Random Things in Action: Midyear Updates

Hello! I haven't been a very active blogger lately but since July is almost over I figured it's time to look back to all my goals this year and check out my progress. I meant to do this at the start of the month but as I've said, blogging slump.

Anyway, I have four major goals this 2015 (not including the one that says, "I have to read more").

1. Catch up on reading - and reviewing - my review copies.
2. Start and/or finish a series.
3. Annihilate my physical TBR.
4. Don't buy more books.

I only joined two reading challenges this year:

Awesome how they're both violet-themed, right? It's my favorite color. But I digress.

Currently, I am just indulging my reading mood and not attempting - yet again - to make and stick to a fixed TBR. I pick up any title that I want to read that's on my shelf, physical or otherwise. I don't want to risk falling back into a slump which I suffered these past months and recently just got out of eventhough I really don't have anything to worry about since I am 30 - 30! - books ahead of schedule.

I knew this year is going to be busy so I set my goal to reading 100 books and I intend to reach that by the end of August. I probably won't be setting it higher since by the start of September I will be at my busiest (heh) and I don't want to worry myself with catching up on anything and just be content with my reading pace especially with a limited time. And maybe it would be a good time to pick up those huge books I got:

If I manage to reach 150 at the end of 2015, though, I would be so freaking happy.

Now I have to focus on my Witches and Witchcraft RC. My goal is to read 6 - 10 witchy books and do you know how many I've read (and reviewed)? ONE. Like, wow. Someone pat my back.

My Goodreads Statistics (as of June 2015):

The average pages isn't really accurate since some of the books I read doesn't have the number of pages indicated in their profile and weren't counted (I guess), but nevertheless 268 is still good.

As of July 30, 2015:

Also, with regards to my goals, I told myself to take more notice of books that are not new releases especially books that were published more than 5 years ago or so. I'd say I did well. I even read one that was first published in 1989!

Let's talk about my major goals. I think I failed all of them. Well, not really since the year is not yet over but I only reviewed 18 books so far! Granted, I don't have that many books for review because I don't accept or request for copies (even if I badly want to) when I know I don't have a lot of time. Still... my Netgalley ratio is 27% (!!!!).

Catch up on reading - and reviewing - my review copies?

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I read 4 series-enders so far this year although I am still hoping for Until the Beginning and P.S. I Still Love You to have a sequel.

And then I started AND finished two series.

You can read my review of Night Huntress HERE. I also picked up Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews hoping to add another to this list before I realized it's still a continuing series.

Start and/or finish a series?

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I don't even want to look at numbers 3 and 4. They go hand in hand, those two. The last one is obviously not happening but as far as book buying ban goes... okay, nevermind. I had 108 unread physical books when the 2015 started. Now I have 156. UGHHHHHH! Whenever my cousins or my sister asks to borrow my books I lend them all my unread ones so they (the books) don't feel abandoned.

Annihilate my physical TBR? Don't buy more books?