Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Top Ten Tuesday was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Below are my ten bookish goals for 2026!!
1. Read 52 books (or more) in 2026!!
I read 83 books in 2025, so I should be able to reach this reading goal.
2. Join and participate in a book club this year
I've taken part in various book clubs over the years, but I have never participated in one long term.
The good news is that I have signed up to participate in a book club through my local public library, which occurs on a monthly basis. I hope to enjoy both the novels featured for this book club and also the people I will be interacting with during the book.
3. Make more use of the services provided by the public library
I've signed up for both Kanopy and Hoopla. I look forward to using both programs to watch movies and read or listen to books. In fact, I will be listening to the audio version of the book selected for the public library book club I will be attending. I am already using Kanopy, but would like to make more use of it more in 2026.
4. Read twelve physical books from my 'tbr' pile
I have plenty of digital books in the form of ebooks and audiobooks. But it is time I return to reading and move some of my physical books along by leaving them inside various Little Free Libraries.
5. Knit either a genre snake or genre baby blanket
Okay, here's the explanation for number six. I am an avid knitter as well as an avid reader. So, I would like to combine my two favorite hobbies in a meaningful way.. Based on the various genres I read last year in 2025, I would like to knit either a striped snake plushie using different colors to represent the various genres I read in 2025. Or knit a striped baby blanket using different colors to represent the various genres I read for this blanket. Which idea sounds more appealing - a snake plushie or a baby blanket?
6. Buddy read in February 2026
I have paired up to read Daddy Love by Joyce Carol Oates with another avid reader! This will be my first time doing a buddy read. I look forward to reading a book with another person and discussing the book as we read it. I'd love to have another book buddy lined up later in the year!
7. Learn skills to create a podcast
It's been a dream of mine to start a bookish podcast and grow my audience in a different way. Our public library had offered a six-week podcast essentials workshop later this year, but it has been cancelled. So, now I will be looking into other options.
8. Social Media Ambassador for our public library
On New Year's Eve, I signed up to be a Social Media Ambassador for our public library!! It will be a low key way to help promote our public library by sharing what I love about the public library itself, promote library events, and so on. I am excited about participating and promoting our public library.
9. Create an Online Book Group/Club
I am not sure how this would/will play out exactly quite yet. This online book group/club would be a focused/themed club in terms of topic. Ideas include reading all Joyce Carol Oates novels, historical fiction novels, cozy mystery novels, The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, the Perry Mason series of novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, indie published books, etc. Or something similar.
Is anyone interested in this type of small group reading club?
10. Attend an in person author event
Prior to the pandemic, I use to attend live author events and book festivals regularly until the pandemic hit. Now all the author events I've attended have been virtual ones. I'd like to start attending author events again in person this year. Granted, they'd have to be ones I am interested in attending.
What are your bookish goals in 2026?
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