Some goals for 2010

I have once again decided to do the 75 book challenge with a group at goodreads.

2 of those books are gonna be Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and War and Peace.

So I made a start on Anna Karenina On Friday! I figured out that if I only read 10 pages a day I can get them both read during the year, with no problem!

I want to continue to read more classics, and try to knock a few more off the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction off the list. I read three last year. I am also aiming to maybe make a dent in "Dr. Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" list as well.

So, pretty much trying to read 75 books this year is the big goal. I barely made it last year, as I finished #75 with 5 hours left to spare before the end of the year. I am hoping to actually finish early and see how many more than that I can get done.

We shall see how I do. I also have some pretty steep stitching goals to work on this year as well. So, we shall see how I do!!

Read-a-thon! G-o-o-o Readers!!!

Today is the day!! And while I did not sign up as an official cheerleader or reader, I am still trying to hit up blogs I see on my sidebar coming up with read-a-thon updates! So, if you are doing the read-a thon and you happen across one of my comments left on your blog and came to this one....I'm waving my pom poms for you all!!! You can do it!!!!

And here it is again!!

The 24 hour read-a-thon!! I have not participated in it yet, though it is tempting!!! I do love to read blogs about it though. I don't really feel like I have broken into the whole "Book blogging community" yet, though I badly want to.
I'm a lurker for the most part, because my blog here...well, it's not great...not like some of the other blogs I see out there.

But, I love reading about all the challenges going on, and of course the great 24 hour read a thon! Maybe in the spring, I will be able to participate. Right now I'm just going to continue to watch everyone else's progress and see if I can pick up some more great reads to throw on my ever growing TBR list!!!

A completed challenge.

I actually completed all 12 books on my Spring Reading Thing challenge list. Plus 9 others as well. I have been reading like crazy. We were int he middle of a move overseas, and so had no internet for awhile, and so had lots of extra time to get some reading done!I want to see if there is a Summer reading challenge out there somewhere. If anyone knows of any, please let me know! I have really been ploughin through the stacks lately! i am glad I joined the challenge, and am proud of myself for finishing it.

Spring Reading Thing update

I am doing really well on my goals so far for this challenge. I had set out to read 12 books, and I am already finished with 7 out of the 12, so that means I am more than half way finished with my list. Not to mention that in between all that I also read two other books that were (are) not on my list: "The Blind Assassin" and "The Sand Castle". I think staying off the computer for the most part has really helped me acheive this. I do still have days where I spend massive amounts of time online, but I have really tried to cut back on my computer time. I am getting alot more things done. Both in reading and Cross stitch. I am definitely gonna reach my Spring Reading Thing goal. =)

Spring Reading Thing 2009

My list for this challenge will be short and sweet, but I think it will be achievable. Don't want to be too ambitious.

1. Emma by Jane Austen

2. Texas Haunted Forts By Elaine Coleman

3. Getting Over It By: Anna Maxted

4. Just Beyond the Clouds By: Karen Kingsbury

5. I do (But I Don't) By Cara Lockwood

6. All This Belongs to Me By Ad Hudler

7. Colony By Anne Rivers Siddons

I'm Currently in the middle of three of these, and my seventh selection is a re-read.

Good luck to me! LOL

edited 3/22/09

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Ok, I have been thinking about this spring reading thing, and have decided to really challenge myself. In the 2 1/2 months since the first of the year I have finished 10 books, so if I can read that much in 2 1/2 months I should easily be able to add about 5 more books to my list, to make it more challenging!

So here it goes:

8. The Clan of the Cave Bear By JeanM. Auel (This is a re-read, but it's been several years since I last read it, I'm actually in the middle of it and want to finish it!)

9. City Ghosts True Tales of Hauntings in America's Cities By: Mary Beth Sammons and Robert Edwards

10. Ghost Stories of California by: Barbara Smith

11. Ghost ships, Gales and Forgotten tales True adventures on the Great Lakes By: Wes Oleszewski

12.Ghosts on the Range Eerie True Tales of Wyoming By: Debra D. Munn

Ok, so THAT would be much more challenging!!! I hope I can do it!

Challenges...

While early on in this blog I mentioned a few challenges and noted that I had signed up for a few and totally bombed. So I'd made the decision not to take up challenges, as I just don't feel really well about myself when I fail to meet the challenges expectations. However I sorta like the idea of striving toward finishing a set challenge, or a list of books to be read. So, while I have pretty much made my decision not to sign up for any challenges publicly, I HAVE decided that I would like to make a few personal challenges just for myself. Just to give myself something to work towards. But since they will be personal challenges, I won't feel bad if I fail to post on a public forum or don't meet the requirements, because...well...it's personal. =) So, look on my sidebar if you want to see the challenges I have set out for myself. Feel free to take up any challenges with me that you see there, and make comments here at my blog to let me know you are doing the challenge with me, but there are no limitations, or rules. Just the rules I set out for myself. We'll see how I do with these. This will also give me a another reason to keep this blog updated as well.

I still have not finished #8 of Cedar Cove Series, but I am hoping to have it finished before I head off for work at 8 pm.

Happy New Year...to the 1 person who reads this blog! LOL!