Read More, Sleep Less

[Roxy]

I can't remember if this is my second or third year attempting to climb Mt. Ararat, but this is the year I will finally reach the peak. I always read at least 50 books per year, often times between 80-100; however, I love shopping, and my favorite thing to shop for is books, especially when I find popular titles on sale for the Kindle at $1.99!!! Needless to say, I have a problem, but I'm hoping to minimize my TBR a little this year and at least get to several of the books that have been sitting on my shelves (both physical and virtual) for years. My physical TBR currently sits at 116, while my Kindle TBR consists of about 600 titles. My goal is to read 100 books this year, and 100 pages a day. If I manage to accomplish that, Mt. Ararat is totally achievable, but that is a huge 'if.' I'm full of hope for 2017, so here goes nothing!

[Amy]

Good luck! I hear you about the book shopping "problem." ;)

[Brenda]

Lisa wrote: "I can't remember if this is my second or third year attempting to climb Mt. Ararat, but this is the year I will finally reach the peak. I always read at least 50 books per year, often times between..."

Best of luck...I love to shop for books also! It is the only shopping I truly enjoy!

[Roxy]

1) Bound to Submit by Laura Kaye

Purchased Kindle edition in November 2016

[Roxy]

Manda wrote: "Like your idea of reading 100 pages a day, that's what the author did in The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life, you've rem..."

I'm glad you like the idea, I think it's a good one too. Thanks for reminding me of that book. I've definitely heard of it before, but somehow, it wasn't on my Amazon wishlist. I might have to read it this year. =)

[Roxy]

2) Prophet by Jennifer Bosworth

Purchased Kindle edition in July 2013

[Roxy]

3) The Case of the Screaming Beauty by Alison Golden

Purchased Kindle edition in December 2016

[Louise]

hear hear - let's make lots of coffee and get those pages read! :-)

[Roxy]

Louise wrote: "hear hear - let's make lots of coffee and get those pages read! :-)"

I second that motion! Good luck on your challenge! =)

[Pamela]

Good luck Lisa! Looks like you're off to a great start already. For me 100 pages a day would be too ambitious, but maybe I need to reach for that as my owned and unread books are nearly 1,000.

[Emma]

100 pages a day, wow! My average per day last year was 68 pages. Good luck!

[Roxy]

Pamela wrote: "Good luck Lisa! Looks like you're off to a great start already. For me 100 pages a day would be too ambitious, but maybe I need to reach for that as my owned and unread books are nearly 1,000."

Do what you can, every little bit counts! I'm sure your TBR is not as big as mine either, especially when you consider how many books are on my Kindle!

[Roxy]

Emma wrote: "100 pages a day, wow! My average per day last year was 68 pages. Good luck!"

Thanks Emma, same to you!

[Roxy]

4) Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch

Purchased Kindle edition in March 2015

[Roxy]

5) The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark

Purchased Kindle edition in March 2016

[Roxy]

6) With Malice by Eileen Cook

Purchased Kindle edition in October 2016

[Roxy]

7) Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith

Purchased Kindle edition in May 2016

[Roxy]

8) Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Purchased Paperback edition in July 2016

[Roxy]

9) The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Purchased Kindle edition in February 2013

[Roxy]

10) Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth Kurtis J. Wiebe
Purchased Paperback edition in May 2016

[Roxy]

11) Rat Queens, Vol. 3: Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Purchased Paperback edition in May 2016

[Roxy]

12) The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P. Jones
Purchased Paperback edition in June 2016

[Roxy]

13) The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Purchased Paperback edition in March 2013. Listened to audiobook.

[Roxy]

14) Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry
Purchased Hardcover edition in 2014. Listened to audiobook.

[Kenzie]

Are you enjoying the Rot and Ruin books? I've been looking forward to starting them.

[Roxy]

Mackenzie wrote: "Are you enjoying the Rot and Ruin books? I've been looking forward to starting them."

Yes, I not really into post apocalyptic books, but these are really good. Good combination of humor as well as a deeper look into the nature of zombies and consideration of the fact that they were once humans too.

[Roxy]

15) My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand

Purchased Kindle edition in December 2016. Listened to audiobook.

[Roxy]

16) Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry Purchased Hardcover edition in 2014. Listened to audiobook.

[Roxy]

17) Fire & Ash by Jonathan Maberry
Purchased Hardcover edition in 2014. Listened to audiobook.