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Goal: read from my TBR
My top goal for 2018: read 50 books from a 100 book list of my TBRs (or physical TBRs).
Primary goals:
I'm going to track my reading, but don't have a goal for number or page count. Last year unexpectedly set a substantial new high, and I will be quite content to read less this year. Spoiler:
2018 Popsugar and Book Riot Read Harder challenges, with no "reloads" - slot a book and leave it there, but just for interest in what gets covered along the way. Spoiler:
Series reads: In Death and A Free Man of Color Spoiler:
Continue tracking spending/acquisitions/use of subscription services. Spoiler:
Continue to tracking magazine and anthology reading. Spoiler:
Evaluate (read or DNF) freebies and boost any worthwhile finds. Spoiler:
Read those physical TBRs, already. Spoiler:
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Location: BC, Canada
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Goal: 30 books read in 2018
I’ll give this a go. Aiming for a modest 30.
January 1. How to be a Bawse - Lilly Singh 2. All The Little Children - Jo Furniss 3. Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising - Jason M. Hough 4. Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation - NK Jemesin 5. Astrophysics For People in a Hurry - Neil DeGrasse Tyson February 6. Halo: Smoke and Shadow - Kelly Gay Last edited by BCboiler; 02-20-2018 at 10:29 PM. |
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Goal: Read at least 60 books.
60 books.
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Location: USA
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Mix & Match of long time in TBR, specific authors, and themed groups of 18 in 2018
I have a mix of reading goals for 2018, including:
January 2018 Read 7 books (very slow start to the year for me ![]() February 2018 Read 6 books (eek!) March 2018 Read 14 books (better, but this is my slowest start to a reading year in over a decade ![]() April 2018 Read 25 books. Finished the 21st Century Challenge. May 2018 Read 23 books. June 2018 Read 27 books. July 2018 Read 26 books. August 2018 Read 16 books. September 2018 Read 20 books. Finished the Shoe Challenge, the Alphabet Challenge Variation, and the 18 in 18 Phonics Challenge. October 2018 Read 17 books. November 2018 Read 16 books Finished the Catchphrase Challenge and the Easy Eighteen Challenge (The Whittler) - Novellas. December 2018 Read 47 books. Finished the Easy Eighteen Challenge (The Whittler). Total 245 books read/reread in 2018. Last edited by library addict; 12-31-2018 at 06:54 PM. Reason: add books read this month |
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Goal: Keep track!
My goals are to:
A) Keep track of what I'm reading, including re-reads. B) Read at least 1 non-fiction book a month, not counting work reading. Further goals may come, as long as I can stick with A, which will be the hard one. January - 37 New, 14 ReReads, 1 Nonfiction Spoiler:
February 28 New, 12 ReReads, 1 NonFiction Spoiler:
March 30 New, 21 ReReads, Spoiler:
April 23 New, 15 ReReads, 1 Nonfiction Spoiler:
May 35 New, 17 ReReads, Spoiler:
June 22 New, 12 ReReads, Spoiler:
July 42 New, 1 NonFiction, 12 ReReads, Spoiler:
August 45 New, 14 ReReads, Spoiler:
September 32 New, 7 ReReads, Spoiler:
October 26 New, 34 ReReads, Spoiler:
November 19 New, 12 ReReads, Spoiler:
December 22 New, 24 ReReads, Spoiler:
Year End Round Up Totals 361 New books 194 Re-reads 3 Non-fiction (did not meet goal) 9 Rated 5/5 Spoiler:
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Please Reserve this space for Spindlegirl
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Location: Ottawa Canada
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Goal: To read all of the 2018 selections of the book clubs
To read all of the 2018 selections of the book clubs.
