Length Goals:
- Total Books: 75 (stretch goal of 100) (up from 50/75 last year)
- Total Pages: 25,000
- E-TBR Reduction: 25
- Print-TBR Reduction: 10
Substantive Goals: - Read at least 51% non-American authors
- Read more female/nonbinary authors than male
- Read at least 52 short stories
- Read at least 10 books across all our collections that are my wife's or that she wants me to read.
Cumulative Totals Through End of December:
- Total Books: 75 - 100% of goal, 75% of stretch goal - GOAL MET
- Total Pages: 24143 - 97% of goal - GOAL FAILED but I was a lot closer than I thought I'd be
- Gender Goal: 58% Female, 1% Nonbindary, 41% Male - GOAL MET
- Country of Origin Goal: 42% USA, 58% out of US - GOAL MET
- E-TBR Reduction: +1 - GOAL FAILED
- Print TBR Reduction: -48* GOAL FAILED
- Short Stories: 35, 67% of goal - GOAL FAILED
- Books Recommended by my wife: 10 - 100% of goal GOAL MET - This is the one I am the most pleased about completing
*My wife continues to buy 1-2 books a week from our local independent bookstore and will do until they are able to fully open again post-covid. I expect this to skew my PTBR list all year long, but its for a good cause.
September was a horrible reading month for me. We closed on the house, took possession, spent a frantic few days painting, and then moved in at the end of the month. Hope to get back on track, but i can see that I might not hit some of my goals.