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My Reading Goals and How it’s Okay Not to Make Them

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The title of this post is the direct result of the cold meds running through my system. This entire week has been me just trying to make it to the weekend. I’m almost there, but not quite. I am still sick and haven’t had time to go to the doctor. Work is still crazy. It’s raining cats and dogs and my office is like a meat locker which translates to flippin’ cold (although I’d use a different word if I said it in person).

I wrote reviews this week. Interesting reviews that probably need to be re-written before I post them. The influence of medication on writing can be powerful. Reading books while sick can also be interesting too. I’ve read so many and yet, they are all so strange to me now. I’ve had nightmare after nightmare of worlds gone wrong. Those have not been fun but the conversations I’ve had about them have been entertaining.

What was my point? Oh! I won’t be making my reading goals this year. I can’t even blame it on me being sick. I got stalled with one book and it just went downhill from there. I don’t participate in challenges but I do set a reading goal for myself each year, and usually I make it. This year? I won’t. I am nineteen books away and currently reading a chunkster so I’ve given myself permission to not make my goal this year. There. I said it. I also promised to finally read a book by Austen and that didn’t happen either.

And it’s okay.

It’s okay because the month is flying by and December is coming up fast. I want to savor it a little bit. You know, squeeze out as much as I can before I have to take all the decorations down again.

It’s okay because there are winter concerts to attend, and show tickets to buy and visits with people that I haven’t spent time with all year.

It’s okay because there are new recipes that I want to try and there is nothing better than a weekend of cooking when it’s rainy and cold outside.

It’s okay because we still have to find THE pic for the Christmas card. I had planned to take one last weekend, but The Girl had a monster of a fever blister so that was definitely NOT the time to take one.

It’s okay because the pup sits on my head while I am reading anyway.

It’s okay and at the end of this year, I’ll set another reading goal (just for fun) and start the whole process all over again.

So if you find yourself struggling with your goal, I give you permission to say “It’s okay” because it really is. And if it really bothers you, you can just cheat and change your goal and then feel like a winner again.

See? I have an answer for everything.

Bookish Talk, Life

My Weekend Reading Plans

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Hello there. It’s been another crazy week for me at work. I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, sort of. In one sense, the worst of it is over but when you are dealing with an implementation of epic proportions, it tends to go on and on because of how many divisions are involved, how many colleges, departments, etc. I think in two years, we will pretty much be done. I know… two years!! Unbelievable.

I began this post with the intention of sharing all my weekend reads with you, but these days I am not able to read more than say, two books at a time. So this weekend I will be spending time with this book:

Phantom

I love Nesbo and I love Harry Hole but I am almost done with The Leopard (the book before Phantom) and it’s not doing it for me. I am loyal to the series though so I want to see it through, but I don’t like where Nesbo went with Leopard. It damn near made me give up on it at one point but I’ve heard from others who have read Phantom and they are all telling me that I need to finish Leopard to really appreciate Phantom. Okay. I will.

As for other plans, I still have a book to read for a tour next week but with the three-day weekend, I should be okay. November came out of nowhere, then came the time-change and then to add more stuff to the list, The Boy joined Men’s Chamber Choir and auditioned for another play! He is still doing The Music Man but will be adding Singin’ in the Rain, if he gets a part.

Tonight I have to take The Girl to a laser tag party. You think they will notice if I try to read while they run all over heck trying to shoot each other?