MR Book Club Jan - Whose Body - Doroithy L. Sayers New Leaf Book Club Feb - Passing - Nella Larsen Mar - The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway Apr - Making History - Stephen Fry May - The Radium Girls - Kate More June - The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas MR Literary Book Club Jan -A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes Feb - Please Look After Mom - Kyung-sook Shin Mar - Road to Oxiana - Robert Byron Apr - Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh May - The Vicar of Wakefield - Oliver Goldsmith Last edited by bfisher; 05-28-2018 at 08:32 AM. Reason: Added Title |
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Location: Austin, TX
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Goal: 45 books in 2018
My overall goal for 2018 is to read 62* books. Although that'll be a bit of stretch since this year (2017) I read only 31. I manage 38 in 2016 which is my highest since I've tracked these things.
I want to participate in the New Leaf Book club so the first book I read each month should be that book. My second will be something off my TBR, specifically from my pile of "Started not reading" tagged books. If there's a third or fourth then I'll either read from my TBR generally, perhaps catch up on a series, or just something new that catches my eye. Books January - 3 books Spoiler:
February - 6 books Spoiler:
March - 12 books Spoiler:
April - 12 books Spoiler:
May - 7 books Spoiler:
June - 4 books Spoiler:
July - 0 books ![]() August - 6 books Spoiler:
September - 1 book Spoiler:
October - 2 books Spoiler:
November - 6 books Spoiler:
December 6 books Spoiler:
total - 65 books (*originally 45, then I upped it to 80, then back down to 60. And finally changed it to 62 because that's 2 x 31, last year's total) Last edited by latepaul; 12-30-2018 at 08:28 PM. Reason: Finished a book |
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Keeps on Ticking...
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Location: Pacific NW
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Goal: Keep Reading!
Goal: Keep Reading!
I don't contribute a lot to MobileRead, but posting my books is a way to keep touch with the community. This is going to be a challenging year, but I will put up the same goals as last year. 2018 Goals: Read at least 7 books per month Include 1 new (to me) author per month Remember to read previously-purchased books Remember to post them on Mobileread (I continue to work on this one...) Book Rating/Comments (I'm a harsh critic: most books end up in the 3 range, and a score of 5 is a rare rating...) 1: Awful, or did not finish 2: Not great, or not to my taste 3: Average 4: Good. Would read again. 5: Great! A prominent place in my library. JANUARY - Here we go!! 1 Artemis - Andy Weir (rating 4.5) 2 Margarita Nights - Phyllis Smallman (new author, rating 1) 3 Welcome To The Madhouse - S E Sasaki (new author, rating 3.5) 4 Massacre at Whiskey Flats - William and J A Johnstone (rating 3.5) 5 Blood Moon - Alexandra Sokoloff (rating 3.5) Huntress/FBI Thrillers 2 6 Hostile Territory - T.L. Knighton (rating 3.5) Tommy Reilly 2 7 Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics - Dan Harris (new author, rating 3.5) 8 Spy Schools: how the CIA, FBI and foreign intelligence secretly exploit America’s universities - Daniel Golden (rating 2.5) Re-read the Dowser series in anticipation of the upcoming 7th book release All books have a rating of 3.5 or 4, and the author is Meghan Ciana Doidge 9 Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic, Dowser 1 10 Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, Dowser 2 11 Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic, Dowser 3 12 Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic, Dowser 4 13 Maps, Artifacts, and Other Arcane Magic, Dowser 5 14 Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic, Dowser 6 FEBRUARY - Hearts and Groundhogs for All! 15 The Easter Rising - Hourly History (rating 3) 16 The Girl in the Woods - Gregg Olsen (new author, rating 3.5) 17 Champagne, Misfits, and other Shady Magic - Meghan Ciana Doidge (rating 3.5) Dowser 7 18 Operation