Once again, I deviated from the plan. At least half of it. Makes you wonder if I should just say “I’m going to read three books and three graphic novels” instead of listing the specific titles. But then part of me is worried the lack of specificity might make me lazier about fulfilling the goal. Hmmm…

Another six done! But not entirely as planned.

Another month down. Where’s Superman to slow down this planetary rotation when you need him? I guess it’s time to recap my reading achievement, eh?

A good month of reading! I hit my six books with time to spare. But, instead of getting ahead, I kinda relaxed. Took it easy. My brain needed the reset.

A reading miracle happened this month, folks! After whining about not being anywhere near my monthly reading goal at about the halfway point of the month, I hunkered down and finished them all! I’m starting to think I write those posts as a passive-aggressive motivation for myself. Whatever works, eh?

My first month at my new six-books-per-month reading level and I started worrying that I wouldn’t make it. I started the month by reading three books in four days and then nothing for two weeks.

December is done. So is 2024. In an hour, anyway. We’re now a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Did that last factoid mess with your head as well? 

November is over! Did I read? Boy, did I! Check this out!

Happy Halloween! My treat to myself is no trick… my annual reading goal is DONE! 

🎶Do you remember? Reading seven books in September?🎵

Remember in my most recent Libroqueue post when I said “I wholly expect this 780-page beast of a book to take me two months; so if I get halfway through in September, I’ll be happy” about reading Joe Hill’s The Fireman?

Yay! Another good month of reading! And I also kicked off a new audiobook since I’m finally making my triumphant return to the gym.

Much like the U.S. Presidential campaign cycle, I did a lot of flexing around unexpected changes with my reading goals this past month.

I had a good month with reading. Started strong, slowed down but remained consistent in the middle, and finished relatively well.

Between not being able to truly commit to a book this month and going on vacation with no desire to read anything at all, I was cutting things pretty close in the end. But here’s how my reading went…

Still rocking that reading goal!!

Happy Easter, y’all!

I’m still sticking to the goal count… just not necessarily the goal titles.

Yup. Promising myself five books each month is winning so far! More stresses me out too much.

I think keeping a goal of no more than five books a month is going to be the best way to move forward with my monthly reading goal.

I knew it was just a matter of time before I hit a wall…

Not a bad way to begin my close out of 2023! 

I didn’t commit to as many books in August as I normally would or that I would need to read to make my annual goal (five per month) if not for the fact that I was already way ahead. 

I actually got one of my books done! It’s the one I’d been reading for longer. About a month, in fact.

Why am I having trouble maintaining consistent focus on the two non-graphic-novel books I’m committed to finish reading this month?

There is absolutely zero consistency to my reading habits. One month I frontload it, the next it’s backloaded, and this month was so spread thin that I wasn’t sure anything would get done. But I managed a few.

Unlike in April, where I made a late surge in reading, I read five books in the first half of May and then hit a lull when we went on vacation. Here's the recap...

I love those months where, for the first 15-20 days, you only finish one book. And you start to sweat about achieving your goal. Then, bam bam bam bam bam… you hammer out five books in the final 10 days without even batting your eyebrows. Goal achieved. Actually, goal surpassed!

Well, this sucks. I scheduled this post to go live without finishing it. If you were here earlier today, you saw it half baked. Whoops. Let’s live blog the fixes, shall we?

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

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

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.

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

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

The reading continues!

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