Mid-Year Check In With My 2017 Reading Goals

After doing the Mid-Year freak out tag, and realizing that we are already at the middle of the year, I have been thinking about my reading goals. Some, like my goodreads and tbr challenge I am on top of. I look at those every month during my wrap up as well. But I did do a few others that I was struggling to even remember. So I thought it would be good to do a bit of a better look at where I am now with my 2017 reading goals.

The Reading Challenge

Read 60 books – Completed

If you read my monthly wrap up posts you will know that I have already completed this goal. The moment of writing this I have read 66 books. I think I have hit this number because I am not as strict with what I would I count towards the goal. And rereads count this year too and that helps. But also I have been on a reading high these last two months where, by my standards, I have been inhaling books. Some big ones too. It is quite satisfying. I think this also shows I have been doing better depression wise.

I will not change this goal now. I just want to see where I can end up at by the end of the year as Merijn growns older. That will be a good indication for next year I think.

Beat the Backlist

Read 50 Backlist books

I am quite enjoying participating in this yearly challenge. I enjoy the hogwarts house aspect of it and having a chat every month with others who are participating. It is good to try and focus on some backlist books, yet I have seen that I don’t nessecarily need to as I read a bunch of backlist books without making myself. So far I’ve read 38 backlist books. So I’m doing well on this goal. Considering though that I have already read 66 I could be doing better I suppose.

The TBR Challenge

Total unread books on shelf January 1st 2017 – 145
Goal – Under a 100

151. I shall go hide under a rock then. I was doing okay at the start of the year but as I have been reading more books, I have also been buying more books. Weird how that works. I think I need to make this goal more realistic because I think we all know I won’t be able to get it under a 100. So I am changing this now to 130. I should be able to manage that, right? Right?

Read Books by Dutch Authors on My Shelf

Owned books by Dutch authors at start of 2017 – 8
Goal – Read them all

1. De Stem van de Zee by Mara Li
2. This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
3. Onder Mijn Huid by Marlies Slegers
4. Profeet van de Duivel by Adrian Stone
5. In Transit by Margaretha van Andel
6. De Klauw by Adrian Stone
7. Invocatie by Jurgen Snoeren
8. De Drakenkoningin by An Janssens
9.  Up van Myrthe van der Meer
10. De Nachtuilen van Jeroen van Unen
11. Het Laatste Licht van Jen Minkman

As you can see I have not been doing super great with this goal. Two so far. I have been letting international books push these to the back. Those books have been exciting me. These somewhat less. I have also gotten a few more books by Dutch authors than the original 8 at the start of the year that I have added onto the list. The old list is in italics. The new ones are not.

Read 5 Classics

A big zero. I haven’t been feeling like picking up a classic. With those I have to be in a certain mood I suppose. So who knows. I might pick up 5 in the next 6 months. I might pick up none. This is not a goal I have to complete. More it is here to remind myself that I have a bunch of classics still to read.