Overall Goal: 100
Total Read: 110
Mini-Challenges:
How Did I Do?
Christian:
Goal:
20+
Actual: 6
Of
them, the daily devotion by John Wesley was the most encouraging and Jesus
Feminist by Sarah Bessey was the most polarizing. Christian books, by definition, must be read
slowly and thoughtfully. A goal of twenty is simply too many to be able to
handle well.
Evolution:
Goal:
2+
Actual:
O
Maybe next year?
Writing:
Goal: 2+
Actual:
0
To
be fair, I didn’t do any writing either, so…..
Science
Fiction/Fantasy:
Goal:
20+
Actual:
26
Sub-Goal:
1)
To read series that I have collected to completion
Actual: I read zero series listed.
But I started the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
2)
To read a stand-alone novels by authors I haven't read before.
Actual:
From the list, I only read Larry Niven, but I also read Chelsea Quinn Yabro, Leigh Bardugo, L. E.
Modesitt, Lois McMaster Bujold, Dan Simmons, Philip K. Dick, Connie Willis,
Seth Dickinson, Ron Goulart, Gordon R. Dickinson, and Robert Aspirin – as well
as a half-dozen more – all of whom are
new authors for me.
Classics:
Goal:
5+
Actual:
6
Sub-Goal:
A book by Honore de Balzac, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, and a play by
Shakespeare.
Actual:
Wuthering Heights was a DNF for me. But I did read Hamlet, As You Like It, and MacBeth
by Shakespeare (well, listened via Audiobook) and The Girl with the Golden Eyes
by Balzac. I also listened to a re-telling, on a podcast, of Dante’s Inferno.
General
Fiction:
Goal: 5+
Actual:
6
Sub-Goal:
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts, and
at least two by non-western authors.
Actual:
I read the Letts and four books by non-western authors (all Japanese, actually)
Non-Fiction:
Goal:
5+
Actual:
9
Young
Adult / Newbery Winner:
Goals:
5+
Actual:
17 (But no Newbery)
Some
that are listed as Young Adult (Grisha Universe, etc.) are counted in
Sci-Fi/Fantasy so this number might be considered higher (and the Sci-Fi/Fantasy
lower).
Overall, I'm pleased with my reading. I didn't meant many of my smaller goals, but I read a wider range of authors, stories, and genres. I intend to continue to trend in 2018.
