It is the very best time of the year, the time to pick new reading goals and to see how we did the last time around. I share progress on the goals from 2017, new goals for 2018, and a few surprise guests join me to offer their ideas for one of my goals. At the end, I rattle off a few statistics from my 2017 reading year. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 107: Reading Goals 2018 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher I am scheduling guests for 2018! If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ Goals for 2018 1. Read Canada and Alaska (See some recommendations below) 2. Complete six book speed-dating projects 3. Host two Reading Envy readalongs 4. Reading challenges Reading Women Challenge Unread Shelf Project 2018 (found in Instagram) #theunreadshelfproject2018 @theunreadshelf @calsreads @katereadsbooks 5. Keep book data outside of Goodreads Canadian recommendations from guests: Lindy recommends:  Bear by Marian Engel Half World by Hiromi Goto Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemay The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline The Nest by Kenneth Oppel Mr and Mrs Bunny, Detectives Extraordinaire by Polly Horvath The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neill Shawn recommends: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross The Lamb at Noon and Other Stories by Sinclair Ross Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald The Break by Katherina Vermette Brother by David Chariandy Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien Memory Board by Jane Rule We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Hynes Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden The Orenda by Joseph Boyden Casey recommends: The Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway Canary by Nancy Jo Cullen Queer Can Lit Links (from Casey's blog) Additional Canadian Lit Resources: The Best Canadian Fiction of 2017 (CBC) The Best Canadian Non-Fiction of 2017 (CBC) The Best Canadian Poetry of 2017 (CBC) Can't Lit Podcast Governor General's Literary Award Scotiabank Giller Prize Writers & Company Podcast (Eleanor Watchel, CBC) Stalk us online: Lindy Reads and Reviews (blog) Lindy on Twitter Lindy is @Lindy on Litsy Shawn at Goodreads Shawn on Twitter  Shawn the Book Maniac (YouTube) Shawn is @shawnmooney on Litsy Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian (blog) Casey at Goodreads Casey on Twitter Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy