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2019
My goal for 2019 is to read 100 books.
BOOK COUNT: 74/100
Breakdown
100 books include audiobooks, ARCS, library books, and my own copies. Of those,
- 25 must be shopped from my own shelf (ARCS not included),
- 10 must be from the 1001 book list,
- 10 must be audiobooks,
- 5 must be read in German
- 15 must be for review through NetGalley or similar AND
- 1 must be read out loud (children’s books not included).
I am also planning to read 12 books with my book club (one per month) and to maintain a written reading journal in which I note down thoughts and impressions as well as favorite quotes. Of course, I’ll be participating in various readathons throughout the year. I am “softly” participating in the Popsugar reading challenge meaning at the moment I am not fulfilling categories on purpose but will see if books I choose fit into one.
How many books do I have left in each category?
- books I own: 5*
- 1001 books: 5**
- audiobooks: 1
- books in German: 4
- ARC reviews: 6
- books read out loud: 1
*in my monthly blog posts, I will underline books I own AND ARCs (because technically I own them at that point) but in this tally, I am only counting the books I own and not the ARCs.
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2018
Update: I completed my Goodreads reading goal, my ARC review goal, and my 1001 book list goal! I also finished the Popsugar reading challenge with 2 hours to spare on December 31st.
My official 2018 Goodreads reading goal is 75 100 books. My unofficial goal is to read 100 books, but I am keeping that a flexible number. I want this, of course, to be fun without pressure. I’ve also set a few other goals.
- I am again partaking in the Popsugar Reading Challenge – trying to fulfill 50 categories.
- I would like to review at least 15 ARCs this year.
- I MUST read 25 books I own.
- I am going to read 10 books from the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die list.
I am not certain, yet, how I will structure this page for 2018, but for now, I am going to keep a running tally.
Total Tally: 124/100
Popsugar Category Fulfilled: 50/50*
Reviewed ARCs: 24/15
Owned Books Read: 28/25**
1001 Book List Reads: 12/10
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*includes library books, owned books, and ARCs
**in my monthly blog posts, I will underline books I own AND ARCs (because technically I own them at that point) but in this tally, I am only counting the books I own and not the ARCs.
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2017
For 2017, I will have monthly write-ups about all the books I’ve read here on my blog (see linked months below; each book will additionally be rated on Goodreads). I will further link all the reading challenge categories below to my reviews on Goodreads.
2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge
- InterWorld (Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves) a book with multiple authors
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (Maria Semple) a book with a title that’s a character’s name
- The Sunset Limited (Cormac McCarthy) a book about a difficult topic
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman) a book that’s been on your TBR for way too long
- A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) a bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read
- We Are on Our Own (Miriam Katin) a book with pictures
- Before the Fall (Noah Hawley) a book recommended by an author you love
- Me Before You (Jojo Moyes) a book with a red spine
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender) a book about food
- The Siren (Kiera Cass) a book involving a mythical creature
- When Breathe Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi) a book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
- Ella Enchanted (Trophy Newbery) a book recommended by a librarian
- A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E. Schwab) the first book in a series you haven’t read before
- The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden) a book that’s published in 2017
- A Man Called Ove (Frederik Backman) a book with a cat on the cover
- The Trees (Ali Shaw) a book set in the wilderness
- The Secret of Wishtide (Kate Saunders) a book with an eccentric character
- Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman) a book based on mythology
- March, Book Two (John Lewis) a book set in two different time periods
- March, Book Three (John Lewis) a book with a month or day of the week in the title
- Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty) a book about an interesting woman
- The Girl with all the Gifts (M.R. Carey) a book from a nonhuman perspective
- The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead) a book by a person of color
- The Woman in Cabin 10 (Ruth Ware) a book with an unreliable narrator
- Hillbilly Elegy (J.D. Vance) a bestseller from 2016
- Good Omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) a book written by someone you admire
- Leviathan (Scott Westerfeld) a steampunk novel
- Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) a book about an immigrant or refugee
- Behemoth (Scott Westerfeld) a book involving travel
- Goliath (Scott Westerfeld) a novel set during wartime
- Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami) a book by an author from a country you’ve never visited
- Commonwealth (Ann Patchett) a book that takes place over a character’s lifespan
- The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield) a book that is a story within a story
- One (Sarah Crossan) a book from a genre/subgenre that you’ve never heard of
- The Obsession (Nora Roberts) a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Cheryl Straight) a book with a subtitle
- My Sister Rosa (Justine Larbalestier) a book with a family-member term in the title
- The Wednesday Letters (Jason F. Wright) a book of letters
- It (Stephen King) a book that’s more than 800 pages
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers) a book by or about a person who has a disability
- Kinderland (Mawli) a book bought on a trip
- Momo (Michael Ende) a book you loved as a child
- The Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis) a book you got from a used book sale
- The Summer Book (Tove Jansson) a book with one of the four seasons in the title
- The Next Always (Nora Roberts) a book set in a hotel
- Dark Harvest (Norman Partridge) a book set around a holiday other than Christmas
- Lisey’s Story (Stephen King) an audiobook
- Lab Girl (Hope Jahren) a book with career advice
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) a book that has been mentioned in another book
- Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) a book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile
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2016
Some of the 2016 categories will either be linked to an individual review here on my blog or to my Goodreads review.
2016 Popsugar Reading Challenge
- After Alice (Gregory Maguire) a book based on a fairy tale
- Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee) a book with a blue cover
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs) a book that’s becoming a movie this year
- The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) a book you haven’t read since high school
- The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) a book that takes place during the summer
- Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) a book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) a book set in Europe
- Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell) a YA bestseller
- The Time Keeper (Mitch Albom) a science-fiction novel
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky) a New York Times bestseller
- The Shining (Stephen King) a book from the library
- Heroes Are My Weakness (Suzan Elizabeth Philipps) a book that takes place on an island
- The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel Volume 1 & 2 (Neil Gaiman, Craig Russell) a graphic novel
- Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman) a book recommended by someone you’ve just met
- As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) a classic from the 20th century
- Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides) a book from Oprah’s book club
- All The Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr) a book set in your home state
- A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd, Jim Kay) a book you can finish in a day
- Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel) a dystopian novel
- Santa, Honey (Kate Angell, Sandra Hill, Joy Nash) the first book you see in a bookstore
- The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower series (Stephen King) a book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy
- Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King) a murder mystery
- Eligible (Curtis Sittenfeld) a book published in 2016
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) a satirical book
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll) a book at least 100 years older than you (reading it cause I haven’t done so in English)
- Die Chemie des Todes/ The Chemistry of Death (Simon Becket) a book recommended by a family member
- #Girlboss (Sophia Amoruso) an autobiography
- Young Widow (Clarissa Fairchild Cushman) a book with a protagonist who has your occupation
- Legend (Marie Lu) a romance set in the future
- The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (Tim Burton) a book of poetry
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future … Twists, and Turns, and Lessons Learned (Michael J Fox) a book that’s under 150 pages
- The Round House (Louise Erdrich) a National Book Award winner
- The Little Paris Bookshop (Nina George) a book translated to English (I feel kinda silly reading this in English since it’s originally written in German but I wanted to read this book and needed to fulfill this category)
- Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates) a political memoir
- Shopgirl (Steve Martin) a book written by a comedian
- The Selection (Kiara Cass) and The Prince (Kiara Cass) a book and its prequel
- Someday, Someday, Maybe (Lauren Graham) a book written by a celebrity
- 11/22/63 (Stephen King) a book that’s more than 600 pages
- American Gods (Neil Gaiman) a book about a road trip
- The Gifts of Imperfection (Brené Brown) a self-improvement book
