My Bookish Plans for 2018

1/11/2018

Last year, I made some general reading goals for myself, in addition to participating in way too many reading challenges. I'm really going to make an effort to cut back on reading challenges this year (we'll see how that goes), but I love the way my personal goals worked out for me last year - so I'm going to try that again! Here are my reading plans for 2018.

Finish My Classics Club List

My deadline is the end of August, and it will be here before I know it! With the discovery of the Serial Reader app, I made a lot of progress on my list last year. But I still have a little ways to go, and I would really love to finish by my goal date. You can check out my full list here, but these are the books I have left to read in the next eight months:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (I read part one on Serial Reader, but I'd like to read part two before calling this one officially finished.)
Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (I've been reading a canto a day since November. I should be finished with this one on February 2, if I can keep up with that.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (in progress)
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Finish My TBR Bingo

Inspired by posts on Litsy, I made a TBR Bingo card for myself back in August. I had a goal of reading ten books from it by the end of the year. I read six. I really want to read them all, so I cleared off a designated shelf to put them on, so that I can grab one easily and be constantly reminded to read them. I've already got one under my belt this year. Seven down, eighteen to go!

Read My Own Books

In 2016, only 26% of the books I read were ones I owned. In 2017, I set a goal to increase that to 50% and I succeeded with 51%! I feel the urge to challenge myself even more, but it was hard enough to achieve that percentage, so I'm going to stick with 50% again this year - and hope I blow past it!

So those are my goals for 2018. Let the reading begin!

6 Comments

Jade @ Reading with Jade link

1/11/2018 03:34:13 pm

Good luck with your bookish goals for 2018, Julie. Also, love the bingo card - you have beautiful handwriting!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/14/2018 02:45:23 pm

Thanks, Jade! I had so much fun picking out the books and making the bingo card. :)

Kailana link

1/11/2018 05:51:01 pm

The Serial App didn't remind me so I kept falling behind. I have a different phone, I should try again!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/14/2018 02:46:49 pm

I think you can turn the notifications on or off on the Serial Reader app, but I'm not sure. I didn't have them on because I always read my issue for the day while I was putting my little guy down for a nap. Nothing like routine for making something stick! :)

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

1/12/2018 07:41:48 am

Great goals for the year — good luck!

You are soooo close for Classics Club — you can do it!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/14/2018 02:47:41 pm

Thanks, Christine! I think I can get the Classics Club list done, but I don't want to get too bogged down with "required" reading that I don't have time for lighter books. We'll see how it goes!