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astrangerhere · 12-10-2018, 02:28 PM

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 November):

108 books - 216% of my goal (150% of stretch goal) - GOAL MET
57 short stories - 109% of my goal - GOAL MET
34423 pages - 137% of my goal - GOAL MET
52% female/nonbinary authors / 48% male authors - GOAL MET
52% US authors (up from 47%) / 48% non-US authors (down from 52%) - off target - Still working on it!
293 of 365 chapters of War and Peace complete - off target - I was reading this almost exclusively with my late cat in my lap and it has been HARD to go back to. I hope to make it, but we'll see.
TBR Reduction: Reduced by 48 - 192% of my goal (96% of stretch goal) - GOAL MET
New Leaf Book Club selections - 9 for 10 - on target - will complete this with the completion of Scarlet Pimpernel for December!

12-10-2018, 02:28 PM	#257
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 November): 108 books - 216% of my goal (150% of stretch goal) - GOAL MET 57 short stories - 109% of my goal - GOAL MET 34423 pages - 137% of my goal - GOAL MET 52% female/nonbinary authors / 48% male authors - GOAL MET 52% US authors (up from 47%) / 48% non-US authors (down from 52%) - off target - Still working on it! 293 of 365 chapters of War and Peace complete - off target - I was reading this almost exclusively with my late cat in my lap and it has been HARD to go back to. I hope to make it, but we'll see. TBR Reduction: Reduced by 48 - 192% of my goal (96% of stretch goal) - GOAL MET New Leaf Book Club selections - 9 for 10 - on target - will complete this with the completion of Scarlet Pimpernel for December!