Reflection | 2020 Goals, 9 Month Check In

Hello and welcome to a post where I check in with my 2020 reading goals. I cannot believe that we are already in the final quarter of the year so it really is go time to get these goals finished. So, I am really hoping I have done a good job keeping up and getting some things done!

The List

1. Read a shortlist: Man Booker 2019 (4/6)
   • • • • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
         • ✔️Ducks, Newburyport  by Lucy Ellmann
         • ✔️Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
         • An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma (Owned)
         • ✔️Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
         • ✔️10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
2. ✔️Read 50 books, 91 books read. 
3. ✔️Read all backlisted books, 46 books in all.
4. ✔️ Read 30,000 pages.
5. ✔️ Read 16 nonfiction books.
6. Read 16 books from the library. Read 9 so far. 
7. ✔️  Read a book from each continent 
   • • • • ✔️North America: The Dutch Houseby Ann Patchett
         • ✔️South America Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
         • ✔️ Europe: Crime And Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky
         • ✔️Asia Before the Coffee Gets Coldby Toshikazu Kawaguchi
         • ✔️ Australia: The Secret River by Kate Grenville
         • ✔️Antarctica: The Magicians by Lev Grossman 
         • ✔️Africa Don’t Touch My Hair byEmma Dabiri
8. ✔️Read a book recommended by Joe Hill or Stephen King
   • • • • ✔️Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
9. Read a Shakespeare play a month, (9/12)
   • • • • January: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
         • February: Othello
         • March: Hamlet
         • April: Macbeth
         • May: The Taming of the Shrew
         • June: Twelfth Night
         • July: The Tempest
         • August: A Comedy of Errors
         • September: Much Ado About Nothing
         • October: Julius Caesar
         • November: The Merchant of Venice
         • December: King Lear

Reflection

Overall, I am doing pretty well with the goals. I am a bit worried about my reading a shortlist one because I really do not want to read The Testaments, but I am still on the fence about doing it because I set out to finish the shortlist. We shall see what happens! Another goal I am a little iffy about is reading books from the library. My library is still limited when it comes to browsing and such and I have holds for digital stuff, but since everyone is using the digital resources currently I have not gotten a ton in. This one might be out of my hands, but I am still going to try.

As for all of the other goals I have already achieved or I am well on my way. I am surprised that I have kept up with my Shakespeare challenge this year that there are only 3 more plays left.

How are your goals going?

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

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