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Reflection | 2020 Goals, 3 Month Checkin

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Reflection

Hello everyone and welcome to my first post reflecting on my 2020 reading goals! I am excited to take a bit of a dive into my goals and see where I need to focus and where I am doing well. At this point of the year it is so early I am not too worried about anything just yet, but I feel like if I don’t keep an eye on it they will fall to the way side. So, here are my 2020 reading goals and where I currently stand on them.

  1. Read a shortlist: Man Booker 2019
    • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
    • ✔️Ducks, Newburyport  by Lucy Ellmann
    • Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Started
    • An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
    • Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
    • 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
  2. Read 50 books, 21 books read. 
  3. Read all backlisted books, 46 books in all. Down to 27.
  4. Read 30,000 pages. Read 7,661 pages so far. 
  5. Read 16 nonfiction books. Read 5 so far. 
  6. Read 16 books from the library. Read 5 so far. 
  7. Read a book from each continent
  8. Read a book recommended by Joe Hill or Stephen King
    • The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
    • Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Purchased 
    • Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican
    • Frankenstorm by Ray Garton
  9. Read a Shakespeare play a month, you can join the fun by going to the goodreads group 2020 Shakespeare Challenge Group.
    • January: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    • February: Othello
    • March: Hamlet

Currently, I am feeling pretty good about my goals. I have at least made some little progress on every single one. The one I am currently the most concerned about is reading a book from each continent. A lot of the time when I pick up a book I have no idea where it is going to take place so this is the one that is more of a guess for me. I should search for a few books that I know for sure take place in the continents that remain, Antartica is always a fun one to try and do.

If you have any suggestion for books set around the world and Shakespeare places I would love to hear them. I have a bit of a list on Shakespeare from a few people. So, don’t worry if you have made a recommendation, I have written it down!

How are your goals going?

Have you decided to change any of yours or introduce new ones?

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14 thoughts on “Reflection | 2020 Goals, 3 Month Checkin”

  1. Congratulations on your progress so far!

    I love how specific your goals are…my goals are less defined. I’m inspired by yours to take another look at my own and maybe push myself a little more 🙂

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      1. OK, so both of C. G. Drews’ books are set in Australia. I loved The Boy Who Steals Houses slightly more, but A Thousand Perfect Notes was amazing too.
        I also loved It Sounded Better in my Head by Nina Kenwood. I read it in one day – what an amazing debut.
        And if you’re interested in something that I read and identified with in high school, then I can’t really scream about Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta any harder. That book got me through so much of high school, and I will forever love it.
        So, that 4 contemporary novels by Aussie authors, set in Australia!! I hope you find something you like, and if not, give me a shout and I’ll list some Aussie authors who write fantasy and sci-fi (does it have to be set here, or just from here?)

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