Clare L. Deming

As I look back at 2019 and ahead to 2020, I decided to think through my reading goals. What did I accomplish in 2019? How will I plan my reading in 2020? Here are my conclusions.

2019 Reading Achievements

• My goal was to read 36 books. I finished 43!
• I wanted to read 2 non-fiction books. I finished 3: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (review here), and Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain by Sarah Vallance.
• I planned to read 2 classics and finished 3: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, and The Giver by Lois Lowry.
• I decided to focus on finishing or catching up on series. I accomplished this for 14 different series or sequels.
• I reread one book: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
• I read books by 14 new-to-me authors.
• I didn’t read many graphic novels.
• You can read more about my favorite reads from 2019 here.
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Goals for 2020 Reading

I plan to read even more for 2020. I love this graphic that you can make over on Goodreads from one of your shelves. This is just part of my 2020 to-be-read shelf. I know that I won’t get to all of these, but having this list all in one place helps to keep me organized and on track.

Here are my specific 2020 goals:

• Read 50 books. For this, I count all types of books and formats.
• Continue to finish, catch up with, and keep up with series I have already started. Upcoming reads include: Otherland by Tad Williams, The Song of the Shattered Sands by Bradley Beaulieu, The Witcher books by Andrzej Sapkowski, Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda, The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, The Seven Kennings by Kevin Hearne, The Throne of Amenkor by Joshua Palmatier, The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett, The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn, Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, and The Founders by Robert Jackson Bennett.
• Wow, that’s a lot of series!
• I would still like to aim for at least 2 classics and 2 non-fiction books. For classics, I’d love to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
• I would like to read more graphic novels, but I have some of that covered in the series I need to read (above).
• I need to catch up on my book reviews. I didn’t do very well with these in the second half of 2019.

Well, that’s it for now! What books do *you* plan to read in 2020? Are there other classics you think I should read? Do you have any favorite non-fiction books to recommend? Let’s chat in the comments (click by the date at the top of the post), and remember to follow my Amazon affiliate links to help support this blog.