2012 Mid-year Overview

June has ended, and with it, the first half of 2012.  While I've not been doing monthly reports, I thought I could do a bi-annual report.

By my calculations I've read 83 books so far in 2012 not counting short stories or children's books.  One of those was an audiobook.  Two were Mercedes Lackey re-reads that I didn't post.

I've completed the Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2012 and 2012 Cozy Mystery Challenge.

I still need to work on finishing the Harlequin Silhouette 2012 Reading Challenge. I've read 3/6 of the books for that.

And I'm starting Operation: TBR Reduction today, so hopefully the 2nd half of the year will go well.  I'm also hoping to get more audio and e-books in.

Happy New Year! Farewell to 2011...

So for the year of 2011... I finished 3 of 4 challenges (I came close on the 4th ... if only Short Stories counted).  I couldn't tell you how many books I read bc I lost track during my Great Blogging Decline of 2011.  I do know I read a LOT of mysteries, and that I read many first in series.

For 2012 ... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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I'm hoping to do better with my blogging now that I have my newer system.  (The recent individual blog entries were for the one challenge, fyi).  I'm hoping to catch up on the keeper authors I seem to have lost track of this past year.  And in a book related, but not reading related issue - I hope to cut back on how many books I actually own.  I'd like to be able to look through my books without moving boxes off of other boxes and actually find the books I'm hoping to read.

2012 Challenges

So 2012 is rushing in and brings with it new reading challenges.  In 2010 I bombed many of my challenges.  I've finished 2 of 4 2011 challenges so far and have found myself scrambling to finish the other two.  This year I'd like to chose challenges that, while adding a some challenge, won't have me waiting until the last minute to finish them.

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I'll be adding the challenges I've decided on to my new 2012 Challenges page.  But I learned this past year that I need a page for commenting and such as well, so this is it.  I'll link to them as I officially decide to participate.

Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2012 - This one should be easier for me (hence the highest level) because I read a lot of cozies... I lost count for 2011.  But I look forward to 2012 cozy reading.

Harlequin Silhouette 2012 Reading Challenge - I breezed through this challenge last January, so it's pretty quick and simple.  But it's the only time I really read Harlequin/Silhouette any more, so I'm glad Evy (Islandgirl reads Romance) decided to host it.

...[more to come]...