Last year, I almost didn’t hit my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal. The reason: podcasts. I got so hooked on podcasts (My Favorite Murder being the primary culprit) that I didn’t listen to audiobooks. Most of my reading is done over audio (other folks with ADHD—I love audiobooks because they allow me to multitask, which I need to do! Anyone else find this?)

Then I discovered Books in the Freezer, which bills itself as “A podcast discussing the deliciously disturbing world of horror fiction.” This not only reminded me that I do, in fact, love reading horror, but it made me realize there’s a lot more to the genre that I haven’t explored. So I sat down and made myself a 2020 TBR. I focused on horror novels coming out this year, horror novels by women, horror collections and anthologies (I really don’t read enough short stories) and horror novels that I’ve been meaning to get to for far too long.

In the end, I had a list of 84 books and novellas (I figure these even out, because a really long book still only counts as one). Now, my goal is 52 books, so that still gives me room to pick and choose based on what I feel like. I used Milanote to organize it:

Side note: Milanote // Milanote is fantastic for making to-do lists, organizing projects, and tracking goals. They have a number of templates available to give you ideas. You can also make your own. I use it for tracking TTRPGs I’m running, novels I’m planning, short stories I’m submitting, video game characters I’m leveling (ESO, mainly), household projects (including my Konmari goals for this year), plus I’ve used it to collaborate with other members of the indie company I’m in.

Conveniently, one of the books at the top of my list, The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon), was also a group read in Ladies of Horror Fiction. It’s the perfect book for a group read, because I immediately wanted to talk about it.

I’ve also been organizing a few buddy reads this year. On that note, if you want to take a closer look at my TBR, I have a view-only link to my Milanote board.

What are you looking forward to reading this year?