Jenny sits in a corner alone at the Reading Envy pub and reflects on the goals of 2016, establishes new goals for the new year, and finishes up a few book speed-dating projects. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 076: Borderlands. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Relevant links: Original 2016 reading goals Africa2016 reading report (this is where the top five are listed) Goals for 2017: Read books from the borders, from people who are displaced or forced out, and maybe indigenous groups. Host a Reading Envy readalong of East of Eden by John SteinbeckRead about mythologyActually read books from book subscriptions I haveExplore indie/micro/small pressesSpeed-Dating Round 5 of 2016 Wave by Sonya Deraniyagala The Weight of Mercy: A Novice Pastor on the City Streets by Deb Richardson-Moore Time and Again by Jack Finney A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre  Boston Noir: Stories edited by Dennis Lehane Old Filth by Jane Gardam Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler My Sergei: A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordeeva The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Speed-Dating Round 6 of 2016 Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood A Short History of a Small Place by T.R. Pearson Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts by Mark Kurlansky Bluebeard's Egg: Stories by Margaret Atwood Skinned Alive: Stories by Edmund White House Rules by Rachel Sontag Devils in the Sugar Shop by Timothy Schaffert Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Stalk me online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy