Quarterly Update | Bookish Musings

Whew, it's been such a long time! I admit, I'm disappointed with myself that I've let myself go 3 months without posting anything... But it feels really good to be back in the ol' blogosphere. I think now is a good time to give an update on how I'm doing with my New Year's Reading Resolutions, considering that was my previous post.

1. Read at least 50 books, which is my Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge. I've increased my Goodreads Reading Challenge to 75 books! I've already read 33 books this year and I didn't want to complete my challenge too early. Might as well climb a mountain, than go over a hill. Yay!
2. Read at least one classic a month. This is pretty much a fail. I'm ashamed to admit that I've only read 1 classic (Fahrenheit 451) so far! I've hauled a bunch of classics 2 months ago, but I've been having the worst reading slump. Maybe I'll be able to catch up by reading 3 classics this month?
3. Read more books by the authors of my favorite books, i.e. Charlotte Bronte, Cormac McCarthy, Margaret Atwood, E.M. Forster. This is going moderately well. I've read another book by Cormac McCarthy (The Child of God) and E.M. Forster (Maurice). I've read 3 of 4 published books by Simone St James, who is my new found favorite gothic/romance/historical author. And, I have a lineup of 3 books by Sarah Waters on my TBR shelf. 
4. Read at least 15 books of diversity. This is also a fail :(. I have Amy Tan's The Joyluck Club sitting on my TBR shelf, yet I haven't picked it up. It was on my Read-O-Rama readathon TRR, but I didn't even finish any book during the readathon!
5. Finish or catch up with the series I've started and are on my shelf. I'm working on this! I'll be so proud of myself once I finish The Bronze Horseman and Mistborn trilogy. I can do it!