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With many changes (and life challenges) abounding, I am going to take it a bit easier in 2021. To read 75 books (50 of my TBR / 25 new). Plus, relaunch my debut book and redraft the second, which, along family commitments, gives me a full schedule. Here's hoping.

Fingers crossed for you. That goal seems very reasonable. Good luck Alex

Good luck and happy reading in 2021. 😊📚

MaryG2E wrote: "Fingers crossed for you. That goal seems very reasonable. Good luck Alex"

Thanks Mary. All the best to you.

Sharon wrote: "Good luck and happy reading in 2021. 😊📚"

Thanks Sharon, hope you enjoy your reads too.

Good luck with it all Alex :) Happy reading and writing!

Good luck with everything.

Good luck Alex. Hope it’s a good year for you!

Carolyn wrote: "Good luck Alex. Hope it’s a good year for you!"

Thanks Carolyn and to you too. A false start when I looked at my TBR list - no way I can offload 50 books there so I have revised it: 25 (min) already listed & 50 new titles.

Halfway through the year already and I am on track, with 44/75 read, 17 off my TBR list / 27 new titles, aiming at a ratio of 1:2.

Some new (to me) authors in there: Gregg Hurwitz and John Sandford, who I will read more off, though not as impressed with Christopher Fowler as I thought I would be.

Doing well Alex!!

Brenda wrote: "Doing well Alex!!"

Thanks, Brenda. Another *mixed* year ahead, it would seem.

Mid-September and I've reached 80% of my personal challenge 60/75 - 25 off my TBR and 35 new ones. A very bumpy year.

Sounds like you're still doing pretty well Alex!

Brenda wrote: "Sounds like you're still doing pretty well Alex!"

Thanks Brenda. Every day above ground is a good day.

LOL! True that!!

November: 66/75 read (27 off my TBR, 39 new ones). Need to close off the annual challenges, but some books are hard to get hold of - or too expensive.

Good luck Alex :)

8 December. Made it. 75 books read - 30 off my TBR list & 45 new, PLUS got my original debut novel revised under a new title and launched on Amazon, so feeling pretty good all round. Still plenty of work ahead.

Well done Alex!

Brenda wrote: "Well done Alex!"

Thanks Brenda. 75 is a manageable number of books and there's some very good ones in there. Better still NO DNF this year - though I browsed a couple and tossed them, but they were never added to GR.

Finished the year with 78 titles, 31 off my TBR list, 47 new. Taking into account new titles added in 2021, I only reduced my overall TBR list by 4 books, so moving up and down on the same spot.

Haha! Sounds very familiar Alex! But hey! You had fun reading what you did ;)

Behind the eight ball here, but challenges completed 2021.

Annual:
A-Z titles: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
A-Z locations: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
COVID: Wanderlust: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points of Interest: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Seasonal
Sum (20-21): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Win: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spr: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sum (21-22) - see 2022 personal challenge

Month
Jan: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Mar: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Aug: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sep: (did not enter)
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