These are my 2018 reading goals. I have quite a few of them, so this may be a long post. Last year I. read over 300 books. So one of my goals is trying to read around 300 again. I might not get there, but challenges are super fun.
Reading Statistics:
Number of pages: 5693
Books Read by Month:
January: 29
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Length:
Short (<250 pages): 8
Medium (250-500 pages): 1
Long (501-700 pages):
Very Long (>700 pages):
Rating:
★★★★★: 6
★★★★: 10
★★★: 1
★★: 2
★: 0
No Star rating: 10
Author Gender:
Female: 1
Male: 1
Anthology
New to Me or Repeat Author?
New to Me: 26
Repeat:
Genre:
Literary Fiction:
Non-Fiction:
Classic Literature:
SciFi/Fantasy:
Mystery/Horror/Crime:
Romance/Erotica:
Memoir/Biography:
Graphic Novel: 4
Childrens book: 1
Date Published:
2018 releases:
2017:
2016:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011
2010:
2000s:
1990s:
1980s:
1970s:
1960s:
1950s:
1940s:
1930s:
1920s:
1910s:
1900s:
1800s:
1700s:
1600s:
1500s:
Number of pages: 5693
Books Read by Month:
January: 29
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Length:
Short (<250 pages): 8
Medium (250-500 pages): 1
Long (501-700 pages):
Very Long (>700 pages):
Rating:
★★★★★: 6
★★★★: 10
★★★: 1
★★: 2
★: 0
No Star rating: 10
Author Gender:
Female: 1
Male: 1
Anthology
New to Me or Repeat Author?
New to Me: 26
Repeat:
Genre:
Literary Fiction:
Non-Fiction:
Classic Literature:
SciFi/Fantasy:
Mystery/Horror/Crime:
Romance/Erotica:
Memoir/Biography:
Graphic Novel: 4
Childrens book: 1
Date Published:
2018 releases:
2017:
2016:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011
2010:
2000s:
1990s:
1980s:
1970s:
1960s:
1950s:
1940s:
1930s:
1920s:
1910s:
1900s:
1800s:
1700s:
1600s:
1500s:
One of my primary goals in 2018 is to read all of Roald Dahl's books. I believe his works are lovely and don't want to miss a page. Follow along with the journey here.
A-Z Reading Challenge 2018
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
A:
B:
C:
D:
E:
I:
K:
-
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O:
P:
Q:
R:
T:
-
-
V:
-
X:
Y:
Z:
Completed: 11/26
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Key-
* = Currently Reading
^= DNF'ed
AN AUTHOR'S WORKS CHALLENGE - 2018
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
Author: Shakespeare
1. The Tempest
2. Henry V
3. Much Ado About Nothing
4. Twelfth Night
5. The Taming of the Shrew
6. As You Like It
7. Coriolanus
8. Love's Labour's Lost
9. The Merry Wives of Windsor
10. The Rape of Lucrece
11.
12.
13.
Completed: 0/13
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Key-
* = Currently Reading
^= DNF'ed
strike text= read the book
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
Author: Shakespeare
1. The Tempest
2. Henry V
3. Much Ado About Nothing
4. Twelfth Night
5. The Taming of the Shrew
6. As You Like It
7. Coriolanus
8. Love's Labour's Lost
9. The Merry Wives of Windsor
10. The Rape of Lucrece
11.
12.
13.
Completed: 0/13
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Key-
* = Currently Reading
^= DNF'ed
I am going to aim for 30,000 pages in 2018.
Let's turn the pages!!
January- 5693
February-
March-
April-
May-
June-
July-
August-
September-
October-
November
December-
Total: 0/30,000
Let's turn the pages!!
January- 5693
February-
March-
April-
May-
June-
July-
August-
September-
October-
November
December-
Total: 0/30,000
Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge:
The 2018 List
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
- Northanger Abbey
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
- Beautiful Ruins
-No Place to Fall
-Tell the Wolves I'm Home
- Since You've Been Gone
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards-
-The Sun and Her Flowers
- Beyond the Bright Sea
- Young Jane Young
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
5. A book about or inspired by real events
- The Romanovs: 1613-1918
- The Other Einstein
- Audition: A Memoir
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- The Metamorphosis
7. A gothic novel
- Jane Eyre
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Woman in White
8. An "own voices" book
- Reservation Blues
- The Color Purple
- The House on Mango Street
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
- White Teeth
- Born with Teeth
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction
-A Prayer for Owen Meany
-Flowers for Algernon
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
- The Lover's Dictionary
- After the Kiss
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
- Every Day
- A Quiet Kind of Thunder
- Too Late
- The Goldfinch
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover
- Arguably: Selected Essays
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018
Completed: 0/52
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Key-
* = Currently Reading
^= DNF'ed
strike text= read book
💕 = a book I loved
🕒 = a book I actually read in the week I was supposed to
The 2018 List
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
- Northanger Abbey
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
- Beautiful Ruins
-No Place to Fall
-Tell the Wolves I'm Home
- Since You've Been Gone
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards-
-The Sun and Her Flowers
- Beyond the Bright Sea
- Young Jane Young
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
5. A book about or inspired by real events
- The Romanovs: 1613-1918
- The Other Einstein
- Audition: A Memoir
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- The Metamorphosis
7. A gothic novel
- Jane Eyre
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Woman in White
8. An "own voices" book
- Reservation Blues
- The Color Purple
- The House on Mango Street
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
- White Teeth
- Born with Teeth
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction
-A Prayer for Owen Meany
-Flowers for Algernon
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
- The Lover's Dictionary
- After the Kiss
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
- Every Day
- A Quiet Kind of Thunder
- Too Late
- The Goldfinch
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover
- Arguably: Selected Essays
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018
Completed: 0/52
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Key-
* = Currently Reading
^= DNF'ed
strike text= read book
💕 = a book I loved
🕒 = a book I actually read in the week I was supposed to
COLOR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
1. White:
2. Pink:
3. Red:
4. Orange:
5. Yellow:
6. Green:
7. Light Blue:
8. Dark Blue:
9. Purple:
10. Brown:
11. Black:
12. Metallic:
13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover:
14. Read a book with a color in the title of the book:
15. Read a book with a word describing colors in the title:
Completed: 0/15
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Key-
* = Currently Reading
^= DNF'ed
strike text= read book
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