How close can I get?

[Jana]

I always read over my yearly goal for the most part. My goal for 2022 was 52, so a book a week. As of right now I am at 72 books, and my final goal for the month of December is to just finish all my books on my currently reading shelf. So for the 2023 reading season I am going to set a goal of 100 and just see how close I can get. Some time toward the end of January or beginning of February I will have to go on medical leave from work for 6 to 8 weeks, I have to have my right ovary removed and we will not know if it is cancer till the path report comes back, so I will have lots of uninterrupted time to myself for reading. I look forward to seeing everyone's updates as the year goes along, and best of luck to you all in meeting your goals! Have a Happy New Year y'all!!!

[Jana]

while I do not have a set number my base goal will be 76 minimum. my overall goal for the year is to clean out as much of my digital and physical bookshelves as I can manage. I plan to start with stand-alone books and work into books that are part of a series later. this is because I don't want to have to buy or rent books in the beginning that are not currently on my to-read shelf. that being said, I own many books that are not listed on my Goodreads to-read shelf, so I do not feel like pinpointing that digital shelf would be the way to go for the time being. maybe that will be a good goal for 2024... but we will see what the future has in store.

[Jana]

So, I have gone through my inventory of books, both digital and physical and these are the books eligible for me to pick from starting on the first of January 2023
DIGITAL:
Kindle:
1) The Good Lie by AR Torre
2)The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry
3)Mrs. Rochester's Ghost by Linsay Marcott
Audible:
4)Blink by KL Slater
5)The Call of the Wild by Jack London
6)Closer by KL Slater
7)Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
8)Crown of Blood by Nicola Tallis
9)The Cube by Adam Rapp
10)Finding Grace by KL Slater
11)Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
12)Ghost Child by Caroline Overington
13)The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
14)Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
15)The Housemaid by Sarah A Denzil
16)Howards End by EM Forster
17)Ice Ghosts by Paul Watson
18)Liar by KL Slater
19)Middlemarch by George Eliot
20)The Miranda Obsession by Jen Silverman
21)Missing by KL Slater
22) Moby Dick by Herman Melville
23)A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
24)Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham
25)One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose
26)Paradise Lost by John Milton
27)The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
28)Safe with Me by KL Slater
29)The Secret by KL Slater
30)Stranger in the Woods by Anni Taylor
31)Summer of 85 by Chris Marrow and Kevin Hart
32)A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
33)The Grand Hotel by Scott Kenemore
34)Tabacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
35)The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
36)Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
37)Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
38)Unf--k Your Brain by Faith G Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
39)Widows-in-Law by Michele W Miller
40)The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher
PHYSICAL:
41)The Six Wives of Henry 8th by Alison Weir
42)The Plant Paradox by Steven R Gundry, MD
43)Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
44)The Friendship List by Susan Mallery
45)Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
46)Rise Up by Reverend Al Sharpton
47)Dance Away with Me by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
48)Universe of Two by Stephen P Kiernan
49)18 & Life on Skid Row by Sebastian Bach
50)The Power Couple by Alex Berenson
51)We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
52)The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey
53)Walking with Purpose by Lisa Brenninkmeyer
54)The Republic and Other Works by Plato
55)A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett
56)Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol
57)Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
58)The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson
59)Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
60)Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore
61)The Paleo Manifesto by John Durant
62)Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge by Sheila Weller
63)The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
64)White Ivy by Susie Yang
65)Lovely War by Julie Berry
66)Extraordinary Jesus by Dave Holland
67)Nine Words by Allen R Hunt
68) The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz
69)The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyuoun Kim
70)The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
71)Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
72)I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
73)American Snipper by Chris Kyle
74)Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
75)Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
76)The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
77)When We Were Young & Brave by Hazel Gaynor
78)Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle
79)The Bright Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
80)Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
81)Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
82)The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
83)Beautiful Mercy by Dynamic Catholic
84)Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Mission by John R Wood
85)Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado
86)Traitor by Amanda McCrina
87)Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Reul
88)Quiet by Susan Cain
89)The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
90)Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip
K Dick
91)The Sister by Louise Jensen
92)The Breakdown by BA Paris
93)One Fatal Mistake by Tom Hunt
94)The White Road by Sarah Lotz
95)The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
96)The Catechism of the Catholic Church

[Jana]

I've started off strong on week 1 of 52 in 2023! I have finished two books on audible: Blink by KL Slater and The Call of the Wild by Jack London. I have also started The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz and Catechism of the Catholic Church. On a more personal note, I went to UAB this past Thursday to meet my doctor and the rest of my care time. So this new year is going to be about reading some amazing books and beating Ovarian cancer. Happy reading everyone!!!

[Jana]

Week 2 of 52 I get to add 2 book to my finished total bringing me to 4 books for the year. I finished The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz. I started and finished Closer by KL Slater. I continued The Catechism of the Catholic Church. I started The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

0 - Kindle
3 - Audible
1 - Physical

[Jana]

WEEK 3 UPDATE:

I CONTINUED ON WITH CATECHISM, AND THE SIX WIVIES OF HENRY VIII. I CONTINUED AND FINISHED CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. I ALSO READ THE CUBE AND FRANKENSTEIN.

0 - KINDLE
1 - PHYSICAL
6 - AUDIBLE
7/96 BOOKS

[Jana]

WEEK FOUR UPDATE.

SO I'M ACTUALLY DOING THIS POST A DAY LATE. SORRY, HAVING SURGERY TOMORROW, SO I WAS VERY BUSY YESTERDAY...

THIS WEEK I CONTINUED READING THE CATECHISM AS WELL AS THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII. (THIS BOOK IS A LITTLE ON THE DRY SIDE AND NOT WHAT I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE.) I READ AND FINISHED THE WRONG FAMILY BY TARRYN FISHER.

0 - KINDLE
1 - PHYSICAL
7 - AUDIBLE

8/96 BOOKS

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Jana, I hope you're finding time to read some fabulous books.

Happy reading!