Rabbit Hole #32: 2016 Reading Goals

2015 was an interesting reading year for me. Even though we had enormous changes in our lives, I managed to read 135 books, which is a tremendous increase over my normal 50 books per year. As I've said before, I really have no explanation for it, but I'm not complaining. I'm looking forward to a rewarding reading year this year, as well.

I'm not usually one for setting reading goals, but here are my top 5 for 2016:

1. Read 75 books this year. (I know I almost doubled that last year, but I think that was an anomaly.)

2. Read 50% books written by people of color and 50% books written by women.

3. Read 30% books from non-American/British authors. Reading more works in translation will also help with this.

4. Complete three reading challenges: Book Riot's Read Harder 2016 Challenge, PopSugar's 2016 Reading Challenge, and Bustle's Women and Persons of Color Reading Challenge. Surprisingly, there are not a lot of categories that overlap between the three, so this will be a lot of fun.

5. Purge my bookshelves at least once a quarter. I am a chronic book-hoarder, and I've noticed recently that while I love a large number of the books I own, there are also books on there that I either can't remember the plot of, or that I just didn't really like (I'm looking at you, American Psycho). I'm not talking about paring down to a minimalist look, just getting rid of those 5-10 books every few months that don't mean anything to me.

These should all be easy to accomplish, especially given last year's accomplishments, and guaranteed to introduce me to some incredible reads!

(I know this is Allie Brosh's work, but not sure where it came from.
Please let me know if you do!)