Travel photos and 2014 reading challenge

Finally, after many months of both procrastination and laborious work, all of my nice travel photos are in one spot: Here! I hope you enjoy them. (I think my photography skills have improved slightly with time. I also got a great new camera this time last year.) Obviously, I love the pacific northwest. The next set of photos I’ll be adding will be from Seoul, South Korea, which I’m visiting for work in March. After that… NEW ZEALAND! (That one is pure vacation fun. We’re going late May/early June 2015 for two weeks.)

I began 2014 with a modest goal to read about 30 books. The year was off to a great start, so during the summer I increased it to 40 and later to 50. I met my goal! Whoo! Here are my books of 2014. I beta-read three novels (currently unpublished) that aren’t counted on that reading list (and I read my own novel over a dozen times), so I feel like it’s an underestimate of my reading time. But that’s okay–this is only the second year I’ve made it to 50 books, so I’m pleased. For 2015 I’ll start with a conservative goal of 30 again.

Happy New Year!