So here it is. October 6. One year ago, I set a goal to read all the books on my Goodreads To Be Read list at that time. There were 89.
Now normally 89 books in a year would not be a hardship for me. However, other books kept getting in the way. So here I am, one year later, with one book left.
So I didn’t technically reach my goal. And to be really truthful, I didn’t actually read all the other books on the list, either. I read a lot of them. But some of them, I started to read and decided I didn’t really want to read after all. And I am a firm believer in not wasting time reading a book I don’t like. Also, I found there were a few of them I couldn’t get anymore. The library no longer had them, or they were out of print, or whatever. So, I happily crossed those off the list.
I could have cheated and deleted this last book from the list, but I would have felt guilty. And I really want to read it. So. I have to face it that I came really really close. And I’ll probably start it today. Close enough.
Oh! Did you want to know what that last book was? It’s Great House by Nicole Strauss.
Very impressive. I think one book is close enough.
Well done! I’ve had a pretty poor reading year, and I’m quite disappointed with myself. Just having one book left over isn’t so bad, when you compare your situation with mine, and I have about 54 books to go between now and the end of the year, to get my unread books down to ten! How embarrassing and rubbish is that?!