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A place to record and monitor your 2020 reading goals.

I will continue the long term goals I have for reading the centuries and the two authors for whom I want to be a completist.

1. Trollope. I've been a slacker, but still working on him. I've missed my goal each of the last three years. Five for 2020! [1/5] (All time 38/47)

2. Balzac. Short stories will help to fulfill the goal, but there are novels still awaiting. Five for 2020![6/5] (All time 51/98)

3. 20th Century Women. Last year continued to be successful, but I fear the harder years are upon me. Therefore I'll cut this back for 2020. Read 10 titles by women pub'd in the 20th Century (unread years). [17/10]
Long Term: Each year of 20th C for women authors, but count starts 1/1/17. [80/100] all time. (Started the year at 63/100)
Bookmarked:

4. 19th Century. I didn't make my goal the last two years of 15 titles, perhaps its time to pare it back and actually achieve a goal I set. Read 10 titles pub'd in 19th Century (unread years) [9/10]
Long Term: Each year of 19th C for all authors, but count starts 1/1/17 [35/100] all time. (start the year at 26/100)
Bookmarked:

5. Read a mystery originally published in each year of the 20th and 21st centuries. Books read prior to the start of this challenge don't count toward the overall goal. (started Jul 18, 2020)
2020: 26

1. read 110 books - I've been conservative since I started doing this challenge and kept it at 100, but I just calculated that my average over the last 5 years has been 124 - so I bumped my goal up a little.

2. read at least 1 big fat classic - I don't have one listed in my A-Z challenge for 2020, so this will have to be prompted by a RwS task or by goal #4.

3. the A-Z classic author challenge - for this year I decided to use this challenge to make a small dent in my GR TBR list.

4a. if A Fine Balance and The Golden Notebook are picked as quarterly reads (in 1001 group) read + participate. **Note: The Golden Notebook chosen**
4b. read books remaining on my 2019 randomizer list from 1001 GR group (Drop City; Infinite Jest; The Swarm; Play It As It Lays )

5. series:
a) catch up with most recent installments in Jussi Alder-Olsen Dept. Q series, Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway series
b) read books 8 to 16 of Alexander McCall Smith No. 1 Ladies Detective agency
c) continue with Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series; Ian Hamilton's Ava Lee series, Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series
---> I need to track this better, consider a spreadsheet for this year

6. read at least 2 non- fiction per quarter

I've given up on the 'no more books/get rid of books' stated goal. For 2020 I'll try a more passive approach.

I would like to:

- Work my way through rereading some of the fantasy and science fiction paperbacks that I kept but haven't touched in over 10 years.

- Continue on the Hugo/Nebula new reads, of which there remain many

Beyond that, I'm not really sure at the moment...

My spot. I would like to continue to read books that have been lingering forever in plans but never gotten to, but I want to figure out how to make my wishes into true goals.

I always do lots of challenges, but my goal that I don't track elsewhere relates to the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list.

I read 36 of them from 15th November last year until now, so I'll set a goal of 34 for 2020. That will take me to 635.

I plan to do more of the same.... but concentrate on ----
The Around the World in 52 Weeks and Pop Sugar Challenges.
The alphabetical Authors and Titles challenges.
Continue to add states and countries to the various geographic based challenges.
I have been doing awfully in trying to read a better balance of men and women authors...will try to do better in 2020.
Add more notches to my Boxall's 1000 Books You Should Read Before You Die list AND the 1000 Children's Books You Should Read Before You Grow Up list.

One of the new set of challenges I have been enjoying are the scavenger hunt challenges.....where you get a list of words or phrases and a certain amount of time to find them in your reads. It doesn't matter if your search bleeds over the time period. I find that it makes me pay closer attention to what I am reading.

I also have a lot of large books I need and want to read...and it is hard to fit them in when I'm working on so many other challenges. Maybe I will set a goal to read a certain amount of books over 500 pages.

I also plan to continue working my way through Dickens (in chronological order); Steinbeck (in chronological order); Agatha Christie, James Bond and Trollope's series. Also working through new found series...Agatha Raisin and Lemony Snickett.
Also read one or two more volumes of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past....and maybe The Bible.

