2016 Goals/Mini-Challenges

It's that time of year again! I find that for a big multi-year challenge like this it's fun to set smaller, manageable goals for each year so I can see that I'm making real progress. Last year I tried to get one new section in each class, and five new divisions, which I was able to do. I'm going to try the same thing in 2016; unlike in 2015 I don't think I'll be able to do it with just ten books (since I have fewer divisions left), but I think I can do it!

I'd love to hear what other people are hoping to do in 2016, whether it's "update my thread" or "finish off all the divisions"; anyone?

I'll play. In my TBR pile, I have books from 10 categories that I haven't explored yet. My goal is to read 5 of those books.

Here's the Dewey-friendly TBR haunting my shelves this year. Like last year I would like to get through 5-10 of them.

070 Just the Facts - David Mindich
070 All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg
070 The Reporter's Handbook - John Ullmann
193 The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: The Early Years - Bertrand Russell
291 The Golden Bough - James George Frazer
303 Guns Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
430 Teach Yourself Beginner's German - Rosi McNab
438 Mastering German - A. J. Peck
438 German Grammar - Eric Greenfield
438 Essentials of German Grammar in Review - Roselinde Konrad
438 German in a Nutshell - Henry Regensteiner Ph.D.
438 A Grammar of Contemporary German - Max Hueber 2/23/15
439 Nybörjarsvenska - Ulla Göransson & Hans Lindholm
439 Nybörjarsvenska Övningsbok - Ulla Göransson & Hans Lindholm
468 Mastering Spanish - Laurel Herbert Turk & Aurelio M. Espinosa
468 Spanish the Easy Way - Ruth J. Silverstein
491 English Grammar for Students of Russian - Edwina Cruise
491 The Russian's World: Life And Language - Generva Gerhart
491 A Handbook of Russian Verbs - Frank J. Miller
590 Kingdom Under Glass - Jay Kirk
610 Charlatan - Pope Brock
687 Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns - Natalie Chanin
818 Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain
863 Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
900 Bloody Foreigners - Robert Winder
974 The Sun and the Moon - Matthew Goodman

So how'd everyone do? I managed to make my goal, and am trying to figure out what to do for 2017.