying ban - MET!
finish 3 books I started in 2019 (Im Westen Nichts Neues, Now) and military memoir I started in January - finished only one
stay current on my post (have parcels ready to travel, and also some notes from the post office) - MET!
stay within budget for post costs - MET!

three out of four, not bad

>22 nrmay: >23 Amaryllys: Great work on meeting most of your challenges, if not all of them! We won't worry about the latter. It's another month now, to work on those goals. :)