I knew from the outset I might not finish it. Toward the end of the summer, I knew it would be dicey but not impossible. By the end of the fall, I knew it wasn't happening and decided to just read what I wanted and hoped it fit a category on the list.
There were only so many hours in the day and many of them involved bar trivia, various gatherings, different cons and events, hockey games (mostly televised), laundry, family time, and a variety of other tasks. I was still reading but not as often and not as much as I'd hoped.
Make I'll fix that next year, maybe not. I do know I'll keep reading but not berate myself for falling short of goals only I'm measuring. Reading is not a contest. It's a way of life.
Of the categories I didn't finish, I had books in mind for many of them. Here's what I had hoped to read but didn't pull off this year. I was 16 short in total.
A Classic Romance
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Book that Came Out the Year You Were Born
Aces High (Wild Card #2) edited by George R. R. Martin
A Book Set in the Future
Metatropolis by John Scalzi et al
A Book that Made You Cry
The Book Thief
* - I've never read it but the movie broke my heart so I figured the book would do the same.
A Popular Author's First Book
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
A Book from an Author You Love that You Haven't Read Yet
Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
A Pulitzer Prize Winning Book
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
A Book Written by an Author With Your Initials
The Executor by Jon Evans
A Book You Were Supposed to Read in School but Didn't
Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr.
Here's the final list. I did good. Not great but OK.
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