Six Month Reading Goals Check-in (April to June)

Hi all!

I was in the middle of writing up my nine month reading goals check-in post when I suddenly realised I had never posted my six month update! Oops haha.

But as I was witting this one up, I suddenly realised why: I had a really sucky April to June reading experience. Like, really bad! In April I only read two books and May and June weren’t any better.

Here‘s a list of my reading goals for 2021.

Here we go!

Reading goals

Read 100 books

From April to June, I only read 12 books 🙃. But from January to March, I had read 45. So altogether, at this stage of the year, I have read a total of 57 books.

I’m a bit disappointed by this to be honest. Every year by May, I usually read up to 100 books. And now by the end of June, I’m only on 57!

Here’s the books I read from April to June:

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Read backlist books from authors I love

Out of the 12 (lol) books I read, 7 of them were from authors I love. So I would say this goal is a success!

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FINISH SERIES YOU’VE BEEN MEANING TO READ FOR AGES

I finished 1 series this time round! That series was

• The Will Darling Adventures by KJ Charles

But I also caught up on 3 series — which means the rest of the series is still to be published and I’ve read only what’s available so far. They are:

• A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons
• Fence by Sarah Rees Brennan
• Game Changers by Rachel Reid

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READ AT LEAST ONE CLASSIC A MONTH

Surprisingly, I read one classic! That was Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin.

Still a fail though, because by June I should have read 6 by now 😭

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READ BOOKS I’M ONLY GENUINELY INTERESTED IN

I feel like I’ve stuck to this goal, making sure that I only read books I’m really interested in. That’s because in the past I’ve gotten caught up in Book Twitter and all the popular books that make waves there — when I read them, I find that I didn’t actually like those books but only read them because they’re considered “popular”.

Challenges

My own readathon

I managed to read the books for April and May! Which is great. The only one I haven’t yet read is June.

You might notice my friend and I changed some books around. We decided we weren’t interested in a few of the books we had listed so we removed one and added another.

We also created a rule that we can choose not to read 1 book per year and still pass the reading challenge.

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Popsugar Reading Challenge 2021

I finished seven challenges! Which is quite good considering I only read 12 books in these three months.

They are:

1. A book about forgetting: Spellbound
2. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: One Last Stop – Aquarius 
3. A book your best friend would like: Under the Whispering Door
4. A book featuring three generations: The House of Always
5. A genre hybrid: Subtle Blood – Romance/Historical/Mystery
6. A book you associate with a favourite person, place or thing: The Gospel of Loki – Tom Hiddleston
7. A book everyone seems to have read but you: Giovanni’s Room

So all up, I’ve completed:

• 24 challenges
• 7 advance challenges

Honestly, this wrap up wasn’t as bad as I was anticipating. Sure, I’m annoyed I only read 12 books from April to June, but I still managed to do pretty well at my reading goals.