Hail Storm - Brett Arquette (new author, rating 3.5) 19 Race to Deep Abignon - Steve Jordan (rating 3.5) 20 The Case of the Missing Letter - Alison Golden (rating 3.5) Inspector Graham 5 21 Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts (rating 4) MARCH - A little rain, a little sun 22 Cold Welcome - Elizabeth Moon (rating 3) Rating 4 for 3/4 of the book, minus 1 for weak ending 23 Terminal Alliance - Jim C Hines (new author, rating 1.5) 24 Easy Go - Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (rating 3.5) Sorry for the delay in posting: 2 different family emergencies in a row 25 Taken - Victoria DeLuis (rating 4) Rune Witch 1 25 Hidden - Victoria DeLuis (rating 3.5) Rune Witch 2 26 The Case of the Missing Letter - Alison Golden (rating 3) Inspector Graham 5 27 The Chronicles of Luna City - Celia Hayes (new author, rating 3.5) Luna City 1 28 The Second Chronicles of Luna City - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Luna City 1 29 Hero at the Fall - Alwyn Hamilton (rating 3.5) Rebel 3 APRIL 30 We are NOT Buying a Camper - Karen Musser Nortman (rating 3) Frannie Shoemaker 0.5 31 The 12 Slays of Christmas - edited by Abby Vandiver (new authors, rating 3 overall) 32 Pineapple Lies - Amy Vansant (new author, rating 3) Pineapple Port 1 33 An Aegean April - Jeffrey Siger (rating 3.5) 34 The Bohemian and the Businessman - Katy Regnery (new author, rating 3) 35 The Grey Man: Vignettes - JL Curtis (new author, rating 3) 36 Dr RV Shrink - Richard E Malleryy (new author, rating 3) 37 Milk Run - Nathan Lowell (rating 3.5) Smugglers Tales 1 38 Suicide Run - Nathan Lowell (rating 3.5) Smugglers Tales 2 39 Bud for the Grace of God - SE Sasaki (rating 3) MAY 40 The Grey Man: Payback - JL Curtis (rating 3) Grey Man 2 41 Rare Stakes - Michelle Fox (rating 2.5) 42 The Driver - Hart Hanson (new author, rating 3.5) 43 Luna City 3.1 - Celia Hayes (rating 3) 44 The Grey Man: Changes - JL Curtis (rating 3) Grey Man 3 45 Land of Careful Shadows - Suzanne Chazin (new author, rating 3.5) 46 Hot and Badgered - Shelly Laurenston (rating 3.5) 47 Hail Warning - Brett Arquette (rating 3) Hail 2 48 Under an English Heaven: An Ellie Kent Mystery - Alice K Boatwright (new author, rating 3) 49 The Grey Man: Partners - JL Curtis (rating 3.5) Grey Man 4 50 The Director and the Don Juan - Katy Regnery (rating 2.5) Storey Sisters 2 51 The Grey Man: Twilight - JL Curtis (rating 4) Grey Man 5 52 The Stones of Silence - Peter Grant (rating 3) Cochrane’s Company 1 JUNE - Summer Time! 53 Armed & Fabulous - Camilla Chafer (new author, rating 2) Lexi 1 54 The Christmas Letter: Kathi Daley (new author, rating 3) 55 Luna City IV - Celia Hayes (rating 3) Luna 4 56 Into the Fire - Elizabeth Moon (rating 3.5) Vatta’s Peace 2 57 In Too Deep - KC Steward (new author, rating 3.5) Adirondack 5 58 The Pub Across the Pond - Mary Carter (new author, rating 3) 59 A Fifth of Luna City - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Luna 5 60 Uncharted - Sarah A Hoyt and Kevin J Anderson (Rating 2.5) 61 Shattered Under Midnight - Dorothy Grant (rating 3.0) JULY - Heat and Fireworks! 62 Iron and Magic - Ilona Andrews (rating 3.5) Hugh 1 63 Straight Outta Tombstone - Edited by David Boop (rating 3.5) Florida - Lauren Groff (new author, did not finish) 64 Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic - Meghan Ciana Doidge (rating 3.5) Dowser 8 65 My Secret to Bear - Becca Fanning (new author, rating 2.75) 66 Lone Star Sons - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Sons 1 67 One Half Dozen of Luna city - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Last edited by Kokomo Lee; 07-15-2018 at 04:30 PM. 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Location: Washington, DC
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Usual rather vague goals: more non-fiction, more "classics" in literature. But also a bit more specific, including Victorian novels & Russian literature, Gene Wolfe's "Sun" cycles. Also Proust.
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50 Books and get better at tracking
I want to read 50 books this year. Also, I didn't track very well in 2017. I want to do better this year.
