Challenges: So Near, Yet so Far: Stocktaking

With a little under 2 months to go I'm looking seriously at what I need to do to complete the challenges I set myself at the beginning of the year.
My list is here.

I take on reading challenges in order really to keep tabs on what I read and to try to achieve some sort of balance. In reality other factors such as book group agendas and fiend's recommendations determine most of what I read.

I am finding that if I buy a book it is mostly for the Kindle. On the other hand paper format review copies keep coming through the post and I'm not doing such a good job of keeping up with them, particularly with the unsolicited ones.

I have completed some.

• my target for the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge for this year: 12 titles. But I will add another couple by the end of the year.
• The Aussie Author Challenge - I set myself a target of 12 but I have read 16 and have another couple in my sights.
• Canadian Book Challenge 2011-2012, but the new one 2012-2013 began in July.
• Historical Fiction Challenge - read the original 10 but set myself a new target of 20
• Not crime fiction - I've read one. The challenge was to see whether I would read any. I should read more outside my genre.
• British Books Challenge - a target of 12 and I'm now at 55, so no problems here.
• Translated - set myself a target to exceed last year's count of 20 and have read 23

Struggling to complete

• The Nordic Challenge - set myself a target of 20 and have read 17.
• Global Reading Challenge - I've read 17 of 21, but need another North American, and 3 South American. I'll be embarrassed if I don't finish this one as I host it.
• Vintage Mystery challenge - needs books published before 1960. I've read 10 out of 16. I have one Cherchez Le Homme to go and 5 Golden Age Girls. Somehow doubt I am going to get this one done.
• American authors - a personal target of 20. have read 12. Don't actually see myself getting there.
• New Zealand - a personal target of 4. Have read 1 despite best intentions.
• New to me - not really a challenge. Am doing well with 43 but last year I read 60.
• e-book challenge - last year I read 75. Currently sitting on 51 but this will go up when we go travelling in December.
• The big one - 2012 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge: aiming at 166, last year 160. Currently 123. Pretty sure I won't read 43 books for the rest of the year.

So, confession time over, and on with the reading!