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How Did I Do in My Reading Plans for 2017?

12/22/2017

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This past January, I posted about my personal reading plans for 2017, outside of regular reading challenges. Well, 2017 is just about up, so it's time to see how successful I was in keeping them.

Reread Jasper Fforde's Books

Complete (mostly!). I reread one of his books per month, although I was occasionally late at this. I have now reread all of his Thursday Next books and the Chronicles of Kazam (technically the third book of a series was my only non-reread, having read it for the first time this month). There is still one book to go - Shades of Grey - which I'm planning to reread in January.

​Read Six Books I've Been Wanting to Get To

Success! I picked six books off my bookshelves that I've been wanting to read for years, but hadn't gotten around to. I gave myself two months to get one read (so the first one had to be read sometime in January or February, etc.). I sometimes fell behind with this, too, but I was successful in reading all six! In case you're curious, here are the books I had picked:

- The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Stroebel
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature by Leonard S. Marcus
- The Shepherd's Castle by George MacDonald
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
​- Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession by Marc Romano

Read My Own Books

Success (just barely)! I made a goal that 50% of all the books I read should come from my own shelves, rather than the library. I succeeded, with a percentage at this point of 51%. I'm happy that I met the goal, although I was really hoping I would do even better. There's always next year! Now that I know that this method keeps me on track of reading my own books, I'll keep going with it!

I've already got some ideas in mind for my 2018 reading goals. I'm eager to get started!
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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
12/22/2017 08:25:58 pm

Such a smart idea to keep this list to only 3! I just drafted my "how did I do" post yesterday and apparently my list had 15 things for 2017! What was I thinking?! LOL My post for 2018 currently has 10 items, so I'll have to see if I stick with that or if I condense it a bit. Great reading year -- here's to another one :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
12/23/2017 03:22:35 pm

I'm so glad I kept my list at three, and I think I'll do the same next year. Ultimately, we have to remember there's no penalty for not meeting our goals - they're just supposed to be fun. :) I hope you are satisfied with your list for this year and next! Happy reading!

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Kailana link
1/1/2018 07:05:48 pm

Meeting goals is always a great thing!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/4/2018 02:44:40 pm

It's so satisfying, isn't it? :)

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Jenna @ Falling Letters link
1/6/2018 02:40:00 pm

Congratulations on doing so well with your goals! :) I like the idea of just picking a few books that have been languishing on the TBR for ages, and making a commitment to get to them. I should try that.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/7/2018 02:33:36 pm

Picking a few specific titles really worked well for me - so much so that I'm upping my goal to 19 specific titles this year, instead of 6! We'll see how that goes! :)

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