2019 Reading Challenge Goals
Goodreads 100 Book Challenge - Always a staple in my goals. This year I am only limiting myself to 100 books, which I still think is quite a lot but we'll see how we go. 2019 is going to be the year of reading more complicated and in depth books along with series and stand alone novels that have been on my shelf or on my wish list for a long time now. OK, so I didn't quite get this done this year. I got up 85, which I think is really good considering life has been busy and I haven't read as much as I have in the past. To be honest, I don't really view this as a 'need to do' goal but just something to aim for.
Read Your Own Book Challenge - Always a goal of mine to make sure that I read from my own shelf and not review books or books that I have only just bought.. This was a goal that I have set for myself for a while now and I am so proud that I have stuck to it this year quite strictly having read quite a few backlist titles,which I am still continuing to do. Yes, I have bought a few books that I have immediately read and yes I have received a few titles for review but I have not been accepting or requesting half as many as I used to (which I am truly grateful for).
Big Book Challenge - A true staple in my challenges that can often get forgotten. I have had some fun with this challenge this year. I read 37 big books this year which is the usual number I would naturally pick up but this time I decided to pick up one of my most challenging trilogy/series I have had on my shelf for ages and that is the Discovery of Witches (All Souls) Trilogy/Series by Deborah Harkness. My full review is posted but just to say that it took me a very long time to read those books, which are over 600 pages long each.
Read 2 Classics - I always say that I will get around to those one at some point. 2019 is going to be the year. I have only set this at 2 because there is 1 hefty book and 1 reasonable size novel that I want to get to this year. Those are:
Nope, never got to either of these this year. I have read the Phantom of the Opera before so this would have been a re-read but I still have these titles and I am still really keen to read them but maybe further in the future than right now.
Read at least 1 book from the Manbooker Winner List - For a long time now I have been wanting to try to read a book that has won the Manbooker Winner List. I bought the book below a long time ago and it has been sitting on my shelf for ages. 2019 will be the year!!
I didn't get to this one either but I still have my copy and I am still really excited about the story and do plan to pick this up at some point.
2020 Reading Challenge Goals
Goodreads 100 Book Challenge - Always a staple in my goals. I always like to aim for 100 books but happy to get close and even happier if I get past that! Who knows! I don't tend to be too strict on keeping this but use this really only use this as a motivation tool to keep me reading consistently
Read Your Own Book Challenge - This is a goal that i have brought in a lot more in 2019 and intend to bring in a lot more in 2020. I have made my way through quite a lot of the books that I already own and have not read yet and want to make it my aim to read as many as I can in 2020.
Big Book Challenge - Yet again, a true staple in my challenges that can often get forgotten but I have found that now even if I don't focus on this too much I do tend to pick up more than 20 books to complete this challenge this year. My aim for this year is to do the same but to read at least 1 book that is over 800 pages long. That is going to be a massive challenge for me as I do not do very good with concentrating on long novels but let's give it a go.
John Grisham - I made a start last year to read all of John Grisham's novels - some I have already read and some I have not yet read. So far, I think I have read about 10 of his novels, starting from the earliest publication date. In 2020, I would love to be able to have read them all and start reading another author...
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