I don't change much year to year but am always trying to add to the types of diversity I'm reading - with a focus on own voices stories. I attempt to track the following (about authors and protagonists) and would like to be better about some of them.
-Gender
-Race/ethnicity (w/ at least 50% non-white authors)
-LGBTQIA+ status
-Disability
-Religion

I'd also like to get back into reading (1) non-fiction book a week and at least 3% translated books.

For total number, I'm going to set my regular goal but since this year I'm 72 books behind I don't know that my life will meet it.

Finally, I'd like to participate in at least one season of this challenge again - but with less of a focus on a megafinish because I've just gotten too busy.

Hello, after a slight absence my goal is to pick up again with RwS in the Summer for sure, and perhaps the Spring season as well.

I also play a Bingo each year.

My goal is to read 52 books in a year. I have some books from last challenge I like to finish.

I think I'm going to go with "ungoals" again this year, as well as cut back on the number of themed monthly readathons I do. I'll update this once I solidify my thinking :)

I am going to concentrate on RwS and books I own, especially those that have won or been nominated for prizes.

I'm almost finished with my roadtrip around the US states, then I'll get back to my UK challenge. I'm going to continue with RwS and a historical fiction challenge in the new year.

Approaching mid-November, and wondering where I am on these goals for 2020.

1. I've failed miserably on reading Trollope. I miss him, but have let other shiny things get in the way.

2. Because we've been allowed some short stories, I've surpassed my Balzac goal, having read 6 on a goal of 5. Woohoo!

3. I'm on track for my 20th Century women having read 9 of 10. My current plan is to get in another before end of Fall challenge. I'm pleased with this. I also have on hand several books to fill in several gaps in the future.

4. And I'm pleased at my progress on the 19th Century as well. I think I'm unlikely to make my goal of 10 titles this year, but I've read 8 and that's better than previous years.

I've decided it's good to set goals, that doing so keeps me reaching. Maybe I won't attain them all, but I'm likely better off than if I didn't set them in the first place.

Rosemary wrote: "I always do lots of challenges, but my goal that I don't track elsewhere relates to the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list.

I read 36 of them from 15th November last year until now, so I'll set a goal of 34 for 2020. That will take me to 635. "

I'm only on 620 now, and I can't imagine reading another 15 before 31 December. I might make it to 625....?

The goal for next year will be to get to 650.

The mid-November reflection back..... what a strange year this has been!

1. I far surpassed my reading goal for the year (110, hahahaha...). As I mentioned in the chat thread, when I am stressed I read. (I also bake, apparently, but that's another story.) To date, I've read 155 books. Which is crazy! Next year seems to be stacking up to be another lock-down year, so who knows how many books I'll get read.

2. I'm counting Our Mutual Friend..... which is so good!

3. Despite reading so many books, I'm not going to finish my A-Z classic author challenge - partially due to problematic library access and books that were more 'comfort' reads that took precedence.

4. blah..... epic fail here.

5. Well, I did make a spreadsheet for this! Also, I did read some of these series. The bad news is I've added at least one more series....

6. I did stick to this. I've read 15 NF so far this year, which I'm pleased with.

I just realized that on 10/30/20. I finished my Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge:
COMPLETED 10/30/20

Challenge #334- ATY in 52 Weeks

It's best if you create your own plan (using "create a new topic" and choosing "2020 Plans" for the folder) so you can keep track of your progress and share your choices with the other members. If you need help finding ideas, you can have a look at the weekly topics, which will be posted shortly.

You can read in order or jump around, but keep this order in your plan, since this makes it easier for others to find a prompt.

If you can't complete the challenge, it's not a problem. If one topic is too far out of your comfort zone or too difficult to fulfill, you can use a "Wild Card" and read something else for this week (reader's choice or past suggestions).

