New Year’s Resolution Complete . . . Check!

This year I made a New Year’s resolution to read at least 12 novels during 2011. I am happy to report that as I read the shocking conclusion to The House at Riverton yesterday, I completed my goal.

 

Now, I know what you are thinking: “What kind of a New Year’s Resolution is
THAT??!!” Doesn’t a New Year’s resolution have to be impossible to achieve . . . and shouldn't it be about weight loss?

Obviously, though, I thought it was a worthy goal.

I love to read fiction (and spent eight years getting my master’s degree in English literature, after all!), but found I wasn’t reading very much because there were always so many other things (not to mention people) that needed my attention.

I didn’t want to miss out on this very enjoyable part of life, though. It sounds selfish, but remember all those arguments about happier mothers leading to happier children, etc., etc.

Anyway, these are the 12 (and a brief assessment of each):

1-5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Books 1-5 (good)
6. The Help (excellent; loved the movie, too)

 

7. The Book Thief (amazing)
8. The Sugar Queen (okay)
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon (okay)
10. The Distant Hours (amazing)
11. The Forgotten Garden (amazing)
12. The House at Riverton (amazing)

 

(Kate Morton, author of numbers 10-12 is my new modern favorite, by the way—in case that wasn’t obvious!)

So, now that I’ve completed this goal, you are probably thinking I should devote the last four months of the year to housework. Maybe I should. . . but no.

 

I have a book on hold at the library, and I will pick it up before the doors close today. Then after that, a long list of holds yet to come in.

Have I mentioned that I love the library? And reading? And checking off New Year’s resolutions? (And bragging about my accomplishments?) :)