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Length Goals:

• Total Books: 50 (a stretch goal of 75)
• Total Short Stories: 52
• Total Pages: 15,000 (a stretch goal of 25,000)
• TBR Reduction: Reduce by at least 25 (a stretch goal of 50)

Substantive Goals:

• Read at least 51% non-American authors
• Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male
• Read at least 52 short stories
• Read at least 10 of the Mobile Read Book Club selections

Current Stats:

• Short Stories: 9
• Books: 8

Short Stories:

Spoiler:

1. "The Harbour-Master" by Robert W. Chambers
2. "Umberto Buti" by Giuseppe Pontiggia (translated by Zadie Smith)
3. "The Cat-Hood of Maurice" by Edith Nesbit
4. "The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.
5. "The Cellar Dweller" by Maria Dahvana Headley
6. "The Gold Lunch" by Ron Carlson
7. "The Women" by Tom Barbash
8. "The Other Wife" by Collette
9. "Asymetry" by Kendra Fortmeyer

Novels and Novellas:

1. The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (4/5)
2. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (2/5)
3. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (NLBC)(3.5/5)
4. A Delicate Truth by John le Carre NLBC (3.75/5)
5. Artemis by Andy Weir (1.5/5)
6. Hild by Nicola Griffith (4/5)
7. Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Macoto Tezuka and Naoki Urasawa
8. Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 2 by Macoto Tezuka and Naoki Urasawa

Well, keeping up with this list didn't go well, did it. Please feel free to check out my list on goodreads and I will try and do better next year!