Let’s pretend it’s still the beginning of the year and not 50-years into a two month period because I’m excited to do this New Years Book Tag! 🎉 I last did it in 2023, but I remembered it earlier this year and just never got around to it until now. Better late than never, right? 🤭 I’m gonna jump straight into it.
This tag was originally created by Booktuber Heather @Bookables.
How many books are you planning to read in 2026?
Considering how my reading over the past year has not gone according to plan, I’ve decided to set my 2026 reading goal to 100 books. I’ve read 13/100 so far and that puts me 1 book “ahead” of schedule. 🍀
Name 5 books you didn’t get to in 2025 but want to make a priority in 2026.
With how my reading year went in 2025, it’s safe to say that I had more than a few books that I didn’t end up getting to, so it’s hard to pick just five. But I’d really love it if I could finally get these books off my TBR this year because (all save two) have been on my TBR for 6+ years! 🤞🏽
What genre do you want to read more of?
There are actually a few genres that I want to read more of this year. Last year, I found great success reading literary horror and one ended up being my favourite book of the year (The Buffalo Hunter Hunter). So I guess part of me wants to see if that was a fluke or if it’s something I might actually enjoy more of! Aside from that, I want to get back to reading more literary and historical fiction. I used to read those genres just as much as fantasy and romance, and when I read a few last year, I realised how much I missed it!
Name 3 non-bookish related goals for 2026
- Regularly workout — This was one of my “semi-obscure goals” last year and for a while there, I did pretty well! I would workout every day accompanied by my audiobooks and I would actually enjoy it. Then I stopped and well, I’ve stopped ever since. 🤡 Over the past year I’ve started to feel an increasing need to do something about my health because I know I’m not healthy. I just want to be healthy.
- Save more money — I have massive impulse control issues when it comes to money and well, let’s just say that I should have more saved up and yet, I am where I am (and it’s kind of embarrassing). I’m not wanting for money, but I feel like with the precarious state of the world right now, I should help myself feel a bit more financially secure by actually saving. I need to invest smart!
- Step outside of my comfort zone (at least once a month) — You might be thinking once a month is nothing, but for someone like me — a notoriously lazy and introverted homebody who could happily not leave her room ever — this is already going to be a challenge, but at least I think it could be doable. Getting outside of my comfort zone means actually pushing myself to go out, see things, do things (like a short hike or visit parts of the country outside of Jakarta that I’ve been meaning to). Simple things, maybe even silly things, but I need to just do things.
What’s a book that you’ve had forever that you still need to read?
What’s not a book that I’ve had forever and still needs to be read?! The options are limitless. Let’s go with this one:
Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten
📖 SYNOPSIS
When I looked up, his smile was wide and real. “Ready?” he said.
I faked a smile back. I had gotten so good at faking things.
I thought: You brought this on yourself, Sasha. You will have to pretend forever now.
He squeezed my hand again. He couldn’t begin to imagine what this actually was. He had no idea what I’d done. What any of us had.
When Sasha’s best friend Xavier gets back together with his cheating ex, Ivy, Sasha knows she needs to protect him. So she poses as a guy online to lure Ivy away.
But Sasha’s plan goes sickeningly wrong. And she soon learns to be careful of who you pretend to be because you might be surprised by who you become…
One word that you’re hoping 2026 will be…
This was the word that I had in 2023 but I feel like more than ever, this is what I want to manifest for 2026: KIND. I want this year to be KIND. I know it hasn’t started off that way. It’s already been so rough for so many people, but I don’t want to lose hope for the rest of the year. All of us—except for the tons of sh**ty people who seem to want to make it their life’s mission to make other people’s lives a living hell—deserve for this year to be kind and good and full of hope. ✨manifesting for us✨
And that’s it for the New Year’s Book Tag! I won’t be tagging anyone but if you wanna hop on board, feel free to link back so I can check out your answers! What would your one word be for 2026?
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