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[Judithe]

Thanks! And Congrats to others who've reached their goal(s)! Happy reading, all!

[Cindi]

WooHoo! But keep reading . . .

[Julie]

I started out just fine this year but hit a wall when I tragedy struck. I lost my 19 year old daughter in July in a car crash. I can't seem to focus on the page anymore.
But I just finished a book that I think has jarred me into feeling something beyond my own life.
A Soft Place To Land by Susan Rebecca White. I came ot it kicking & screaming like every other book in the last few months. It gathered dust on the table next to my bed, got carried about the house, only to return to my room.
A deeply moving story, both hopeful & full of grace. The writer builds characters & interweaves relationships - well, you just want to be in their lives.
A good read.

[Roseann]

Julie,
So sorry to hear about your loss. I cannot think about how it must feel to lose a child. My thoughts and prayers go out to you.

I am so glad you found a book that spoke to you.Please don't give up on reading, it can take you to places you would like to be, especially when life is hard.

Roseann

[Lisa S]

Julie, so sorry for your loss.

[Judithe]

Julie, words are always inadequate, but I'm sorry to hear that! My thoughts and prayers are with you as well.

[TeresaFL]

Shay wrote: "TeresaFL wrote: "I doubt I'll make 144, but I've passed how many I read last year so that's a start. I'd like to make the 1/2 way point right now, which would mean 28 more books between now and the..."

I do listen to some audio books, but rarely when I'm knitting or stitching. I used to listen when I was working, but my current job requires me to actually interact with people more so it's a bit harder. I have a few to listen to right now on my iPhone, so maybe I'll start doing that more.

[TeresaFL]

Julie wrote: "I started out just fine this year but hit a wall when I tragedy struck. I lost my 19 year old daughter in July in a car crash. I can't seem to focus on the page anymore.
But I just finished a ..."

Julie, no words except to say I'm sorry for your pain. So glad you found a book that moved you and I hope you'll find more as time goes on. My thoughts & prayers are with you and your family.

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Julie I am so sorry to hear of your loss...to me there are no words to offer comfort but just know that you are in my prayers along with your family.

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

I finished #121 today...Undead & Unpopular.

[Jery]

Julie, I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending you my thoughts & prayers.

[Julie]

Thank you - all of you.

[Marianne]

Julie wrote: "I started out just fine this year but hit a wall when I tragedy struck. I lost my 19 year old daughter in July in a car crash. I can't seem to focus on the page anymore.
But I just finished a ..."

I am sorry to hear this, it was actually the opposite for me, three and a half years ago we lost our five year old son and reading was my escape and I haven't stopped reading since. On a side note, there is a wonderful online support group for parents who have lost a child and/or siblings who have lost a sibling called compassionatefriends.org My prayers are with you.
Marianne

[Vicky]

I finished #144 Lost Quilter by J. Chiaverini.

Will keep reading to see how I do. Last year I read 193. We'll see if I can read 200.

[Vicky]

144 - Lost Quilter by J. Chiaverini AB ****
145 - Top O' the Mourning by M. Hunter ***
146 - Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne ****
147 - Club Dead by C. Harris AB ****
148 - Last Illusion by R. Bowen ****
149 - Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman ***
150 - Toast Mortem by C. Bishop ****
151 - Maiden's Tale by M. Frazer ****
152 - PJ and the Titan's Curse by R. Riordan AB ****
153 - Learning in the Light of Truth by M. Bateman
****

[Ann aka Iftcan]

TheresaFl--what kind of stitching do you like to do? I too love my stitching. I knit, crochet, embroider, quilt and make costumes. My grandkids (and daughter when she was younger) are ALWAYS the envy of their friends because they have the NEATEST costumes. :oP But I can read while I knit or crochet--unless I'm working on a lace piece. THEN I have to concentrate on that and nothing else.

[Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog)]

I hit the 144 mark at the end of October, I've already finished 1 in November, and I'm doing a lot of challenges this month, so I'm pushing myself to do at least 15 in November.

[Jennifer]

I am on #98 now and I am in mad reading mode to make my goal of 144 before the end of the year! I had a few months where I was slacking in the reading department but I think I can just pull it off!

[Holly]

Julie, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. What a terrible and tragic thing.

I met my goal at the end of October! So far I'm at 147 read for the year. I'm hoping to get closer to 200 before the year is out.

[chucklesthescot]

I finished my 144 this week but still hope to reach 200 before the end of the year...

[KrisT]

I finished 144 this week too. I am doing a sort of clean up now. I want to get some of the books done for challenges that I have been dragging my heels over and some old books that I don't want to put off any more. I don't know how many will complete before the end of the year but it is ALL good!

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

I just finished #132 so I am looking to make it to #144 by the end of the year....yahoo!!!

[Nancy H]

I haven't listed all of my books on here, but I am at 164 and trying to get to 200 for the year. I will come back when I have more time and add mine to my shelf.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

sometime around 2:15 AM this morning I finished #200. This was my stated goal for the year and I feel pretty good about meeting it with a month to go.

I'm sure I'll have the same goal next year too.

[Lisa S]

Wow! Congrats Jim

[Mackenzie]

Congrats Jim!

[Afsana]

Photojim wrote: "sometime around 2:15 AM this morning I finished #200. This was my stated goal for the year and I feel pretty good about meeting it with a month to go.

I'm sure I'll have the same goal next year..."

maybe as you have achieved this with a month to go you should give yourelf a slightly harder target-225?

