Let’s Talk Bookish: Are reading goals worth it?

Prompts: We’re two months into 2023 – how are you feeling about your reading this year? Do you have a yearly reading goal? Do you think that those kinds of goals help you to feel motivated to read more books, or just causes stress? If you set yearly reading goals, when and why did you start setting them? Would you consider reading without aiming for a number? If you don’t set reading goals, why not?

I once set a yearly reading goal and followed a "read X numbers of books about topic Y" reading plan. This was great to motivate me to find and enjoy books that I may not have read. However, I also felt very stressed afterwards. I don't want reading for pleasure to be another source of stress to me, so I have dropped setting reading plans.

Source of prompt: Let’s Talk Bookish – February 2023 topics/