New Years Resolution 2010

In December I read a facebook post from Mandy, http://www.readornotread.blogspot.com/, and couldn't believe that another mother of 3 had the time to read 72 (that's right... 72) books in 2009!

When I was younger I used to read all the time. It wasn't unusual to finish a book or more in a single day. I used to get excited when my dad would take me to the bookstore on the weekends to get a new book and when everyone thought I was sleeping in the following morning, I was really cozy under the covers finishing the last few pages of it!!! Among my favorites were Nancy Drew and Sweet Valley High and I'm sure that I read them all... in fact, I have a complete set of Nancy Drew books for my daughter all tucked away in the attic for when she is old enough to enjoy them too. But it has been a long time since I have made time for leisure reading...

So back to Mandy - being that I also have three kids now, I couldn't believe another mom could find the time to read 72 books in one year. Especially since I didn't even read 5 books the whole year of 2009. So, after seeing this, I knew it was possible - and would probably add a little relaxation to my life too, so I set the goal, actually, more of a New Years Resolution, to read 35 books this year. Here's where I'm at so far:

January
#1. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
#2. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
#3. Shades of Blue - Karen Kingsbury
#4. Redemption - Karen Kingsbury
#5. Remember - Karen Kingsbury
#6. Return - Karen Kingsbury

February
#7. Rejoice - Karen Kingsbury
#8. Reunion - Karen Kingsbury
#9. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
#10. Julie & Julia - Julie Powell

March
#11. Digital Wedding Photography - Paul Gero
#12. Dear John - Nickolas Sparks
#13. Fame (Firstborn Series 1) - Karen Kingsbury
#14. Forgiven (Firstborn Series 2) - Karen Kingsbury
#15. Found (Firstborn Series 3) - Karen Kingsbury
#16. Family (Firstborn Series 4) - Karen Kingsbury
#17. Forever (Firstborn Series 5) - Karen Kingsbury
#18. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
#19. The Ministry of Motherhood - Sally Clarkson
#20. Decision Making by the Book - Haddon Robinson
#21. Sunrise (Sunrise Series 1) - Karen Kingsbury

April
#22. Between Sundays - Karen Kingsbury
#23. Summer ( Sunrise Series 2) - Karen Kingsbury
#24. Oceans Apart - Karen Kingsbury

#25. Someday (Sunrise Series 3) - Karen Kingsbury

#26. Sunset - (Sunrise Series 4) - Karen Kingsbury
#27. The Last Song - Nickolas Sparks

May
#28. Desperate Hope - Candi Pearson-Shelton
#29. Take One - Karen Kingsbury

I'll keep adding to this list as I finish books! Let's see if this is a New Years Resolution I can actually keep. : ) Happy reading!