[Afsana]

i found that as was close to hitting 144 i slowed down and now working that has slowed me down. i am on 165 but only reading about6-8 books a month

i was hoping to hit 200 but thats nt going to happen

next yr considering back at full time and now reading slowed down i think will stick to 144 as that will be harder to get to then this yr

[Shari*LoveMiKindle*]

I think I'm up to 148 now so I may make 160 this year. I like the higher number challenge--it makes me want to keep reading. :)

[Kari]

I'm 2 away from 200! Much better than I thought!

[[deleted user]]

I haven't been able to add to my list in a while. I only read 5 books in July and none at all in August. In late July my husband and I moved our offices to our home and put the building we had been located in up for sale. It's still on the market; real estate is very slow in this area. Also in July my largest local client had a major personnel change in their office which necessitated a drastic adjustment to my work schedule, leaving absolutely no time for reading. I was finally able to get back to reading a little bit in September, and I read some in October and November, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. I'll add books when I can, but I'm way behind schedule for the year. I really don't think I'm going to make it to 144. :-(

[Susan (NY)]

I didn't do that good this year,only 58. But most of them were really good books so I still win. There's always next year.

[Julie]

I am up to 77 books that I have read for fun this year! This might not seem like a huge accomplishment, but considering I could count the books I read for fun in 2009 on one hand... it is a HUGE deal!! YAY!!!

[Julie]

Marianne wrote: "Julie wrote: "I started out just fine this year but hit a wall when I tragedy struck. I lost my 19 year old daughter in July in a car crash. I can't seem to focus on the page anymore.
But I ju..."

Thanks Marianne - I just saw this. I haven't been checking in as much lately.
I am so sorry about your son. I would say it gets better, but I know it truly doesn't.
Thank you for the site recommendation, I have been looking to find a place where people with similar experience are. I think it will help.

[Robyn]

I'm not going to make it to 144. As some of us know life get's in the way and sometimes you just shut down, but I have to say I my worries with my son are nothing compared to the loss of a child.

Julie and Marianne, from the bottom of my heart I am so sorry for your losses. I cannot understand your heartache but I will certainly pray for a little peace for the both of you and your families!

[Julie]

Thanks Robyn. I'm not going to make 144 either! I'm going to aim at rounding up though... Sadly it will be way short of the goal

[Pat]

Julie,

I have been busy reading, but haven't paid too close attention to many of the posts, so just saw your post about losing your son. I am so sorry for your loss. The grief journey when one has lost a child is a long and windy one and everyone makes it in their own way. I, too, lost a son and about a year ago I found a site called ForMomSOnly. It is part of a larger site called Daily Strength. All the women on the site have lost a child, and they are strong and compassionate, crazed some of the time, and each is making the journey and offering comfort and support to one another. If you go to www.dailystrength.org you can see what I am talking about.
Peace,
Pat

[Julie]

Thanks Pat.

[Jennifer]

I'm at 119 so far

[Jennifer C]

I am only at 90. I am hoping to get to 100 by the end of the year, but its a stretch. Fingers crossed. It has been fun being in this group and actually tracking how much I have read as well as hearing from everyone else. Thanks for spending 2010 with me. :)

[Melissa]

Julie wrote: "I started out just fine this year but hit a wall when I tragedy struck. I lost my 19 year old daughter in July in a car crash. I can't seem to focus on the page anymore.
But I just finished a ..."

Im so sorry for your loss. I have a 19 year old son. Im glad that you found a book that is touching your heart right now. dont give up on reading..Im sure that it will help in this time.

[Dorothy]

Julie wrote: "I started out just fine this year but hit a wall when I tragedy struck. I lost my 19 year old daughter in July in a car crash. I can't seem to focus on the page anymore.
But I just finished a ..."

Julie...I only just read your post as I don't check in with this thread very often. I can only imagine how much grief there must be and how the Christmas Season will likely be even more painful for you. Please know that others are thinking about you and that we care and wish you solace.

[Dorothy]

I didn't really expect to make the magic number of 144 books this year, but I've had a lot of illness and therefore more time to read. I'm now at 138 with 3 weeks to go so I think the goal is actually in sight! However, I have just started "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett on audio and there are 24 discs to get through! So fingers crossed :-)

[★Meghan★]

I will definitely not hit the 144 this year. Working 6 day work weeks for so long just took away way too much time. But now that the holidays are here I have had a little more time to read. So maybe I can hit 50...haha!

[Athira]

I'm way behind 100 as well. I expected to hit 100, but then life happened, and I had to forget hitting 80, much less 100. Well, there's always a new year! (And a new target this time!)

[LynnB]

I just finished book 200 which is way, way over what I thought I would read for the year. I had never counted my books before this year and find I read a lot more than I thought I did. I expected 144 to be a stretch.

[Jackie]

I am still shooting for 125, which was my goal from the start. I think I am doing really well. It will be close, but I'll be happy.

[Hina]

I just updated my list and I have gone over 144 and am now done with 215 books today, which far surpasses my goal. Since I started late in the year, I thought I wouldn't even finish. I am trying to make it my goal to read up to 250 but I think that is stretching it a bit. I will see how far I can get.

[Susan]

Mine are sucking, I'm not sure that I'm halfway there. I lost track for awhile due to some family issues. It's not much better right now, but I'm working on it.

[Jennifer]

just finished #123 & have several books to read sitting around the house. Hopefully I'll make 144 by the 31st