I usually wait until mid to late January before posting my reading plans or goals. Mainly because I'm very optimistic about my superhuman capabilities during the start of a new year but much of that enthusiasm fades over the next couple of weeks. I tend to believe I can read more than ever but reality is usually closer to how much I averaged in previous years. So, to allow myself the opportunity to dream big and then plan well, I take the ambitious goals for a road test during the first couple of weeks of the year. If they still look achievable, great! If not, I will part ways with those that are a stretch. The numbers I have an arbitrary number set in Goodreads for this year but it's not a number I will quote as I tend to change it often and it is intended to factor in the many picture books I read with my kids. But that said, there are three numbers I would like to improve this year (last year's stats in parentheses) - total number of pages read (approx. 11k), average n
- What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (3 cocktails)
- Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (5 cocktails : WOW!)
- The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser (4 cocktails)
- Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (5 cocktails)
- Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (4 cocktails)
- Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (3 cocktails)
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan (5 cocktails)
- The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara (3 cocktails)
- Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (4 cocktails)
Discussion
- Ergh! I didn't like this book!
- Adieus, LOST! I will miss you...
- Rise of the online book club member
- The Blogger and the Microblogger
- Books from far, far away
- How to keep an active buzzing blog
Challenge Progress
Challenges completed: 0/12
- 100+ Reading Challenge: 43/100
- Awesome Author Challenge: 1/10
- Support your Local Library Challenge: 25/50
- Flashback Reading Challenge: 5/9
- 451 Challenge: 1/7
- Women Unbound Challenge: 3/5
- A to Z Challenge: 35/52
- Original TBR Challenge: 4/12
- Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge: 3/10
- POC Challenge: 5/10
- World Party Reading Challenge: 0/12
- Orange Prize Project: 0
May Stats
Number of books: 9
Number of pages read: 2259
Number of Audio Books: 0
Hours listened to (completed audio books only): 0
Re-reads: 0
New-to-me authors: 8
Male authors: 3
Female authors: 6
Book cleared from my physical shelf: 2
Books added to my physical shelf: 8
Number of books added anew to my TBR this month: 153 {sigh, this is never going to reduce}

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Juju, Me too.. I saw a Sawyer lookalike today and couldn't help but miss Lost all over again!