End of January Check-in
January 31, 2010
So, I thought that maybe if I checked in at the end of every month I might do a better job or getting those 2010 reading goals done so here we go…
1. Read 150 books. I read 9 books in January. Only 141 to go!
2. Read 50 of my own books. I read 6 books! Go me! Only 44 left.
3. Read at least 2 each red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple books. 1 red book down.
4. Read at least 2 chunksters, which I’m counting as 650+ pages. 1 down, and it was even non-fiction.
5. Read at least 3 of the WWI and WWII books I have on my own shelves. While one of the books I read did look at WWI and WWII it also was about a bunch of other stuff so I’m not counting it. So, 0 complete. Bummer.
6. I want to hunt down and read at least one Encyclopedia Brown book. Nope.
7. I want to read at least five graphic novels. None!
8. Read more e-books – I read 4 in January. That’s pretty good.
9. Read A Tale of Two Cities. I haven’t started it yet. Maybe I’ll tackle that in March…
In addition to working on my reading goals I’m trying to get stuff done this year. So every month, along with anyone else who wants to play, I’m making a list of 10 things I want to get done. They are usually a mix of fun things (like baking a pie) and practical (making the fake cat’s vet appointment). We’re posting our lists in the List Lover’s Group at BlogHer. As Kit-Cat has said, 2010 is going to be the year of doing things.
February 1st, 2010 at 9:38 am
How are you choosing the graphic novels?
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sassymonkey Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 9:46 am
I haven’t decided. There are some great ones that have been out for awhile (or even a long time) that I haven’t read yet. Or I could do the Cybil’s noms.
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February 1st, 2010 at 9:49 am
Oooo! Encyclopedia Brown!! I loved those books when I was a kid. Might have to steal that idea. I can’t do the e-book thing, I don’t have a reader like you do, so reading on the laptop is painful. I actually have two ARCs to read on the laptop and I have been failing at that.
I think you did a pretty great job at your list overall.
Yes, Doing Things! That is my goal and I think I did pretty decently in January!
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sassymonkey Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I sometimes read on my iPhone. Hmm I wonder if you could read them on The Head’s iPod Touch? (I thought I’d hate reading on my iPhone, I don’t.)
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kit-cat Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 4:21 pm
That might be a good idea, actually. I will check into that since the touch is just laying around all forgotten-like. Though we did let my boss use it last semester for his course as he lost his Nano and was freaking out. So Shawn and I gave him the touch and surprisingly it didn’t get lost too! ha!
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February 2nd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Pretty sure I have an Encyclopedia Brown or two kicking around. Want me to see if I can bring one next week?
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:18 pm
I did my 10 over at BlogHer. Thanks for doing this!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
oh that last was meant to be on your other blog! oops!
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February 6th, 2010 at 7:25 am
I can SO do this! I’m such a fanatic about lists that I’ve been known to add something to my list after I’ve completed it–because it gives me that good feeling of completion to check it off the list.
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February 6th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Sounds like you’re doing well with your goals. If you need any graphic novel suggestions, I do a weekly graphic novel review on my blog on Mondays.
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