Let’s Talk Bookish: Deciding 2026 Goals

Sorry that this is going up a day late! I thought I had scheduled it before I was off but apparently, that was just in my head. 🤭 Happy holidays everyone!

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.

This week’s topic is:

How do you decide your yearly reading goals?

Suggested by: Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly
Prompts: Do you set annual reading and/or blogging goals? Have you decided on any bookish/blogging resolutions for 2026? How do you decide what goals you want to pursue for the year ahead?

Do you set annual reading and/or blogging goals? Have you decided on any bookish/blogging resolutions for 2026? How do you decide what goals you want to pursue for the year ahead?

I do set reading and blogging goals! While I do like to let my imagination (and good intentions) run wild, I’ve definitely learned over the years that less is more when it comes to setting goals, lol. I love the idea of setting lots of them each year, but the reality is, I always end up doing far less than I think I will or want to. So I’ve learned to stick to the same goals each year, and maybe depending on whether there’s something that I really want to change or pursue, I’ll make slight modifications or even add a couple.

For 2026, I’m going to stick to the same goals that I’ve set myself for the past two years now. I’m making minor changes to a few, but for the most part, these seem to work well for me, lol. Here’s what I have in mind for reading & blogging right now:

Goodreads Challenge: Read 100 books. I read 150 this year but it was a hella weird reading year and I struggled a bit with finding books that really click.

Pick 1-2 Year-Long Reading Challenges. I think I attempted way too many reading challenges this year and while I had fun (sort of, lol) it also added unnecessary pressure and constriction to my reading. I know a lot of the times these prompts are about stepping out of your comfort zone, but sometimes knowing that I “had” to read a book for a certain month made my reading mood even more fickle. So this year, I think I’m going to only stick to 1-2 year-long reading challenges. They’ll likely be the Buzzword Reading Challenge and Year of Aeldia (if G is preparing it for this year).

Keep reading my backlist! I’m proud of how many books I read off my backlist in 2025, so I’m hoping to do the same in 2026. I think tackling the Illumicrate books on my shelf this year would be a good idea since I already knocked out a few of my Owlcrate reads in 2025 and it felt really good to yoink them off the shelves, especially since the majority of them weren’t hits for me! 👍🏽

Post 4-5 times weekly on my blog. I’ve been pretty consistent with posting 5 times a week this year (all days except Saturday) and I’ve enjoyed that. It hasn’t been massively pressuring and I’m easily able to work this posting schedule into my daily life.

Don’t forget to check out the other bloggers who joined the discussion this week! 👇🏽

Rachael @ The Green Tea Librarian
Elle @ Unwrapping Words
Raji @ Worlds Unlike Our Own
Alli @ Alli the Book Giraffe
Yolanda @ Past Midnight
Abyssal Librarian

If I’ve missed your post this week, don’t hesitate to let me know in the comments, and I’ll add you to this week’s list of community posts ASAP!

Are you setting reading and blogging goals for 2026? How do you decide your goals? If you’re setting them, have you already decided what your goals will be?