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It is always awkward starting things off. Always. So, let me start by making two things very clear. 1. Everything on this blog will have something to do with books. Some posts will be crosspostings of my goodreads reviews. Some posts will have to do with authors, or with the reading life in general. Some will be flat out fan girl gush...not much of that though (it's not my way). 2. This is a personal blog. I make no apologies for irregularity of posting schedule and I will be operating off of my personal reading goals which I decide on at the beginning of every calendar year.  As long as that's clear, I'm sure we will all be friends.

Reading goals 2019

bwahahaha Happy New Year y'all! I've actually simplified things for my year. My goal is to read 200 pages a day, every day for the year. That's the main thing, as long as I do that, I'm happy.

Really.

That's it.

Seriously, stop looking at me.

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Ok, fine. I can't resist a complicated system. Secondary goals:

• Read 150 books (100 YA and 50 other) - same as 2018, which I was only 9 books short of...so frustrating.
• Read 12 pedagogy books. One for each month. It's like fiber. It's good for you, and I'm a teacher. So I will just hold my nose and bite...right?
• Here's where things get funky. I own a ridiculous number of books, most of which I haven't read (hence the title of the blog). In my defense, many of them were donations and gifts or just things I picked up on clearance or saved from the dumpster. There are over 200 unread (by me) titles in my classroom library alone. My personal collection is even more daunting. So, one out of every three books I read need to come from my owned but unread collection.
• Additionally, as a teacher I need to keep current and variety is the spice of life. I have access to three different library systems and that's a beautiful resource. So, one out three books must be library borrows.
• The final third can come from anywhere, friends, give-aways, or new buys.

So, yay! New Year. Let's do this rawr!!