Overzealous Reading Goal

I declared this time last week that my reading goal for 2012 was 100 books.

It is quite clear that I was still caught in the starry-eyed bliss of being a woman of leisure for a 10-day holiday. Where I read something like 4-5 books in those 10 days, thanks to the help of a brand new Kindle Fire, some awesomely fun books, and of course, a great deal of free-time.

Then I went back to work. It sucked the motivation right out of me.

I am right at halfway through Monica Leonelle's Silver Smoke, which is quite long but goes quickly when I get an undistracted block of time.

I also got the itch to read some classics. I started Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, but I may not get back to this right away. I also purchased The Catcher in the Rye in hard copy (since it is not yet available for Kindle). Yes, yes, it feels like sophomore English. It only gets better... The Great Gatsby is on my wish list as well.

I will chop down my reading goal, at this time I'm not willing to go under 75. This is a solid goal. I think I can do it....

Light Reading Goal for 2012

My Christmas gift from Hubs was a Kindle Fire. I denied wanting one many times in the weeks preceding Christmas; then I lingered with it a bit longer than normal at the stores, or maybe asked one too many questions about it during the commercials, then insisted that I was quite okay with my Sony Reader PRS-505. Perhaps I protested too much.

I decided that with so many formats in which to digitally receive books, I ought to make good use and set a reading goal. It is standard for me to go through reading spurts, and go long months without reading anything. This year, I'd like to barrel through 100 books. My deft math skills tell me that that comes out to about one book every 3.5 days. Which means I'm almost already behind.

I had a blast with it during my Christmas vacation. I finally read each of Stephanie Perkins' books, fabulous, as if there'd be any other reaction; Liz Reinhardt's newest one Forgiving Trinity, which was different from her others, but still great.

I've loaded it with a ton of others, and now have started Monica Leonelle's Silver Smoke. I anticipate this being the first book I finish reading in 2012. I also anticipate sharing reviews of some of these.

What else is anyone excited to read in 2012? Any good recommendations I should add to my list?