I was wandering, what was the highest number of books you read in a year? And why? In which year did u hit that amazing number?

I read so many books this year, the last years it was so dry, no reading or like up to mabe 4 books because of my studies at university. But during my school time - high school or Gymnasium in germany- I read so many books. I read during classes when the teacher sucked or I allready knew the stuff we had to study and so I read up to 80 books a year because I read so much during class.

I think the most books in a year where around 85 books, I never hit that number again the years after. I mean I set goals but in the end I am just happy if i managed to read anything.

So just wandering, what was your highest number and, was it a good or a bad reading year?

i think i'm approaching a point where i'm starting to heedlessly add books to my tbr. not a big deal but i originally intended to be more thoughtful about the books i was adding (i.e., am i realistically going to read this?) but then i came across a bunch of books (mostly historical fantasy, retellings, and nature non-fiction) that skyrocketed my tbr to nearly 100 books in the span of a few days lol. so in an effort to actually make progress on my tbr, i'm setting my limit to 100 books.

does anyone else place limits on their tbr? or are you the type to just add whatever remotely catches your interest?

So I was taking a look at where I am at with my reading goals for the year, and was curious how everyone is doing with theirs.

Have you hit yours yet? And if not, how many do you have to go? Do you think you will be able to hit them? Are you doing any additional challenges outside the total books you read? Any changes you may make for next year's goals? Tell me all the details 💗

I technically have two reading goals, one on Page Bound and one on Bookmory, another app where I track things and keep notes on my books. Just because I do track Wattpad or other online reads, and so I do that there. As well as some random Free Ebooks and KU reads, that I may not want to post online lol 😂

So for Page Bound, I am at 140/200 And for my other goal, I am at 236/250.

I'm hoping to hit my Page Bound Goal, and think I will (🤞🍀), though probably not until mid-late December. And I think next year I am going to lower the goals a bit, because there are a lot of longer reads on my TBR for 2026, plus I am hoping to go back to school for a semester.

This year, I also decided to do 6 reading prompt challenges from Book Riot's 'Read Harder' reading log (the physical book), and so far, I have done 4, and am in the middle of finishing 5 and 6. So I might try to do a few more before the year is done. 💗

I was just in the comments of another post where book pairings got mentioned and it made me curious how many other people do this! I love pairing books to read together to enhance my understanding of each by providing additional context.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe with Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was such a great and heavy pairing showing 2 stories of lives impacted by colonialism in Nigeria.

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen with The Deep by Rivers Solomon was an interesting pairing - the same topic of duty to the souls lost during the Transatlantic slave trade is approached very differently yet both with care and feeling- the first being a YA and the latter being a literary fiction.

So what book pairings do you recommend? Which books enhance your reading of other books?

I'm just writing this post to share how happy I am to have discovered Pagebound. 🥰 I used to use Goodreads and Bookthreads/Bookstagram to track recommendations and list my library of books read/to be read, but Pagebound really has everything I needed. I know, because I realize that seeing the shared reviews really makes me want to read the books, and I LOVE being able to read readers' comments in the middle of their reading. All that's missing is the ability to indicate the progress of our current readings like trackers, and it will be perfect! In short, lots of positive attitude this Wednesday, take care ❤️

Or I suppose, alternatively, do you reread books?

I've been on this book buying ban since 2020 where I only buy a book if I have read it and would want to reread it. I also had multiple "cleanouts" of my bookshelves around this time so I was left, again, only with books I am interested in rereading at some stage. I only kept minimal books I hadn't read yet that I was still interested in trying.

But in saying this, I don't actually reread books I own too often. Without fact checking myself, I'd guess only around 1-5 books a year. Usually it's if I have fallen into a reading slump and want to get back into reading.