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I recently watched a video from a “Booktuber” who shared her reading goals for the rest of 2022. I was inspired! I’m typically a mood reader, so pre-planning is a little outside of my comfort zone. We’ll see how this goes. Here are my five goals for the next 4.5ish months of the year:
+ Read four books for the Alphabet Fiction Challenge. (Q, R, S, T)
I’m on a roll with this challenge and would like to get as close to the end as possible. Four possible choices:
- ✔ The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood (finished earlier this month!)
- ✔ The Reckoning of Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright (finished last weekend!)
- The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer
- This Tender Land by William Kent Kreuger
+ Read a book from last year’s Mother Culture basket.
I’d like to read Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. This would also satisfy “I” for the Alphabet Author Challenge.
+ Read three books for the 20th Century in Books Challenge.
I’ve been working on this challenge since 2019 and am almost to the halfway point. Oops! I really need to prioritize this in 2023. Here are three possible choices:
- 1984 by George Orwell (from 1949)
- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom (from 1971)
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (from 1965)
+ Read three religious books.
Still plugging away on the Daily Spiritual Reading Challenge. I read these at a slower pace, but still hope to get three finished by December 31st. Three possible choices:
- Lay Saints: Models of Family Life by Joan Carroll Cruz
- Bad Shepherds by Rod Bennett
- Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade
+ Read two WILLA Award Winners.
And finally, my newest reading challenge! I’d like to read these two books:
- The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson
- Zetty by Debra Whiting Alexander
Whew! 13 books with room for a few wildcard picks in between. I’ll keep you posted.
I read Scribe of Siena a few years back. I recalled really enjoying the story, though I can’t remember everything from it. I will be interested in hearing your take on it.
Let me know when you are going to start This Tender Land- maybe I could read it with you! It’s been on my “To Read” shelf for quite some time and I hear its amazing!
Good luck!