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THE 2020 LIST


1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y- Kindle by Fuin K. 1/23/20
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos 1/2/20
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019- Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming 1/23/20
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live-cold war Albania- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 1/17/20
5. The first book in a series that you have not started- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 3/1/20
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover- Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History by John Steinbeck-2/5/20-
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere-In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee 3/8/20
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"- The Overstory by Richard Powers 1/9/20
9. A book that can be read in a day- Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages- In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
431p.
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number-Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20 - pub. 2017
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people- Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd - 1/23/20
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge - ATY2016 prompt 23: The next book in a series you're reading,- #2 in series- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 4/10/20
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers - The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 5/18/20
15. A book set in a global city-Tokyo- Territory of Light by YÅ«ko Tsushima 1/26/20
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area-English countryside-Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - 2/8/20
17. A book with a neurodiverse character- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 7/5/20
18. A book by an author you've only read once before- The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras-1/17/20
19. A fantasy book- Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs 2/2/20
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]- the 20th book on my LGBT list- - This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples-7/2/20
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719-"priest"- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
22. A book with the major theme of survival- Divine Comedy by Sabri Bebawi -2/9/20
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author- Queer by William S. Burroughs1/5/20 -(note...also fits #1)
24. A book with an emotion in the title- Euphoria by Lily King-8/3/20
25. A book related to the arts- Broadway Anecdotes by Peter Hay 2/20/20-
26. A book from the 2019 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates-3/15/20
27. A history or historical fiction- Orlando by Virginia Woolf-2/8/20
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author- Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 4/17/20
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book- For You Mom, Finally by Ruth Reichl 1/11/20
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year-from 2019- The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine-8/21/20]

31. A book inspired by a leading news story-probably Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump-10/30/20

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan- The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 3/30/20
33. A book about a non-traditional family- -My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame-9/5/20
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name- My last name starts with "L"- Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 2/21/20- genre- Literature
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover-Menaechmi; Or, the Twin-Brothers by Plautus 1/25/20-
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim-Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 1/31/20
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1- "Nothing and Everything"- I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron 3/2/20
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2-"Nothing and Everything"-The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy - 8/13/20
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce- -No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
40. A book with a place name in the title- Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene-4/21/20
41. A mystery- Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton- 3/6/20
42. A book that was nominated for one of the �10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World� - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates-3/25/20
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse- Death- The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 3/4/20
44. A book related to witches- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6/30/20
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018-In 2019, one of my best reads was Loitering with Intent- so, for this prompt, I read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 1/1/20-
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"- the Cold War- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/13/20
47. A classic book you've always meant to read- Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 4/12/20
48. A book published in 2020- Neon Surf: And Other Stories of Love & Remembrance by Jack Kelleher-3/27/20
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win - A book originally written in a language other than English or your mother tongue- The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo 4/29/20
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover- The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 5/8/20
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title- Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros 3/5/20
52. A book related to time-Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas -5/12/20

Ed wrote: "I just realized that on 10/30/20. I finished my Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge:
COMPLETED 10/30/20"

Congratulations!

I hope RwS helps you complete these challenges. When the 2021 PoP Sugar challenge is posted, if you'd provide a link in the socializing thread, we'll try to incorporate some of them here.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ed wrote: "I just realized that on 10/30/20. I finished my Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge:
COMPLETED 10/30/20"

Congratulations!

I hope RwS helps you complete these challenges. W..."

Yes...I will. Since I do all the challenges simultaneously.... I always look for as many books that will satisfy as many prompts as possible.

Just got around to doing a tally...and I finally had a year in which I read more women authors than men.

Male=136 (41.7%) Female 190*#= (58.3%)
Unknown/Anonymous-4**

Ed wrote: "Just got around to doing a tally...and I finally had a year in which I read more women authors than men.

Male=136 (41.7%) Female 190*#= (58.3%)
Unknown/Anonymous-4**"

Interesting, and well done! (oh, and that's a lot of books!)

Ed wrote: "Just got around to doing a tally...and I finally had a year in which I read more women authors than men.

Male=136 (41.7%) Female 190*#= (58.3%)
Unknown/Anonymous-4**"

Well done!

Valerie wrote: "Ed wrote: "Just got around to doing a tally...and I finally had a year in which I read more women authors than men.

Male=136 (41.7%) Female 190*#= (58.3%)
Unknown/Anonymous-4**"

Interesting, and..."

Thanks...not all books...I count stories too.