Challenge Corner discussion

Hellooooo January!

Here is a place to post any goals you're setting for your reading in the new year. Hopefully we can encourage each other to stay motivated

25 days into the new year and just realized I forgot to post here. One of my many reading goals will be about ARCs. Yes, I feel like a broken record but I'm trying my hardest to catch up on those! I swear!

Started this year with 238-ish unread ARCs ranging from published years '21-'26. Trying to read at least 100 ARCs for 2026

I'm also trying not to get any new ARCS lol. So I'm banning myself from requesting any until I knock these all out. Which is probably the hardest thing to do because... books! We love reading, right?

Anyways, heres my breakdown (so far) and will update accordingly... probably whenever I remember.

Starting: 238 ARCs
Published in 2021 - 3
Published in 2022 - 44
Published in 2023 - 50
Published in 2024 - 99
Published in 2025 - 33
Published in 2026 - 9

Read so far: 20 (Jan Numbers up to today, 1/25/26)
Published in 2021 - 0
Published in 2022 - 7
Published in 2023 - 4
Published in 2024 - 7
Published in 2025 - 2
Published in 2026 - 0

In the Queue TBR: 13 (Jan Numbers up to today, 1/25/26)
Published in 2021 - 0
Published in 2022 - 5
Published in 2023 - 3
Published in 2024 - 1
Published in 2025 - 4
Published in 2026 - 0

TBR Pile: 218 (Jan Numbers up to today, 1/25/26)
Published in 2021 - 3
Published in 2022 - 37
Published in 2023 - 46
Published in 2024 - 92
Published in 2025 - 31
Published in 2026 - 9

I have one main goal this year... Read more of my favorite authors' backlists.

Not sure how to set this up yet, but I'll list some of the authors I want to read more of:

Caroline Peckham & Suzanne Valenti
Jennifer Hartmann
Michelle Heard
Mariana Zapata
Olivia Wildenstein
LJ Andrews
Rebecca Yarros
Shantel Tessier
Marni Mann
Piper Rayne
Serena Akeroyd
Penelope Sky
TL Swan
Samantha Young
Jewel E Ann
Rina Kent
Laura Thalassa
Devney Perry
Laura Pavlov
Catherine Cowles
Nicole Snow
Willow Aster