2023 Reading Goal’s Giveaway

I haven’t shared my 2023 reading goals with you yet so I thought I would do that here as well as tally up my first quarterly report. So, to enter this giveaway, just share anything goal related in the comments. Then, in the same comment, list a book that will help you reach your goal. So it looks like this:

“I want to catch up on some suspense series. Night Prey by Susan Sleeman.”

****NOTE: BOOKS MUST BE CHRISTIAN FICTION****

You can enter up to three times in three separate comments — and you can use the same goal for a different one each time.

Books can be published any time through June 2023. Currently published books will be ordered right away, otherwise you’ll get an IOU for a later title.

See? Easy Peasy. But, if you’re still not clear, don’t be shy about asking questions.

Here’s how I’m doing on my goals so far this year (Jan to March):

  • 121 (ish) books read — I’ve added on that ish ’cause I’m going by my Good Reads # but I read ahead for the blog so the count is a wee bit higher. And here’s some fun stats:
  • 31 Audible
  • 34 Audible Plus
  • 6 Chirp
  • 5 for Review
  • 41 from the library (print and audio)
  • 12 print purchased by me

And broken down by genre (because I’m that much of a book nerd these days.)

  • 14 Historical
  • 9 Regency
  • 3 WWI
  • 4 WWII
  • 16 Contemporary
  • 2 Amish
  • 18 Romantic Suspense
  • 1 Suspense
  • 2 Mystery
  • 59 Cozy Mysteries (yikes!)
  • 14 Historical Mysteries
  • 2 Dual Time lines
  • 1 Novella set
  • 6 Middle Grade

Now for my goals:

#1 READ MORE INDIE BOOKS

14 books — not great given the number of books I’ve read overall so I’ll try to improve next quarter.

#2 READ MORE DEBUT BOOKS

7 books — not bad, that’s about two a month.

#3 READ MORE NEW TO ME AUTHORS

28 authors — and have found some new faves too, which is going to make my reading life that much more complicated. 🙂

#4 DIVERSIFY MY READING

40 books — largely due to setting (thank you Regencies!) so I’m going to try harder to branch out next quarter.

Diverse Settings:

  • 23 books set in England
  • 4 books set in Canada
  • 3 books set in Ireland
  • 3 books set in Germany
  • 2 books set in Africa
  • 2 books set in France
  • 2 books set in Asia
  • 1 book set in Denmark
  • 1 book set in Greece
  • 1 book set in Austria
  • 1 book set in Wales
  • 1 book set in Scotland

Diverse author by nationality:

  • 6 Canadian
  • 3 British
  • 1 Irish
  • 1 Australian
  • 5 ethnically diverse authors
  • 6 books with at least one ethnically diverse MC
  • 2 books with disabled or chronically ill characters

#5 PLAY AUTHOR CATCH-UP

Last year I put way too many authors on this list one of which was Christy Barritt (what was I thinking?!) so I failed dismally. This year I’m going to concentrate on one or two each quarter. This time round it was:

Sally Britton (surprised?) — I’ve read 8 out of 19 books (still have some work to do!) and Susan Sleeman — just have 7 books to go (8 if you count her May release) out of…a bazillion books! I’m getting closer!

#6 GIVE UNLOVED TROPES A SECOND CHANCE

3 books read. Sigh — I really don’t like to move out of my comfort zone and I don’t think that’s likely to change any time soon. I enjoyed the books I read for the most part, but I’m not going out of my way to find these tropes. 🙂

#7 STORY CHATS RECOMMENDS

Story Chats is a Booktube video (podcast?) hosted by three indie authors — Valerie Comer, Elizabeth Maddrey and Narelle Atkins. It’s a weekly show where they highlight contemporary Christian Romance (CCR) using various themes/tropes, as well as host guest authors. My goal is to read at least one book recommend a month and, yay, I’m 3 for 3!

SERIOUS ABOUT SERIES:

And then there’s this whole other beast called a SAS list, that stand for Serious About Series. I might have been overly ambitious when I made up these lists…they fill an entire book after all, but here it is in a nutshell:

TRILIGOIES IN PROGRESS

10 completed (or up to date) out of 28

TRILIGOIES TO START:

4 started out of 27

SERIES I’M CURRENT WITH

33 out of 37 (a few new releases slipped passed me!)

SERIES IN PROGRESS:

Have been randomly reading through 8 out of 29! Nothing completed yet.

SERIES TO START

24 started, 5 up to date out of 95!!!!!


122 thoughts on “2023 Reading Goal’s Giveaway”

  1. I am participating in my first reading challenge this year and it is a goal of mine to complete each month for the entire year. There is one month where I’ll definitely be out of my wheelhouse but I’m going to do it.

    3. The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

    Obertam at gmail dot com

    Thanks

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  2. I love all your stats! I’m not patient enough to figure all that out but it sure is interesting! One goal I’m working on is catching up on favorite authors – Beyond the Tides by Liz Johnson

    colorvibrant at gmail dot com

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  5. Goal #1 stay current with my favorite authors (the ones I don’t even have to question if I’m going to read it.lol)

    A Novel Proposal by Denise Hunter

    ladepooh at hotmail dot com

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  7. Goal # 3 – catch up on a series I’m behind on.

    Hearts of steel by Elizabeth Camden

    ladepooh at hotmail dot com

    (And sorry if there are multiple duplicate comments from me on the previous post. I was having some technical issues.lol)

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  8. Goal # 3 – catch up on a series I’m behind on.

    Hearts of steel by Elizabeth Camden

    (And sorry if there are multiple duplicate comments from me on the previous post. I was having some technical issues.lol)

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      1. Bwahahaha — maybe we’re fried WP with all our comments this week. It seems to be acting up with other people too. No worries, I only counted that last one once. Good luck, Lea!

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  9. I gave up on reading goals because I’m never going to keep with them….so many books, so little time, along with SO many authors & series & etc…..Bwahahahaha!! 😂😂

    1. The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen

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  10. I’m definitely wanting to read every single book by this new-to-me author that I learned about through you Kav! I’m hooked after reading “The Call of the Sea” 💖

    2. To Win a Lady’s Heart by Sian Ann Bessey~ Nov 2016

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    1. Trixi, Sian has another book coming out April 11. The Unassuming Curator. I’m excited to read it. I got it from NetGalley! It’s published by Covenant Communications.

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  11. And lastly, another author whom I haven’t read anything by but have heard some excellent praise for her writing (and this book sounds so intriguing):

    3. The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox~ Sept. 2020

    teamob4 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  12. 3. I hope this one works!
    The Managing Miss by Heidi Kimball releasing 4/19. She’s definitely a CF author.
    whthomas13 at yahoo dot com

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  13. I’m trying to try new types of books this year out of my comfort zone such as time travel. So I’m going to do
    Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund

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