Alright - 59 books completed in 2011 against the ever-distant goal of 100. The goal is somewhat non-realistic, as it really means I need to finish a book every 3-4 days. That's fine in the cold months - I think I finished four books in the first week of 2011 - but harder when the lawn needs mowed, the office gets demanding, and my own writing is begging for attention.
The shortest book in 2011 - Of Mice and Men at just 100 pages. I'm not certain what the longest was, as I don't track pages read. Like Jason, there were a few books that I put down after they failed to grab me - one of those was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - let the complaint emails commence.
My goal in 2012 is to actually have my own novel ready to pitch by July 1st in time for ThrillerFest, but I'm still going to strive for a high reading count in 2012 as well. I'm setting a goal of 78 books - 1.5 books per week. I do want to focus on a few of the classics this year, but am surrounded by books on my must-ready shortlist as well.
Here's to good reading in this new year!
1 comments:
I was contemplating reading the dragon tattoo book with the movie, but may skip it now.
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