I’m going to be honest… I actually forgot that I set specific reading goals this year. It’s one of those things that was BW…. Before Wedding. Some of those things are a bit hazy these days, lol.
Anyhow, I was reminded of my goals, and so I have dug them up so that I can check in on my progress. There’s just a little over two months left in the year, so I think hitting most of them is still pretty reasonable at this point.
Below is my progress, with the bold ones being the ones that are incomplete.
- Read at least 3 books in the category of “you should have read this by now” whether it’s a classic or been on your shelf too long
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Read at least 3 books about people who are very different from yourself
- The Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
- Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
- If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodsen
- Read at least 8 actual physical books
- My Boyfriend is a Bear
- If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
- Midnight at the Electric
- City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Finish reading The Book Thief
- Read The Name of the Wind
- Read a book that’s over 500 pages
- Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (504 pages)
- Quit a book before you’ve finished (or at least skim the rest)
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell — this is the second time I have tried to read this book, and I just can’t do it. I can’t get past the fact that it’s from the POV of a horse. I know it’s a classic and was written in the 1800’s. I’m sorry.
- Get rid of a book immediately after reading it
- Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters (did not like this book at all)
- Read a book immediately after acquiring it or hearing about it (before it even makes it to the shelf or TBR)
- Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson (Bought this book at the Strand when I was in NYC and read it immediately, loved it)
- Read a book you think might make you a better person
- How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t by Andrea Owen
- Read a book of short stories
- Read a book with a cover that bothers you
- Save the Date by Morgan Matson
- Get rid of a book without reading it
- (I have definitely done this already this year, but I want it to be intentional, so I still need to pick one.)
- Get at least 2 books behind or ahead of schedule at some point in the year
- Definitely have been 2 books behind at multiple points. Only 1 book behind now, though!
- Decide not to do one of the challenges on this list
- The Name of the Wind might be waiting until 2019…
I’ve read 23/30 books I set out to read on Goodreads, putting me 77% of the way through that goal as well. November is a bit of a tough month for reading, sine so much of my time will be spent writing my NaNoWriMo novel and finding creative ways to procrastinate writing my NaNoWriMo novel… hey! Maybe I will do some reading that month!
Being unemployed for awhile has been an interesting journey and it’s definitely given me a bit more time for reading, as well as for other things I tend to have much less time for with a 9-5 job. I think I’ll be writing an entire blog post about this experience soon, so keep an eye out for that.
Wish me luck! If all else fails, I will consider the year a win if I at least finish reading The dang Book Thief.