reading in 2012

Last year I set a goal, on Goodreads, to read 100 books in 2011 and I was 18 books shy of reaching it.

This year I decided to make my goal more attainable, a put it at 50 books in 2012.

I hit my goal of 50 books in late July and decided to bump my goal up to 75 books in 2012.  Today, I finished reading my 75 book this year :)

Since it's December 1, I don't think I am going to get wicked ambitious and set my goal any higher.  I am going to be happy that I met goal and initially exceeded my original goal.

Here are the books that I have read so far this year.

My guess is that I will probably read about 5 more before the year is over (because I am totally hooked on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series and want to finish it).

Reading is my favorite.

Have you read any good books lately?

xo

janel

book worm.

Last year, I was 18 books shy of my 100 books in 2011 goal on Goodreads.

This year, I decided to reduce my goal to 50 books in 2012 so that I knew I could accomplish it for sure.

I just checked in with my goal page and realized that I am already at 56 books for 2012!!

Sweet!

Here is what I have read so far:

So much chick lit!!  I am actually pretty surprised at that :)  I think with all of the stress that we had in the beginning half of this year, fun and light reading was just what I needed.  I am officially bumping up my goal to 75 books in 2012 and we will go from there.

What are some of your favorite books or series?  I would love to add some more books to my "must-read" list!!

xo

janel

back to work

Winter Break is over :(  

It was so hard today to get out of bed and get ready for a full day of teaching kiddos the wonderful word of art :)

Fortunately, I love my job.

I've been pretty obsessed with my Project Life book already, which is good, because I can definitely tell it is something that I am going to stick with.  It is really nice to have a little bit of quiet, creating time to myself each night to document the day.

Here is a photo of my first page, just a little introductory...

In other news, I just checked my Goodreads page and it looks like I read 85 books in 2011.  My goal was to read 100 books but then I got hooked on this Mary Russell series and those books were looooong (but totally worth it).
I set my 2012 goal, and I hope to read at least 50 books this year!
You can check out what I am reading and create your own goal right here.
Alright, I have so much to do today so I better run off.
Have a blessed day!

xo
janel

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