Rainy Day Reads

We are at the midpoint of the year and I’m starting to see all these reading goals assessment videos popping up on Booktube. People talk through the goals that they set at the beginning of the year and tell us how far they have come and how well they are doing.   This has inspired me to do a little assessment of my own. My only reading goals for this year have been reading 85 books and completing my bingo board challenge. I am 1 book behind schedule as far as reading the 85 books goes, but I have confidence that I will catch that up soon. However, there is no saying that I won’t lag behind again, as work is crazy busy, but I will do my best to keep it up.  As far as my bingo board is concerned I am doing horrendously. I’ve read 3 books out of 20, so that’s pretty dire. I’m hoping this fresh burst on inspiration will help me tick a few more off my list.  You might think that since I am struggling with the two challenges I’ve set myself I shouldn’t start any ...

So I saw this video on Youtube by Jean over on Jean Bookishthoughts, and I thought it was a fun idea to challenge your reading style in the new year. I don't normally set myself goals as such, when it comes to my reading. I use the Goodreads challenge, but other than that I pretty much just pick up whatever I want during the year. But I thought it would be fun to challenge myself as to the actual books I will be reading, and not just the number of books I read during the year. So I made this bingo chart. I've put some "easy" ones in there, that I was probably going to do anyway, like re-reading Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Read a collection of short stories Read a graphic novel Read a book by Haruki Murakami Read a Man Booker 2015 shortlisted book Read a non-fiction book Read a book by Shirley Jackson Read some modern translated fiction Read a book by Jan Guillou Read a vampire book Read a Bronte book that is...