The best laid plans of mice and men, etc etc... 

Each year, I ambitiously set myself a reading challenge, and each year, I deviate from it. In fact, this year I have several challenges. I was going to read 25 randomly selected backlist titles from my TBR. I was going to read everything I bought last year. I was going to read 50% of everything I bought THIS year. I was going to read one hundred books. (And for that last one, at least, I still might. The year is not over yet.)

But the fact remains t...