January 1. The Bone Woman by Clea Koff - 4/5 2. Glowfly Dance by Jade Gibson - 4/5 3. Conclave by Robert Harris - 5/5 February 4. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - 4/5 5. The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo - 4/5 6. Munich by Robert Harris - 3/5 7. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 3/5 8. Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim - 4/5 March 9. Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - 4/5 April to September 10. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley - 3/5 11. I Will Find You by Joanna Connors - 5/5 12. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer - 4/5 13. The Zombie Room by RD Donald - 2.5/5 14. The Disappearance by Anabel Kantaria - 4/5 15. Death at La Fenice (Brunetti 1) by Donna Leon - 4/5 16. Death in a Strange Country (Brunetti 2) by Donna Leon - 4/5 17. The Anonymous Venetian (Brunetti 3) by Donna Leon - 4/5 18. First Response by Stephen Leather - 4/5 19. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson - 4/5 20. Coming Home by Anabel Kantaria - 4/5 21. Marrow by Tarryn Fisher - 4/5 22. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - 4/5 23. Cold Fire by Dean Koontz - 3/5 24. Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard - 4/5 25. Divided Lives by Lyndall Gordon - 4/5 26. Past Caring by Robert Goddard - 4/5 27. Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard - 4/5 28. In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard - 4/5 29. Days Without Number by Robert Goddard - 4/5 30. Borrowed Time by Robert Goddard - 4/5 31. Pompeii by Robert Harris - 3/5 32. Oliver Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - 2.5/5 33. Fault Line by Robert Goddard - 4/5 34. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - 4/5 35. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer - 4/5 36. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - 5/5 October 37. Winterland by Alan Glynn - 2.5/5 38. Twisted by Andrew Kaufman - 2/5 39. Thirteen Cents by K. Sello Duiker - 3/5 Last edited by CharredScribe; 10-14-2018 at 04:13 PM. |
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24 books in 2018
I'm going to start this year with my amended goal from last year.
24 books of length > 150 pages In Progress
Completed
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Goal: Read 100 books in 2018
Total books read in 2018: 108 Last edited by Waylander; 01-01-2019 at 06:12 AM. |
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52 Week Reading Challenge 2018
Here is my challenge for the year. Yes, I can cheat by using one book for more than one category but until I hit to goal, I think this is ALREADY challenging enough as it is. I adapted this from a forum I had come across on Fantasy/Sci-Fi but wanted to expand it to things I don't normally read.
Sadly, I am not doing very well, but the more places I put it, the better reminders I will have to GET IT DONE! 52 Week Reading Challenge 2018 (one for each week of the year): 1. A book by your favorite author. 2. A book by an author whose work you haven't read previously. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 3. A book released in the year you were born. 4. A book released in 2018. 5. A book released in 2008. 6. A book released in 1998. 7. A book released in 1988. 8. A book released in 1978. 9. A book released in 1968. 10. A book released in 1958. 11. A book released in 1948. 12. A book released in 1938. 13. A book released in 1928. 14. A book released in 1918. 15. A book released in the 20th Century [outside the years above]. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 16. A book released in the 19th Century. 17. A book that has had a movie or TV adaptation. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 18. A book written after a movie or TV. 19. A female author. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 20. A male author. 21. A graphic novel. 22. A fiction. 23. A romance. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 24. A fantasy. 25. A sci-fi. 26. A suspense/paranormal. 27. An action/crime/adventure. 28. A war. 29. A thriller. 30. A mystery. 31. A historical fiction. 32. A Native American. 33. A young adult book. 34. A western. 35. A literature classic. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 36. A non-fiction. 37. An author's debut book. 38. An author from your state/province/country. 39. A book originally published in a language other than English. 40. A book by an African author. 41. A book by an Asian author. 42. A book by an Australian author. 43. A book by a European author. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 44. A book by a North American author. 45. A book by a South American author. 46. A book set in Africa. 47. A book set in Antarctica. 48. A book set in Asia. 49. A book set in Australia. 50. A book set in Europe. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy. 51. A book set in North America. 52. A book set in South America. |
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