[sun surfer]

Though I've still been reading I took a mini goal break after finishing my half-year goals in June and so am just now updating my half-year goals for July-December. I still have the yearly goal of 50 books, of which I'm now at 31 so ahead of schedule. I had ten books in my January-June subchallenges plus a post-writing subchallenge and a review subchallenge; I've dropped the latter two and have upped the subchallenge books this time to 13 and this time the list is mostly more concrete rather than the mostly more open-ended subjects of last time.

6 Partially Read.

Spoiler:

This sounds open-ended; however, I only have six books listed as partially read on Goodreads, so really it's a set list, and I am excited at the prospect of it being emptied out. As the title implies, these are books I'd begun but never finished for whatever reason and that I'd still like to read. This list consists of Madame Bovary (which I've already started on), Cold Comfort Farm, The Satanic Verses, A Canticle for Leibowitz, A Brief History of Time and an Osho (philosophy/spirituality) book called Love, Freedom and Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships.

3 Young Adult.

Spoiler:

It's time for me to catch up on some books in this genre that I've been meaning to read for awhile! However, this is also a set list that I've lumped together so that they take up less room in my subchallenge listings. The three books are Holes, If I Stay and The Maze Runner.

2 Print Pile.

Spoiler:

Again, a set list - I only have TWO books left on my old print pile! After they are gone, I am done (probably forever) with having a physical stack of books waiting to be read and I can't wait. Of course, this only means the similar enjoyment (and possible feelings of frustration) will transfer to my online tbr list (my GR list is over 300!) but I've gotten much better ever since going digital with my reading about not actually buying books until I'm about to read them. I know that's not the case for many of you, but I think I'm the outlier - when I had to go out and buy books, if I saw something interesting, I wanted to snatch it up to have at home for whenever. Now, I know that most books are just clicks away at my fingertips at any time and so I can wait until I'm exactly ready to read a book until I buy it. So once I complete this subchallenge it will be the end of an era for me. Of course, the final two books are nothing to write home about; there's a reason that they're the final two. On the other hand, they've survived the print pile purges I've done so I do still have some interest in them. They're both non-fiction and both business/money related - The Road to Wealth by Suze Orman (Includes 2003 U.S. Tax Law Changes! lol) and Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Your Own Business. I should also mention that I don't necessarily have to read these straight through for this subchallenge - these are both the type where a skimming and skipping and jumping around may suffice. Also, I don't even necessarily have to read them - I either need to read them or get rid of them. And, there's a possibility that I may buy updated and digital versions to read instead, although I understand that by going that route I run the risk of never finding out those 2003 tax law changes...

1 Tome.

Spoiler:

An open-ended subchallenge, though not really. I had the same subchallenge January-June and said I'd probably read either Les Mis or Don Quixote, and i read Don Quixote. So unless I find something more intriguing, it will probably be Hugo.

1 Club Nominee.

Spoiler:

The only truly open-ended subchallenge this time, I've pared it from three last time to one this time because I have so many subchallenge books this time and I didn't want to overload. This is any book club nominee from June-December that doesn't win in a vote.