Top Ten Tuesday-Reading goals I still need to work toward

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Reading Goals I Still Want to Accomplish Before the End of the Year (We’ve just begun the last quarter of the year! What bookish goals would you still like to accomplish? If you participated in TTT’s Bookish Goals for 2023 topic this past January, update us on which goals you’ve achieved, which you’ve given up on, and which ones you’re still working on!) I did do this post back in January, so it makes it easy to remember my goals, so let's see how I am doing! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

Here are my 2023 Bookish Goals (and how I am doing):

1. Read 150 books for the Goodreads Challenge- this is less than last year because I want to try and read some thicker books (but when I looked at my TBR most are under 500 pages 🤦😂) ✅- I am not sure if I should count this as complete or as a failure as I had to up my goal to 175 since I was so close to 150, and have already hit 175 as well 🤷
   
2. Cut back on buying books....✅While I still bought some books this year, I have cut way back...even avoiding used bookstores and library sales so I am not tempted...
   
3. So I can read more of what I own (I read 48 books on my physical shelves last year but probably added at least that many back in)⍻I am reading more of what I own, but probably not enough...
   
4. Participate in less book challenges to make room for other goals and mood reading⍻ well, I have participated in less challenges, but still committed to quite a few ARCs, so not as much mood reading as I wanted.
   
5. Read more male authors-I predominately read female authors (88%) ⍻ this is another one I could do better at...I am now at 86% for female authors, so there is still a lot of room for improvement, but I don't think I have any male authors scheduled for the rest of the year.
   
6. Try some of the new to me authors that I have been saying for the last year I want to try ⍻-while I have tried 41 new-to-me authors this year, that number is lower than previous years. Plus, only 4 of those are ones that I have been saying forever that I would try!
   
7. Work on completing book series I have already started ✅-I have completed 17 so far. I hope to finish 3 more before the end of the year.
   
8. While I would still like to reach the goal of 60+ followers I can't control this-especially since I am mostly a Christian fiction book blogger, it doesn't appeal to as many readers as other genres do, so it's more of a wish list item, LOL!-✅-You all are awesome! When I posted this several of you immediately started following my blog. It fluctuates up and down, but I have been holding steady at 75 followers for a while. THANK YOU!

 How are you doing on your bookish goals? What is the goal you MOST want to hit by the end of the year?? I would love for you to share in the comments. To see what other topics our bookish friends are doing this week click on the image below.