- Staying up late (love, love, love)
- Sleeping in (love, hate, love, hate--love getting lots of sleep, hate seeing how late it is once I get going)
- All the junk I couldn't do during school (i.e. clean, organize, etc.)
- Putting together that treadmill
- Visiting the chiropractor 3+ times for putting together said treadmill (Nice start to "good health.")
- Graded 33+ essays and over 100 quizzes (Only 70+ essays to go! Ha, ha.)
- Shopping for decor for my home (I picked up some great stuff to go above my kitchen cupboards & an amazing piece of art for my guestroom.)
- Did a LITTLE reading
Okay. Now that I've shared a bit of what my holidays have entailed, let me get down to brass tax. I was doing great on my 100 Book Challenge for Goodreads until the school year hit. Ever since then, I feel as though I've been chasing that darn app, always managing to be a book or two behind.
Thankfully, setting my challenge has really pushed me to try out books and genres I might not have otherwise. For instance, I have become a big fan of graphic novels. Who would have thought?!? There are some really great reads out there and I've enjoyed trying out ones I haven't read before. When you only have a snippet of time, a graphic novel is a perfect option. Audiobooks have also been a great option to fill in the gaps. When I have had no other time than the drive to and from work, listening to a book has made me feel as though I'm still getting in a little reading.
Well, there's my update and challenge! Wish me luck, since I'm on my way to finishing those last three books (and 70+ essays...). Here's to hoping I can actually finish it up before 2012. Then I'll need to regroup and have a "Review-Writing" Challenge!
I set a goodreads challenge of 52 books and I met my goal last week. I plan to have one more book finished by Sunday. It was really motivating to have the app tell me "you're 1 book behind". Then I'd have to get off the computer and go read.
ReplyDeleteMy only complaint is that there's no way to weight a longer, more challenging book against a shorter one. If it takes me a month to slog through a 1000 page biography I would then have to go grab a bunch of lighthearted mysteries to breeze through in order to catch up.
I'll definetly set another personal reading goal for 2012.
You can do it!
ReplyDeleteI challenged myself to 80 books and hit 93. I blame the kindle for making it easy to buy (and also why I'm broke). But now I want a rounded number. I doubt I'll make 95 in 3 days...
I'm sure you'll be able to finish it, no problem! I kind of wish there was a New Year's readathon so I could spend all of New Year's Eve reading. :P
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great--98 books and you still have a couple of days! I blame Kindle too, with one-click buying.
ReplyDeleteHeather--I'm ready to set a new challenge as well. I think I'll stick at 100 books though. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteAmie--Too funny! Yes, the kindle makes it way too easy to buy whatever, whenever!
Heidenkind--Maybe we should throw together a 1/2 "5K" to 2012K LOL. We should do a half read-a-thon and start at noon and end at midnight? That would be kind of fun! I'm just not good organizing that kind of stuff though.
Canda--Oh, thanks! I hope I can finish off strong. Then I'll have to spend a bunch of time writing reviews!
My GoodReads Challenge goal was 104 books. As recently as Thanksgiving, I was thinking I might make it. I don't know what happened in December! I just finished my 93rd book. Maybe I'll get one more in before midnight ...
ReplyDeleteWow 100 essays and 100+ quizzes. Good luck with that! I hope you made your goal.
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