The 2026 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread

[Tarana]

4 books read; 5 books bought. Read no magazines. So, negative on the TBR. In another week or so, I will have a lot more time for reading, so hopefully can get this TBR going in the right direction.

[astrangerhere]

January Thoughts - The month started rough with two books dropped. We had three Mondays in a row where a holiday or ice/snow really helped me hit my stride. I read some fabulous short stories and poetry. None of the books has cracked 4/5 yet though.

Length Goals:

• Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75)
• Total Pages: 25,000 (stretch of 30,000)
• Read from Print-TBR: 20

Substantive Goals:

• Read at least 51% non-American authors
• Read more female/nonbinary authors than male
• Read at least 52 poems
• Read at least 12 books across all our collections that are selected by my wife. It's a great way to read things I would not ordinarily do, and I almost always end up enjoying them.

Cumulative Totals Through End of Month:

• Total Books: 14 - 28% of goal, 18% of stretch goal - ON TARGET
• Total Pages: 4067 - 16% of goal, 13.5% of stretch goal - ON TARGET
• Gender Goal: 48% Female, % Nonbindary, 52% Male - OFF TARGET - Working my way through the Nero Wolfe novels is skewing this.
• Country of Origin Goal: 56% USA, 44% out of US - OFF TARGET - ditto on Wolfe
  
• Read from Print TBR: 6 - ON TARGET
• Poems 7 - 13% of goal - ON TARGET
• Books Recommended by my wife: 4 - 33% of goal ON TARGET