Just a quick reminder that I added a new goal at the beginning of this month, so you all have something new to hold me to. Shall we see how I did?

Okay, so maybe I aimed a bit high for such a short month. Shall we recap?

After reading Kim's first goal update post on her blog, I've decided I'm going to follow suit and steal one of her goals...

I really wanted to do more to update the appearance of this monthly goals review page, but I'm having trouble coming up with anything. Maybe I can keep working on it throughout the year.

We are 8.33% of the way through 2023. WTF??

I'm going to be honest with y'all here... I have no desire to tweak my goals as I set them last year. Well, save for my reading goal which I've bumped up to 60 books for the year from 48, equating to 5 books per month. Oh, and I'm definitely not doing that Anne Rice goal anymore. It's dead. Just like her main characters.

Bye-bye, 2022! Maybe we’ll miss you, maybe we won’t. I guess it all depends on how 2023 goes. Stay tuned.

I just typed “2023” in the title of a post. Weren’t we supposed to have jet packs and flying cars by now? Oh vey.

As of about five minutes ago, I am only two books away from my 2022 reading stretch goal of 70 books on the year! And I have 11 days to finish it!

Welcome, December! I missed you, my friend. Have I warned you? Let’s see.

It’s cold. Damn cold. I need a blanket, a cup of hot coffee, and a book. See you next spring!

Even October is now over? How does it all fly by in such a blur? 

The reading continues and this post is waaayyyy ex post facto!

Yay for September! Must be the cooldown working in my favor. Check it out!

The reading continues!

August was much better. Check this!

Hey, I mostly finished my reading goal this month! Not in names, but numbers. That still counts!

Ugh. This month blew chunks. Who says that about July ever??

You knew it had to happen eventually, right? This was, indeed, my slow-down month. Even worse than last month, in fact. Ugh.

It’s like July 3 now, isn’t it? But hey, I’m on vacation. It’s a miracle I’m posting at all! 

It was a weird reading month. Started slow, picked up in the middle, and slowed down again at the end.

May flowers have bloomed. Have my monthly goals done the same? Let’s see!

For the first time in like ever, I read far more books than graphic novels. It felt good but I hate that I didn’t get to two of the books on my May list. 

Some good. Some bad. That’s April for ya!

Ten more books. Ten!! What the heck is wrong with me?? Every month I say it has to slow down or stop completely and it’s not. WTH??

Ain't no foolin'! It's April 1, yo!

Ohhhhh, buddy! While it slowed down a bit at the end (because of vacation), I still had another good month in March!

Okay, usually a very overachieving month for me is followed by a massive lull the next month. Not so here.

March… already? WTF?

I finished my third book of February earlier tonight, marking my 13th of 2022 out of my 48-book goal.

Was it a good start to the New Year? You tell me.

WOW! I had a pretty amazing January in terms of reading. And, while I know some people don't tend to look so kindly on graphic novels when it comes to reading goals, I don't care. I won't count individual issues, but I will count graphic novels and collected editions, as most of you know. And, yes, that did boost my count a little. But, again, I don't care.

Happy New Year, everyone! Before I move beyond 2021, I have to recap that last month known as December.

I'm really happy with how my reading goal turned out in 2021. As stated, I'm maintaining the same 48-book goal for 2022, but adding in the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles 13-book series as part of that count. Given all that, here's how I hope to see January shape up.

It's the time... of the season... for go-oals!