Thursday 3 January 2013

Challenges: My progress in 2012

It's a whole new year!  Start on a clean slate, you say?  Yes, indeed - that is, with regard to my reading challenges.  While I'm very happy with the overall progress in 2012, I can now, without fear, admit that I may have had too much on my plate.  Still, reading so much more intensely has made me more selective about what I want to read and which challenges to subscribe to this year (I hope...)

Without further ado, this is what happened in the last twelve months:

The challenges:


And then, the not-exactly challenges:
  • The Classics Club: 27/56 (I have to watch out, otherwise I'll end it up in two years instead of the original five...)
  • Century of books: 31/100 (I'll get there, eventually...)


All in all, happy enough to gather new challenges for this year and piling more books for them:




And, to complete the list:



(now that I look at my list, I suddenly feel it's almost empty - can anyone propose any more challenges for me?  please???)

10 comments:

  1. Wow - well done you, that's a lot of reading! Happy New Year and good luck with your new challenges =)

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    1. Happy New year Jessi and many thanks!

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  2. Anonymous3/1/13

    That's a wonderful buch of reading in terms of quantity and quality! Happy Reading in 2013 :)

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    1. Thank you Jackie - I aspire to do something similar this year. See you in the readalongs!

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  3. Anonymous3/1/13

    Congrats on a successful year! I'm not sure if you have any tomes on your shelves, but the Tea and Books reading challenge, hosted by Birgit of the Book Garden is a great one: http://the-book-garden.blogspot.co.at/2012/11/tea-books-reading-challenge.html

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    1. Thanks a lot Geoff - I'll into this one too!

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  4. Well done on completing so many challenges! I'm signed up to a couple of reading months and the Century of Books this year and rather excited about reading more widely and deeply. :)

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    1. Thanks Alex! We'll be comparing notes on the Century - I'm so glad I have a partner in crime!

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  5. Wow! You are putting my Classics Club progress to shame. This isn't a challenge per se, but have you seen that Amanda at Simpler Pastimes is hosting a classic children's literature event? I'm still deciding what to read for this. I have so many choices sitting on my shelves. It's a good problem to have. :)

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    1. There is no competition among us classics lovers! Good suggestion, I'll have a look at it - many thanks!

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