Well, this may be a little bit later than my usual style post but I didn’t want to be double posting.  This year I’m going for a very simple and easy format for this.  I don’t want to set myself any unrealistic goals or resolutions just keep it nice and simple.

For 2026:

I aim to be very careful about book requests.  Last year I had a few episodes where my reading lessened for one reason or another and I fell behind, which just leads to massive feelings of guilt.  So, this year I would like to be reasonable and keep my bookish requests to about 6/8 per month.

I would really like to raise my Netgalley stats.  I mean, they’re not as bad as they could be but the recommended level of feedback is 80%.  At the moment I’m teetering on 76/77 and I would like to improve this (although I do now have over 1,000 reviews submitted).  It’s difficult because for a couple of years I went a bit crazy with requests being totally unrealistic with the books I asked for.  Like I didn’t quite comprehend that those books needed to be read within a given period and feedback provided.  Believe me, I am a lot, lot better, but, I did cause some damage in the first couple of years.  My aim this year to do better – learn from my mistake people.

With the above in mind I would also like to read some backlist books.  I did start to do so this year but then everything went to hell in a handcart so this year I would really like to read one per month.  I just need to stay focused and with that in mind I thought I’d choose 12 books.  Here they are (have you read any of these, and if so, do you recommend – this list is still up for debate):

I would actually like to write my reviews quicker.  I used to write my reviews almost immediately upon finishing the book and I liked it that way, writing while everything was fresh and the emotions were running high.  I really don’t like getting behind with reviews is the other reason.

I’d like to read 100 books this year.  This is quite a normal figure for me in terms of books but due to personal reasons I didn’t read as much this year.  Hopefully, 2026 is a nice smooth year.  One can but wish.

I’m joining in with Bookforagers Picture Prompt Book Bingo.  I love this bingo, it allows me a lot of artistic license so that I can complete the full sheet and everyone loves a challenge that they can complete don’t they?

I’m also considering taking part in another couple of challenges, I really like the A-Z book challenge and also the Spell the month in books.  I’m still considering those and don’t want to overdo things so we’ll see.

That’s it for me.  I’ll see you all around the blogosphere.  Wish me luck and I wish all of you the best for 2026.