Back with a Goal

I don't do resolutions, though I did think of two.

I resolve to be resolute.

I resolve to achieve resolution.

Okay, enough of the silliness (is there really such a thing?)

I have other goals for the new year, but a post on Gizmodo gave a new old goal.

How to Read a Book Every Single Day of the Year

Now, I consider 365 Books a year to be a bit much, but back over 30 years ago, I set myself the goal of reading 100 books in a single year.  The first year was 1980 and I made the total...okay, well not really.  I got to 99 and then read a Sesame Street Book for number 100.  But, in 1981, I did it for real, with 102 books.  In 1982, the total was 104 books.  1983 I fell short again, only this time I left it at 99.  In 1984 I was back on the wagon, with 114 books read.

Those five years are the only ones where I kept track of what I was reading.  I've always been a prodigious reader, but those five years were different.

I've decided to be different once again.  I intend to attempt to read 100 books in 2012.  Now, there are no rules for the types of books I intend to read.  A couple of the years in the list above I had a goal to have at least half the books I read not be Science Fiction or Fantasy.  No goal like that this time, just 100 books, big, small or in between.

I am giving myself a tiny bit of a headstart, and yes it is a cheat.  I am in the middle of reading two books right now, and those two books will be the first books that I put on the list for 2012.  Now, I will prove to you, my loyal readers, if there are any out there, that I am reading the books by giving a brief review of each on the pages of this blog.  Hopefully, there will be a few other posts along the way.

So, off to the reading.