2018 Reading Plans

Before I tell you what I'm planning to read in 2018, here's a quick look at last year's list, with items that I either read or discarded struck out. It was a pretty poor showing, given that I didn't even get through half of the books I intended to.

1. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
   
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (I decided to wait until later to read this one)
   
3. Roadwork by Richard Bachman
   
4. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
   
5. Nexus: Ascension by Robert Boyczuk
   
6. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. Wild Rose by Sharon Butala
8. Possession by A. S. Byatt
9. The Revolutions by Felix Gilman
10. Hild by Nicola Griffith
11. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
12. A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
13. Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
14. Napier's Bones by Derryl Murphy
15. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
16. Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
17. Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce
18. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
19. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Philip Pullman
20. The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
21. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
22. Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
23. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
24. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
25. Elven Star by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
26. Malice by Chris Wooding

This year, I'll endeavour not to get so sidetracked. My one "issue," which isn't an issue but does disrupt my plans, is that I'm in a book club and taking time to read the book club books is important to me, so that can derail my own plans. My list of books to read for 2018 consists of approximately half and half books I purchased for myself over the course of the last year or two and books that I've borrowed from other people (it's also about half and half male vs female authors, which is nice). I've listed them in approximately the order they appear on my bookshelves. Entries that are new since last year are bold. Here's hoping you're accustomed enough to the garbage quality of the photos I post generally to accept the ones that appear below, ahaha.

1. Napier's Bones by Derryl Murphy
   
2. If on a winter's night a traveller by Italo Calvino
   
3. This Word Now by Owen and Jodi Egerton (non-fiction)
   
4. Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
   
5. Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
   
6. Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
   
7. Sisters in the Wilderness by Charlotte Gray (non-fiction)
   
8. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (I did not care for this book when I initially read it but it's a Sleeping Beauty retelling and has remained on my shelf for that reason. I'm going to give it another chance before I decide whether or not to get rid of it)
   
9. Elven Star by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
   
10. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
    
11. Nexus: Ascension by Robert Boyczuk
    
12. Havoc by Chris Wooding
    
13. Wild Rose by Sharon Butala
    
14. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
    
15. Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
    
16. The Revolutions by Felix Gilman
    
17. Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
    
18. Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
    
19. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
    
20. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch (I have some of the sequels on my shelf in the event that I enjoy this one)
    
21. Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle
    
22. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (two more of these on my shelf in case I really enjoy the first)
    
23. Dune by Frank Herbert (this is the year I hope to finally reread this book!!, not pictured because it lives on the permanent shelf)
    
24. A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
    
25. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
    
26. Little, Big by John Crowley
    
27. Hild by Nicola Griffith
    
28. Possession by A. S. Byatt
    
29. Middlemarch by George Eliot
    
30. Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce
    
31. The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

In addition to the list above, I also plan to read at least six of my List books. At least one of them is a six hundred page long Henry James book, hence my lack of ambition on that front. So, wish me luck and let me know what your reading plans are for the year!

• 2017 Reading Plans
• 2016 Reading Plans
• 2015 Reading Plans