Setting Reading Goals

2017 was a year of firsts for me – the first full year as a director, the first year I haven’t done programming (almost) every week of the year and the first year I have read fewer books than I have in the past five years that I’ve been tracking my reading on Goodreads.

I don’t usually set a reading goal for myself, because I want to keep reading for fun and not feel obligated to read just to reach a goal. I know this year that I have a few goals that I plan on setting for myself to accomplish in 2018 and reading is involved in some of them – because, let’s be honest, if it wasn’t, then it wouldn’t be a goal for me. But, I’m not setting a goal to reach a specific number of titles read this year.

I’m hoping to branch out a little more into YA and read a few titles that I wouldn’t normally pick up as well as try to grab a couple of new titles in middle grade fantasy and science fiction. I’ve also missed a few chapter book titles for young elementary school age kids, so I’m hoping to dive into some of those things as well.

I plan on starting my year, grabbing a hold of any last minute titles that Mock Newbery groups are talking about that I haven’t read – and this year I’ll have a couple of extra weeks as the ALA Youth Media Awards aren’t being announced until February 12!
What are your reading goals for 2018?