Hello!
As we are now half way through the year I thought it was time for a check in on my Bookish Goals for 2024.
What were my goals…
- Read 50 books
- Read 24 books that I own in 2024 (official list will be published soon)
- Finish the Shardlake series by C. J Sansom
- Read at least one chapter from The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan a day. I started The Shadow Rising yesterday and have read just over 2 chapters so far.
- Keep going with my Maigret, Agatha Christie and Classics Club challenges.
- Keep up to date with my book reviews.
Read 50 books
I really lowered my target for this year because I planned on reading some very big books. However, this target is not going very well because so far I have only managed to read 19 books of that target. I’m really hoping to catch up during the summer holidays but I am worried I might have fallen too far behind.
24 Books in 2024
Technically I should have read half of the list by now but yet again I am behind! Here are the books I have read off the list so far.
- The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
- Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
- The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
- A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women by Emma Southon
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Finish the Shardlake series
Well this isn’t going to plan because I haven’t picked up a Shardlake book all year! Hopefully I will manage to read the next book in the series but I doubt I will finish it this year.
Wheel of Time
My original plan for this challenge was one Wheel of Time chapter a day but I have slightly adapted it. Basically I am now reading the Wheel of Time books at night. This means sometimes I manage a few pages and sometimes I manage several chapters. I’m making steady progress with the books which I’m happy about.
Maigret, Agatha Christie and Classics Club Challenges
These challenges are sadly not progressing at the moment. I really hope to get moving on them soon though and have several books lined up for my summer reading.
Book Reviews
So far I am up to date on my book reviews which is big progress because every year I am usually way behind.
Overall, my challenges are not going well but I am really hoping I will manage to pull them back soon.
I hope everyone has made better progress with their challenges than I have so far this year.
Happy Reading
Lady Book Dragon 
I think that you’ve done well to read 7 out of your 24 books for 24 as some of them are really chunky reads. Good Luck with making better progress over the next 6 months. And if you don’t hit the targets but enjoyed the reading, then that’s what really matters after all.
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Thank you! I do seem to have chosen some rather large books to read this year. I think some lighter reads are required for the summer.
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