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My top goal for 2018: read 50 books from a 100 book list of my TBRs (or physical TBRs).

Primary goals:

• Track books read. Jan: 13 Feb:14 Mar: 21 Apr: 17 May: 24 Jun: 23 Jul: 18
• Read 50 books TBRs. Jan: 6 Feb:1 Mar: 3 Apr: 0 May: 4 Jun: 1 Jul: 3
• 2018 Popsugar & Book Riot Read Harder challenges, just for fun.
• Series (re)reads. Jan: 1 Mar: 1 Apr: abandoned
• Track spending/subscriptions.
• Make a dent in subscribed magazines. Jan: 4 Feb: 6 Mar: 6 Apr: 4 May: 8 Jun: 6 Jul: 8
• Track freebie evaluation. Jan: 1 May: 3 Jun: 1 Jul: 2
• Just keep dreaming those physical TBRs will get read. Jan: 1 Mar: 1

I'm going to track my reading, but don't have a goal for number or page count. Last year unexpectedly set a substantial new high, and I will be quite content to read less this year.

Spoiler:

Jan: 13 read. 5 novels, 4 magazines, 1 NF, 2 shorts, 1 graphic novel. 2600 pages.
Feb: 14 read. 4 novels (1 re-read), 6 magazines, 1 biography, 1 addl NF, 1 short, 1 NF short. 3000 pages.
Mar: 21 read. 13 novels (1 re-read), 6 magazines, 1 nf, 3 shorts. 4700 pages.
Apr: 17 read. 8 novels, 4 magazines, 3 non-fiction, 2 shorts. 4700 pages.
May: 24 read. 9 novels (2 re-reads), 8 magazines, 3 non-fiction, 3 shorts, 1 classic (re-read). 5900 pages.
Jun: 23 read. 5 novels, 6 magazines, 3 non-fiction, 8 shorts, 1 humor/commentary. 4000 pages.
Jul: 18 read. 7 novels, 8 magazines, 1 short, 1 graphic novel, 1 non-fiction. 3900 pages.

2018 Popsugar and Book Riot Read Harder challenges, with no "reloads" - slot a book and leave it there, but just for interest in what gets covered along the way.

Spoiler:

Jan: 4/2
Feb: 3/1 (7/3)
Mar: 6/1 (13/4)
Apr: 3/0 (16/4)
May: 2/2 (18/6)
Jun: 2/1 (20/7)
Jul: 1/0 (21/7)

Series reads: In Death and A Free Man of Color

Spoiler:

Jan: Barbara Hamilton, The Ninth Daughter. Mar: Barbara Hamilton, A Marked Man, Sup with the Devil.
Apr: De facto abandoned this idea for now.

Continue tracking spending/acquisitions/use of subscription services.

Spoiler:

Scribd
Jan: 2 DNF $13.
Feb: 2 $13
Mar: 2 $10 + 1 finished in print.
Apr: 3 $12.
May: 2 $9 + several reference books.
Jun: 2 $9.
Jul: 1 DNF $6

KOLL & Prime
Jan: 1 KOLL $3.
(Feb: 1 cked out.)
Mar: 1 KOLL $3, 1 Prime reference
Apr: 2 KOLL $8, catching up prev months. 1 Prime reference
May: 1 KOLL $3, 1 Prime ref $13.
(Jun: 1 cked out.)
Jul: 2 KOLL $5, 1 Prime $11.

NG
Jan: 3
Apr: 1

Acquisitions
switched to spreadsheet

Continue to tracking magazine and anthology reading.

Spoiler:

Apex, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Uncanny
Jan: B2/C/U
Feb: A/B2/C/L/U
Mar: A2/B3/C
Apr: A/C/Asimov's/U
May: A/B3/C2/L2
Jun: B3/L2/U
Jul: A3/B3/C2

Evaluate (read or DNF) freebies and boost any worthwhile finds.

Spoiler:

Jan: 1, which I realized I'd DNFed 4 years ago and failed to note.
May: 3, unremarkable.
Jun: 1, unremarkable.
Jul: 1 unremarkable, 1 DNF.

Read those physical TBRs, already.

Spoiler:

Jan: 1! Mar: 1