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2019 Reading Resolutions

Yet again, I'm going for 100 books. I've been getting pretty good at doing this every year, but every year in December I think I'm not going to make it, so I think this is a number that works for me.

Total Books Read: 98 of 100 - so close!!!

I blame my job for my lack of progress each year on reading books I already own. I'll try to be even more realistic this year, and try to get through 10 books I own.

Books I Own Read: 14 of 10
  1. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown
  2. Glutton for Pleasure by Alisha Rai
  3. Archenemies by Marissa Meyer
  4. The Sermon on the Mount by Jen Wilkin
  5. Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
  6. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
  7. Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
  8. Psalm 23: The Shepherd With Me by Jennifer Rothschild
  9. Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? by Michael Burgan
  10. Waterfalls by Robin Jones Gunn
  11. Spill by Leigh Fondakowski
  12. The Faithful: Heroes from the Old Testament by Priscilla Shirer, Kelly Minter, Beth Moore, Jennifer Rothschild, and Lisa Harper
  13. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
  14. Me, Myself, and Lies: A Thought Closet Makeover by Jennifer Rothschild
  15. 20/20: Seen, Chosen, Sent by Christine Caine
Yet again I'll go with 5 series, just to keep myself working my way through series I like and discarding series I'm done with. I'm guessing I'll blow through that number again this year, but it all depends on how much I like the various series I tackle, so 5 gives me room to give up on series that aren't working for me.

Total Series Read/Caught Up On: 9 of 5
  1. Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai
  2. Beartown/Bjornstad by Frederik Backman
  3. Narwhal and Jelly by Ben Clanton
  4. Pleasure Series by Alisha Rai
  5. March by John Lewis
  6. The Wicked Quills of London by Eva Leigh
  7. Denton Little by Lance Rubin
  8. Sutherland Scandals by Anna Bradley
  9. The Devil Is A Part-Timer by Satoshi Wagahara (next issue hasn't been translated into English yet)
As for subject matter reading, I had sort of mixed results last year, so this year I'm going to try something different and do Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge for 2019, where you read at least one book on a variety of topics. I'm curious to see how I do and I suspect this will ease some of my desire to read something a little different.

Read Harder Challenges Completed: 24 of 24
  1. an epistolary novel or collection of letters
  2. an alternate history novel
  3. a book by a woman or author of color that won a literary award in 2018
    • Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas - winner of the GoodReads Award for Young Adult Fantasy and Science-Fiction 2018
    • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds - winner of the Edgar YA Award 2018
  4. a humor book
  5. a book by a journalist or about journalism
  6. a book by an author of color set in or about space
  7. an #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
  8. an #ownvoices book set in Oceania
  9. a book published prior to January 1, 2019 with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
  10. a translated book written and/or translated by a woman
  11. a book of manga
  12. a book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
  13. a book by or about someone who identifies as neurodiverse
  14. a cozy mystery
  15. a book of mythology or folklore
  16. an historical novel by an author of color
  17. a business book
  18. a novel by a trans or non-binary author
  19. a book of nonviolent true crime
  20. a book written in prison
  21. a comic by an LGBTQIA author
  22. a children's or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
  23. a self-published book
  24. a collection of poetry published since 2014
I'll also continue reading about American Presidents and their families, but I'm not setting any quota for this year, and will record my progress on my Presidential Reading List entry.

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