Reader’s Choice Giveaway – Autumn 2026 Edition – Goal Review

Quarterly reading goal reviews have become a Best Reads Blog tradition and I can’t believe we’ve reached the half way point already! Where does the time go, I wonder? Hours spent reading I’m guessing

I’ll share my progress (or not!) here just for some fun book nerdy stats and, if you’re so inclined, you can share a goal or two in the comments. But no pressure – a goal can be as simple as ‘read a book.’

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 OR CLOSED DOOR

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

Books can be published any time up to and including December 2026. Currently published books will be ordered this coming week for winners, otherwise it will be an IOU for a title releasing later.

WINNER’S CHOICE OF PAPERBACK OR EBOOK FOR US AND CANADIAN ENTRIES. EBOOKS ONLY FOR INTERNATIONAL READERS WHO HAVE A US KINDLE ACCOUNT.

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

Here we go! We’re at the three quarters point and it’s time to face up to what’s been working and what hasn’t when it comes to my goals this year.

Some scrambled thoughts on my progress:

  • I’ve all but nixed my read-to-zero authors which is disappointing. I’m still tracking a few but I kinda went off track and kept adding more on a whim and now there’s way too many to achieve this goal. I’ll need to be more strategic next year.
  • Same with my Keep Current Author list — I only have four written down and I know I’m up to date with many more. I just lost the oomph for tracking and I made the mistake of not targeting the authors I wanted to keep current with at the beginning of the year.
  • I’m surprised at the ratio of contemporary fiction related to the other genres. I felt like I read a lot of contemporary but I guess maybe a lot of it was mystery and suspense so they got tallied differently? Or maybe I wasn’t as diligent at tracking over the dreaded move months. 🙂
  • Yikes! I still have nine books to read on my 26 in 26 list. I only read four this last quarter. No excuse either since I have all the books or can get them from the library. Still doable by the end of the year, but I need to remember to check the list and read the books! lol
  • Serious About Series – this goal has been a little less structured as well. I have twenty-three series on the list (of course, I added four new ones in the last few months…gah!) but I am caught up with thirteen of them and am getting close with two more. Still, it’s going to take a concerted effort to catch up with them all. And I have to stop adding new series to the list!!!!

You have until noon EST Saturday October 3rd to enter this giveaway. Winners will be announced on Sunday October 4.

146 thoughts on “Reader’s Choice Giveaway – Autumn 2026 Edition – Goal Review”

  3. Always interesting statistics from you and blog participants! Since I don’t do NetGalley anymore, I dropped various Goodreads tracking aspects. I read 25 books this past quarter, and there were a few from previously unknown authors I didn’t finish. Mostly Kindle sales. Mix was pretty evenly split between library and purchases. Having read most of Tamera Alexander’s books, I am interested in keeping up with her latest, In These Hills.

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  7. Another series to continue to read until finished:

    2 Undertow (Sweet and Sawyer Romantic Suspense Book 3) by Edie James

    Karen R. (kcrhoades AT roadrunner DOT com) *sorry I forgot to add my name and email to the first selection!*

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  8. Read 1 book by each author before going to the Just Read Rendezvous in November (I only have 9 to go). This will also satisfy my goal of keeping up with a series I’ve started.

    3 Tempest at Rutherford Abbey (Book 2: Sisters of Sherwood) by Ann Elizabeth Fryer

    Karen R. (kcrhoades AT roadrunner DOT com)

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    1. I keep hearing about Edie James but I haven’t read any of her books yet. I’m on a suspense kick and an indie author kick so maybe I should be adding her to my lists! Because a TBR can never be too large, right?! Good luck, Karen!

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  15. Miss Beth Bettencourt by Eva Marie Everson because I like the cover and I’ve wanted to read this for a while, so it will help me reach my goal. Plus, NTM author!

    manderley23 at gmail dot com

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  17. I’ve read 76 books so far and am on track to meet my goal of 100. Most have been physical books or ebooks.

    A book that will help meet that goal is Spies, Lies, and Alibis by Natalie Walters.

    pmkellogg56[at]gmail[dot]com

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  18. I want to complete the In the Castle Library series. The book that will accomplish this is Secrets in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell.

    pmkellogg56[at]gmail[dot]com

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  20. Your stats are always quite amazing!  I have failed miserably on my read to zero authors.  The Widow of Woodlark Cottage by Julie Klassen (12/1) might just nudge me in the right direction, although her backlist is quite amazing but maybe I’ll catch up eventually. 

    perrianne (DOT) askew (AT) me (DOT) com

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  21.   I hope to be able to reach my Goodreads goal of 50 books this year, I wasn’t sure that I would the first part of the year.  I’ve had more reading time since it’s been too hot to walk in the evenings, but that’s fixing to change because we finally got a cool front (am temps in the 70’s!). The Sisterhood of Unlikely Friends by Sara Brunsvold just might help me reach (or exceed?) my goal.

    perrianne (DOT) askew (AT) me (DOT) com

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  22. The one that got away this year and the library rejected my request for is The Life She Forgot by Joanna Davidson Politano.  Since I pre-ordered a Kindle copy of her second in the series, When Winter Comes to Dunn Cottage, I think I need to read the first one? 

    perrianne (DOT) askew (AT) me (DOT) com

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  26. GOAL #1: Read the next/newest book in a series on the top of my TBR list

    1.) Secrets in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell

    Alison Boss

    nj(dot)bossman(at)gmail(dot)com

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  28. GOAL #3: Read the next book in a suspense series

    Chase the Light (National Parks Summers Book 2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Alison Boss

    nj(dot)bossman(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. Thanks for another fabulous Reader’s Choice Week, Kav!! I have new books to add to my every growing TBR list, and set new goals. Thanks for all you do with your blog to give us such helpful reviews, and offering us amazing giveaways! Words can’t express enough gratefulness and appreciation for your thoughtfulness and generosity. ~ Alison

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  32. I thought it would be a fun goal to read a new release from each month of the year, like your “Hello (Month)” days. I’m on track so far! So I’ll include some title possibilities for that goal here😉

    October:

    The Secrets of Everlight by Julie Hall

    jcservantslaveATicloudDOTcom

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  35. One of my goals is to read more romantic suspense this year. A book that would help me meet that goal is The Bolshoi Deception by Lisa Phillips (November 2026). – Jessica Guo

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  36. Another goal of mine is to read more biblical fiction this year. A book that would help me meet that goal is The Palace Spy by Tessa Afshar (November 17, 2026). – Jessica Guo

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  37. I also want to read more historical fiction this year. A book that would help me meet that goal is The Swan House by Elizabeth Musser (October 2026). You can reach me at jessica.sunny.wren [at] gmail [dot] com if I win! – Jessica Guo

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    1. Oh hey (just in case you’re name is not drawn to receive a copy here😉), my mom, sister and I just picked up copies of both The Memory Index and it’s sequel, The Recall Paradox from christianbookbagDOTcom. $5 for a hardback of The Memory Index and $4.60 for a paperback of The Recall Paradox, so both for under $10! My copies were in perfect condition and I’ve never had issues with delivery from there, so if you really want to get ahold of those, I definitely would recommend looking them up there! (I’m not sure how long they’ll be on there for that price, I just happened to see your comment and knew that was a title I’d just recently found a great deal on😉) Good luck in the giveaway!!

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