Bouchra's Reading Roadmap for 2016

[Bouchra]

Here's my reading roadmap for 2016:



4 Longer Series
Hercule Poirot

4 Authors Completed

4 Translation-related Books

4 French Books
Les enfants du nouveau monde
La Peste

8 Trilogies

8 New Authors
Frank Herbert
V. E. Schwab

8 Popular Science Books

8 History Books

8 Self-Help Books

16 Islamic Books

16 Arabic Books (non-religious)

16 Classics Club Books

16 Hugo Award Books

16 Translated Books

16 Books from 1001 List

16 Around the World in 80 Books Challenge

16 PopSugar Challenge Goals

[Bouchra]

Year-Long Challenges

[Bouchra]

Q1 Challenges

1/40 books read

Mini Challenge: New Year/New Author : January 2016
Dune by Frank Herbert
Mini Challenge: First! First! (Debut Novel) January 2016
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Alternate Group Read (Non-Fiction - Jan 2016)
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks - 7/1/2016, ***
NBRC BOM January 2016
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
WINTER BINGO 2016 20/03/2016
B1: Award Winner - Hugo Awards winner American Gods by Neil Gaiman
I2: Middle Grade -
N3: FREE -
G4: Published In Your Birth Year - first published 1993 Glory Season by David Brin
O5: Math/Science - Science > Physics/Popular Science/Astronomy A Brief History of Time

[Bouchra]

Q2 Challenges

[Bouchra]

Q3 Challenges

[Bouchra]

Q4 Challenges

[Camille]

Good luck! You seem well organised :-)

[Bouchra]

Camille wrote: "Good luck! You seem well organised :-)"

Thanks, Camille! I usually seem well-organized at the beginning of the year but as things go on everything unravels quickly like a ball of yarn xD. Hoping this won't be the case this year!

[Bouchra]

Wow. As usual, life unraveled and I lost track of books and reading. I've lately realized that I have to take back control of my life, otherwise I'll end up being miserable, so here I am, coming back to books. I'm going to put a plan, and make time for reading, just as I 'make time' for TV and movies. While I may learn a thing or two from them, it is only books and reading that helps me implement what I learn, most of the time.

Yes, I have had occasions in which I used a technique or two I saw in a movie or TV show, but I've lately realized that I'm wasting too much of my precious time on themes that seem to be repeating from TV show to another. While I'm not going to completely eliminate them from my life, I'm making a conscious decision to CUT BACK (caps are for me, not shouting at you guys :) ) on them. No more excuses, no more not reading because 'I have no time' or 'I don't know how the day finished so quickly'.

I also have started a Happiness Project, beginning 1st June, and the first month's theme is mindfulness. I'm going to watch my thoughts, actions, and decisions, on a daily basis, and try to find the root of all of my problems, so I can tackle it head-on. Enough of this living 'someone else's vision for my life'. I'm an adult now, it's time I took charge of this existence of mine and redirected it onto the path I want it to be on.

*rant over*

I'll be posting an elaborate plan for the rest of June below. I'm committing to a couple of book club reads (various places online) as well as a monthly book related to the Happiness Project theme and the Bookopoly game.

Let's do this!!!

[Camille]

Good luck with your project :-)

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Good luck, Bouchra!