Another year is in the books. (Ha ha, that was funny.) How did I do? Well, overall, I made it exactly halfway to my goal of 52 books per year with a nice round 26. And what about my second goal of at least 26 fiction books? I got 14 out of 26. So also about half. If I stated that goal as a ratio (50% of all books read would be fiction) then I would have made it by one book. This year I started keeping an audiobook going most of the time, and that really helped me fit reading in my schedule. Halfway through the year I recommitted to adding in fiction, and that was important for me as well.
I’m also finally starting to get back my desire to write, partly due to one of my sons, who has aspirations of writing as well. He actually has roughed out 3 or 4 chapters in several different books already, so he is winning that one. I’ll admit, with school and work this last year, the dream of being a published young adult fantasy author was fading to the point where it was just about gone, but it is amazing what encouragement from a loved one will do. So this year, I will add to my list of goals, despite not having actually attained either of them last year. In 2016, I will read 52 books, at least 26 of which will be fiction, and I will write at least 12 chapters of a book of my own. That is one chapter per month. As a friend used to say: “Good luckers to me.”
Here is my 2015 list:
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