Personal Reading Goals - 2018

[Valerie]

Ed wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Well, I was wrong above - I just made a late breaking update on my goal progress (above). I finished the A-Z Classic Author challenge tonight (with Lord of the Flies)."
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Thanks, Ed! You read so many interesting books for so many challenges that I think it's ok not to finish this year - it's not like you were slacking! ha, ha....

[Valerie]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Well, I was wrong above - I just made a late breaking update on my goal progress (above). I finished the A-Z Classic Author challenge tonight (with Lord of the Flies)."
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Sometimes it is. I am finding 'Q', 'X' and 'Z' increasingly difficult to find an author for (that can even remotely be considered having written a 'classic' book). Also, there is the problem of my lack of interest in some classics - there are some I can guarantee I am never going to read. It has been helpful to subvert it a little as I did with the sci-fi focus this year. Aside from helping with the basic challenge of finding someone for a given letter, it is interesting to make a deeper (or maybe broader would be a better word) dive into a specific genre.

[Karen Michele]

Wow, I'm impressed with the goal achievements! I might try the classics A-Z challenges in 2019, but I haven't decided yet. If I do, I really enjoy Émile Zola, so I'd be ok on the Z at least;)

[Valerie]

Karen Michele wrote: "Wow, I'm impressed with the goal achievements! I might try the classics A-Z challenges in 2019, but I haven't decided yet. If I do, I really enjoy Émile Zola, so I'd be ok on the Z at..."


Zola! Yes, of course! I always forget about him although he is on my TBR list (which is so darn long I lose track....). I'll have to slot him in for 2020.

[Karen Michele]

Valerie wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "Wow, I'm impressed with the goal achievements! I might try the classics A-Z challenges in 2019, but I haven't decided yet. If I do, I really enjoy Émile Zola, so..."

My love of Zola is thanks to Elizabeth!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Thanks, Karen. I discovered him via 1001 books. I have read that the old Vizatelly translations aren't very good - Victorian, and Zola was a rather racy author. I am not a re-reader, but I am thinking of eventually reading some of the recent translations.

[Karen Michele]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Thanks, Karen. I discovered him via 1001 books. I have read that the old Vizatelly translations aren't very good - Victorian, and Zola was a rather racy author. I am not a re-reader, but I am think..."

Thanks for the tip;) I'll check what I have for translations. I ordered a full set for Kindle and it could very well be the older translations.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Well, I read the Vizatelly and became a fan, but still ...

[Ed]

Working on an update of my major challenges:
✔Read at least 100 books in 2018- 147 of 100 + 13 children's books.

✔Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2018.- Read 37 for a total of 287. See- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔Read at least 20,000 pages during 2018. - 36,371 of 20,000 = 166.9%

X-Keep track of male & female authors with a goal to not finish the year with less than 40% of either gender by the end of 2018.
M 277 (70.1%): F 118 (29.9%)

✔Virtual Travels- Virtually Visit through my readings the same number of countries as 2017 or more =118. Finished with 135. See- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

X-Varied Authors- Read authors associated with at least 40 different countries in 2018. Finished with just 28 of 40. See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔Complete the 52 weeks of the Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge. Completed 52/52 see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

X-Complete the Pop Sugar challenge. just 49 of 50. see-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

X-A to Z Authors Challenge- just 25 of 26. see-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

X-A to Z Title challenge- just 25/26 see-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

X-Read at least 20 books on the 1001 Children’s Books I Must Read Before I Grow Up List. during 2018- read just 13. See- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Rebekah]

Ed wrote: "Working on an update of my major challenges:
✔Read at least 100 books in 2018- 147 of 100 + 13 children's books.

✔Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2018.- Read 37 for a total of 287...."

Is there a list for the children's books or do you actually have the book? Lately I have been so nostalgic about the books I read back when I was a child.

[Ed]

Rebekah wrote: "Ed wrote: "Working on an update of my major challenges:
✔Read at least 100 books in 2018- 147 of 100 + 13 children's books.

✔Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2018.- Read 37 for a to..."


Here are some links:
https://1001kidsbooks.wordpress.com/2...
or

https://www.librarything.com/bookawar...

also see Angela’s list which is sortable - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

also see the GR group-

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...