2-3-4 Challenge discussion

Can’t believe it’s that time to begin thinking about the new year! Hopefully, you’ve given this some thought about it and are ready to start stating your goals for our challenge in the coming year.

Since we all have different numbers of series with variable numbers of books within each series, it's impossible to set plain "number of series" goals for comparison. And, we all have different approaches to tackling our TBR shelves and series. But! We have a common objective in making a dent in those shelves.

So, tell us what you're hoping to achieve with this challenge in 2023? I'll set them up in the Reading Tracker as they're added here.

My goals for next year is as follow:

Read 10 cozy mysteries
Read 20 books
Read 2 non fiction books

2023 Goals

1. Read book #2 in 5 series begun in 2022.
2. Continue 5 stagnated series
3. Complete 5 series in different genres

My 2023 goals
1) Read 23,000 pages
2) Read 65 books
3) Read 5 books that have been made into movies/TV shows
4) Read 3 Trilogies
5) Complete 3 series
6) Get up-to-date in 3 series

I'm keeping most of my goals the same, but increased my books read to 65.

My 2023 Reading Goals

1. Read the authors of the month that I skipped in 2022
2. Complete 4 series that I started prior to 2023
3. Read 120 books
4. Get up-to-date on 3 series
5. Read 5 new to me authors.
6. Read 2 nonfiction books

My Goals for 2023:

1. Read 120 books.
2. Get up-to-date on 7 series.
3. Complete 7 series.
4. Read 30 Standalone books, 15 of which have been in my TBR pile for 2+ years.

My Goals for 2023:

1. Get up to date on 3 series
2. Read 4 non fiction books
3. Read 5 new to me authors
4. Read 5 stand alone books
5. Remove at least 15 books from my shelves that I'll never read.

My goals for 2023

1. Read 55 books
2. Read 15,000 pages
3. Read 31 books that are part of a series
4. Finish or Up to Date in 5 series

I’m a little behind but will have the trackers done soon.

My 2023 goals
1. Get up to date or finish series on 5 series
2. Read 75 books
3. Make progress in 20 series
4. Read 15 stand-alone books
5. Continue reading 10 series I haven't touched in 1 year or more.
6. Remove 20 books that I am not going to read.

I liked my 2022 goal categories so I’ll be sticking with them again but changing the numbers.

1. Series Completed - 5
2. Series Up to Date - 15
3. Authors of Another Culture - 10
4. Standalones - 48
5. Total Read - 160

I think I’ve created trackers to cover your goals. Not include are those tracked by Goodreads (total read, pages read).

Let me know if I missed one of yours!

Jonetta wrote: "I think I’ve created trackers to cover your goals. Not include are those tracked by Goodreads (total read, pages read).

Let me know if I missed one of yours!"

Thank you Jonetta.

Now that its the end of the year (wow!), I am posting my completed goals for 2023. Now I need to think of goals for 2024.

2023 Goals

Read book #2 in 5 new series
✔︎ 1. Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran
✔︎ 2. A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman
✔︎ 3. Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
✔︎ 4. Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan
✔︎ 5. Blind Trust by Lynda Aicher

Complete 5 series in different genres
✔︎ 1. Historical Romance - Scoundrels of St. James by Lorraine Heath
✔︎ 2. Paranormal Romance - Mystic Bayou by Molly Harper
✔︎ 3. Urban Fantasy - Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews
✔︎ 4. Contemporary Romance - Master Vintners by Yvonne Lindsey
✔︎ 5. Romantic Suspense - Troubleshooters by Suzanne Brockmann

Continue 5 stagnated series
✔︎ 1. Uniformly Hot SEALs by Tawny Weber
✔︎ 2. Bishop/SCU by Kay Hooper
✔︎ 3. The Brothers Sinister by Courtney Milan
✔︎ 4. Pike Wisconsin by Alexandra Ivy
✔︎ 5. The Undertaker's Daughter by Debra Webb

Here is how I did this year:

Read 10 cozy mysteries
- I read 5 cozy mysteries , hopefully next year I will read more.
Read 20 books
- Read 23 books!
Read 2 non fiction books
- I only read one non fiction book!

I think I did pretty good with my goals.

1. Read 120 books.
I finished 122

2. Get up-to-date on 7 series.
I was up-to-date on 10 series

3. Complete 7 series.
Just finished my 7th series last week

4. Read 30 Standalone books, 15 of which have been in my TBR pile for 2+ years.
I finished 30 standalone books, but only 9 of them were in my TBR pile for 2+years.