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astrangerhere · 07-02-2018, 11:05 AM

Goals:

Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 100) | Total Pages: 25,000 | TBR Reduction: 25 (stretch goal of 50)
Read at least 51% non-American authors | Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male | Read at least 52 short stories | Read at least 10 of the New Leaf Book Club selections | Complete a re-read of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace

Aggregate Totals (Updated through June):

77 books - 154% of my goal (77% of stretch goal) - on target; might expand again
42 short stories - 84% of my goal - on target
23,206 pages - 92% of my goal - on target
49% female/nonbinary authors / 51% male authors - off target - Balance positively increased 1%
50% US authors (Up from 49%) / 49% non-US authors (down from 51%) - off target again due to short stories
189 of 365 chapters of War and Peace complete - on target
TBR Reduction: Reduced by 34 - 136% of my goal (68% of stretch goal) - on target
New Leaf Book Club selections - 6 for 6 - on target

I am pleased with my progress such that I have had to bump my stretch goals again.

07-02-2018, 11:05 AM	#187
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Goals: Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 100) \| Total Pages: 25,000 \| TBR Reduction: 25 (stretch goal of 50) Read at least 51% non-American authors \| Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male \| Read at least 52 short stories \| Read at least 10 of the New Leaf Book Club selections \| Complete a re-read of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace Aggregate Totals (Updated through June): 77 books - 154% of my goal (77% of stretch goal) - on target; might expand again 42 short stories - 84% of my goal - on target 23,206 pages - 92% of my goal - on target 49% female/nonbinary authors / 51% male authors - off target - Balance positively increased 1% 50% US authors (Up from 49%) / 49% non-US authors (down from 51%) - off target again due to short stories 189 of 365 chapters of War and Peace complete - on target TBR Reduction: Reduced by 34 - 136% of my goal (68% of stretch goal) - on target New Leaf Book Club selections - 6 for 6 - on target I am pleased with my progress such that I have had to bump my stretch goals again.