I wanted to read 60-70 works, and 15,000 pages. I'm up to 35 works and 7,800 pages so far, so I'm on target to meet those two goals.
As for other goals, I've met the vast majority of them already. Here's the list from the beginning of the year, with the ones I have not done yet bolded:
A biography/autobiography of a saint
A book about a saint
A secular biography
At least two documents of Vatican II
Several spiritual works
A book by G. K. Chesterton I have not yet read
A book about G. K. Chesterton
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J. R. R. Tolkien
A book by C. S. Lewis, possibly a reread.
A book by Charles Dickens I have not yet read (Our Mutual Friend?)
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A book by Michael O'Brien
A book by Dostoevsky (The Possessed?)
At least one history book
Several mysteries
Several poetry collections
Several plays
I'm currently reading Dostoevsky's The Possessed, so that goal will be completed in the coming weeks.
I'm still trying to decide which Chesterton book to read. though I'm leaning toward Tales of the Long Bow. I have read a couple of his short plays, but when I set this goal I was thinking one of his longer works.
In looking ahead, there are some books I want to read because they've been gathering dust, and some of which will end up being donated as I work on downsizing.
Here's what I have read so far:
Satan and the Saint (St. Jean Vianney) by Alex LaPerchi
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Vatican II)
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Vatican II)
A Man of Faith (Father Patrick Peyton) by Jeanne Gosselin Arnold
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Mission of Grace: The Story of Saint Marianne Cope by Fran Gangloff, OFS
American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and the Plan to Heal the Church by Paul Kengor
The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church by Joseph Pearce
The Gift of Wonder: The Many Sides of G. K. Chesterton edited by Dale Ahlquist
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter to the Future by Michael D. O’Brien
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace by H. W. Brands
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
The Point of It All by Charles Krauthammer
Missing, Presumed Lost by Fiorella De Maria
May Day! by Fiorella De Maria
The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly
Death of a Cad by M. C. Beaton
Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill
The Turkey and the Turk by G. K. Chesterton
What You Won’t by G. K. Chesterton
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
The Frog Prince and Other Poems by Stevie Smith
Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake
My Heart’s in the Highlands: An Anthology of Verse by Robert Burns
Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Selected by Babette Deutsch)
Highlights of the year so far?
As I mentioned, I am currently reading The Possessed, so I will meet that goal in July. I'm also reading a collection of talks by Pope Benedict, The Apostles, and will finish that fairly soon.
I'm saving Our Mutual Friend for August and our summer vacation at the cottage.
I have in the queue as possibilities: The Little Flowers of St. Francis, Dear and Glorious Physician: A Novel about Saint Luke by Taylor Caldwell, In this House of Brede by Rumer Godden, Citadel of God by Louis de Wohl, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, and The Big Fisherman by Lloyd. C. Douglas. I don't know if I will read them all this year, though. There will also likely be a few mysteries just for fun, of course, and maybe something by Mark Twain, perhaps A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, or a collection of his short stories?
Who knows what else will draw my attention?
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