I'm off to a slow start, but feeling ambitious, so I'm going to go for the 50. I look forward to checking out what everyone has read so far this year.

1. The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl 1.13
2. Peace Like a River 1.25
3. Heart in the Right Place A Memoir 1.6
4. The Yellow Leaves A Miscellany 3.1
5. The Secret of Lost Things A Novel 3.15
6. Olive Kitteridge Fiction 4.14
7. City of Thieves 4.16
8. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.25
9. The Book That Changed My Life 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them 4.27
* Flannery A Life of Flannery O'Connor 4.30 (quit reading at pg. 116)
10. Dog on It A Chet and Bernie Mystery 5.1.09
11. The Tale of Despereaux~ Audio 5.2
12. Quiverfull Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement 5.5
13. Girl Meets God A Memoir 5.9
14. The Soloist A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music 5.15
15. The Shadow of the Wind 6.1.09

That's not a bad start. You'll notice a wide variety of readers on here, some that are on book 100 or something like that and some that are about where you are. Some people even set different goals for the year. Just try and read a number you'll be happy with.

I will probably do the same thing as you and keep clicking on your list instead of mine. We should be glad there aren't a lot more Donnas. ;-)

Thanks for your comment, Donna. I'll be happy with however many books I read this year as long as I'm always reading. Fifty is definitely ambitious for me, but what the heck!

13. Girl Meets God A Memoir 5.9

I enjoyed this book for the first few chapters, reading about the traditions of Judaism, but after while it got to be too much and it was a chore to read. It is probably because of my rush to finish it that I missed the depth of understanding Lauren's conversion to Christianity. Although I read the words she wrote, I didn't feel them.
I did enjoy the descriptions of Lauren's relationships with her family, friends, and boyfriends, and how the dynamics changed with her conversion.
Overall, it was just ok for me. My 17-year-old daughter has been wanting to read it, but I told her she probably wouldn't like it.