At the beginning of the year I gave myself a fairly ambitious-for-me reading goal, which was to try to read my height in books by the end of 2020.
I started off pretty okay in the first few months and it seemed like I would be able to at least get close to achieving that goal if I continued at that pace. But then something weird happened and around April, I found myself struggling to finish books.
I would pick up a book, read part way through, get distracted by something else, put the book aside and forget about it. Over and over again.
I’m pretty sure I started and did not finish at least 20 different books this year, not counting e-books.
Just to be clear, this had nothing to do with most of the books themselves. Yes, there were a few that I gave up on because I simply was not enjoying them, but most actually seemed pretty good as far as I can tell from what I did read. I wish I knew what happened next in those stories, but I have no clue because I didn’t finish. Maybe I’ll find out eventually.
I wish I knew why this was happening so I could find a way to fix it because I miss reading an entire book from beginning to end and falling in love with the story. I’ve managed to finish a couple books here and there, but I think overall I’ve only finished about 3 books since May and as someone who usually reads a lot, that’s terrible. I actually posted in May that I wasn’t going to be able to reach my reading goal because I just couldn’t seem to make time for reading, and I’m really sad that not much has changed since then.
So am I giving up on my reading challenge? Not exactly. I will still probably measure all the books I finish by the end of the year and compare it to my height because I still think that sounds fun, but I probably won’t bother tracking month-by-month for the rest of the year. (You may have noticed I haven’t really been posting those these last couple months anyways) I might start doing some form of monthly wrap up again if I actually start finishing any of the books I read, but I’m not putting any pressure on myself. I think overthinking it is maybe part of why I’m stuck in this weird place anyways so if I can recapture that feeling of reading just because I love it instead of reading to try to reach a goal, maybe that will be the secret.
I can hope.


On a more exciting note, I did receive Where the Forest Meets the Stars and Where Dreams Descend recently (and I just noticed how those titles sound like they might be part of a series, that was completely unintentional) and I’m really looking forward to reading both of those so please cross your fingers for me that I will actually finish them both, and leave me a comment below letting me know what you’re reading now!
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I hope you find your happy place with reading – however that looks for you! Coincidentally, I’m reading Where Dreams Descend right now, and I have Where the Forest Meets the Stars waiting on my kindle for me.
Thank you for your comment, and the words of encouragement. That is an interesting coincidence! Maybe that will be the incentive I need to hurry up and finish both and we can follow up and compare thoughts!
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