
Hello lovely people and welcome to my 2021 mid-year check in for my goals. If you would like to see my origional post you can find that here, Reading Challenge | 2021 Reading Goals. I went kind of easy on myself this year, but to be honest the 2020 was a bit hectic in quite a few ways. I wanted to really tailor my goals to what I truly wanted and not try to compete with anyone.
Use Library Monthly
So far I have stuck to this goal very well. Even if I owned a book I used my local library to read the book digitally when on the go or used the library as my only copy of a book. I am still not comfortable going to borrow a physical copy of books just yet, so I am using their digital services at this point of the year,
Twelve Non-fiction Books
I am actually ahead on this goal, which thrills me honestly. I have read a total of 9 non-fiction books at this point. The books I have read that meet this goal are; A Promised Land by Barack Obama, Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi by Richard Grant, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer, The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary by Catherine Gray, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein and Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde.
Read 50 Books
I am excited to say I am also ahead on this goal as well, at the time of writing this I have read a total of 42 books! If you want the most up to date read count for the year you can check out my goodreads challenge page.
This is where my goals kind of take a turn. The past few ones I have been pretty on top of, but from here on out I have made progress in almost each of the goals, but have not quite on track. Ooops.
Read International Booker Prize Shortlist 2020
The good news is I have read two books from this list, you can see a more detailed post talking about Hurricane Season and The Memory Police here: Reading Challenge | Reading a Shortlist Vol. 1 Update. The bad news is I have 4 more to read. I will say, I am glad I have 6 months to read 4 books, that is very doable and I plan on continuing to work towards achieving this goal.

Read The Farseer Trilogy & Liveship Traders Trilogy
Once again, I have read two books towards this goal. I have read the first two books of The Farseer Trilogy, which I really enjoyed so I cannot wait to continue. I do have all the books either physically or digitally to meet this goal and I plan on doing just that.
Reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilology
This is where I start to hang my head in shame. I have not attempted to pick up these books at all so far this year. I love them so much, but the mood has not hit me at all the first half of the year. I am hoping that this changes very soon.
Keep TBR under 10 Books
Last year I got my TBR down to 0 books. I wanted to keep my owned TBR under 10 books going forward, but I am at about 30 books as of writing this. I am not totally happy with it being this high, but I am really happy that it is not as high as it once was. This is what happens when you have some holidays, birthdays, and sales.

congrats on keeping up with most of your goals! i’m trying to get better at using my library too and have been taking advantage of Libby recently 😊
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Thanks so much! Libby is such a wonderful app. I use it constantly and am always telling people to give it a try.
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You are doing great Luna and you still have plenty of time to get caught up with the others. You got this!!
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Thanks so much Misty! I am really hoping to get my butt into gear.
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I know you can do it. You always accomplish what you set out to do.
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You are way too sweet Misty, thank you!
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Wow, all good progress! Plenty of time left to finish & accomplish the rest- you can do this xx
Also, I quite love your pages for this! I really dig this feel to it.
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Thanks so much, I am glad you like how I set them up. I am proud of the progress I have made, but I am really hoping to get my butt into gear.
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wow, glad you’re achieving your goals! and i love your journal pages .
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Thanks so much!
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Looks like it is going very well! My reading more non-fiction is not going great haha, so far I’ve read 2/10.. I just don’t really know what kind of non-fiction I want to read..!
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Thanks so much Evelyn! Non-fiction is tough when you don’t know the topics you want to read about.
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Ooh, this is great progress! I have a similar TBR goal going, but I’m currently at 40 books – oops!
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TBR goals are the hardest I feel like, I just picked up another 5. lol
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