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title: "Reading Goal Planner: Pages and Minutes a Day | Shelf Sonnet"
description: "Turn a yearly book goal, or one book by a date, into pages and minutes a day. Track books finished and pace; progress is saved only in your browser."
url: https://shelfsonnet.me/reading-goal-planner/
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The reading log

# Reading goal planner

Set a number of books for the year, or one book to finish by a date, and see what it means each day in pages and minutes. Mark books as you finish them to see whether you are on pace.

## How the plan is worked out

A yearly goal becomes pages a day by multiplying the books by the pages in a typical book and spreading them over 365 days. Minutes a day follow from your words per page and reading speed: 24 books of 320 pages is about 21 pages a day, or 22 minutes at 260 words a minute.

Once you start counting finished books, the planner compares you with an even pace for today’s date and works out what the rest of the goal needs per day. For a single book it divides the pages left by the days left; pick a date and it counts the days for you.

Everything you enter is saved in this browser’s local storage so the plan is waiting when you come back. It is never uploaded, and “Start over” clears it.

Free ebook, but only after an email address?

Reading challenges and “free ebook” offers often want an email address before the download, and the newsletters keep coming long after. A temporary inbox from [CleanTempMail](https://cleantempmail.com/) needs no sign-up, receives the download link, and empties itself after three days.

## Questions

**Where is my progress saved?**

Only in this browser, in its local storage. It is not sent anywhere, so it will not appear on another device, and clearing your browser’s site data removes it.

**What if I miss a few days?**

Keep counting the books you finish. The planner always works from today: it shows how far you are from an even pace and the pages a day that would still get you there.

**Why does my book take longer than the planner says?**

The minutes come from your words per page and reading speed, which change from book to book. Dense or unfamiliar writing is slower; measure your speed on the kind of book you are reading.