I’ve been doing a lot of reading and writing lately. I’ve finished two full length novels and am two thirds of the way through a third book. I’ve written two scrapbooking how-tos, published one, and started on a third.

I’ve been reading lots, a lot more non-fiction than when I was a kid, and lots of things I wouldn’t normally choose to read since I’ve been taking advantage of the free monthly books from Amazon prime. Choosing what to read is regularly hard as far as prime goes, because none of it is what I would usually choose for myself. Seriously, can’t they find something a little more fun? Maybe some sci-fi or fantasy on occasion? How about a mystery that doesn’t involve a twisted serial killer? More Agatha Christie-like? Or how about a plain old romance? Best sellers are boring. Find me something weird, or charming, or thought provoking without being a tear-jerker.

But that may just be me.

Anyway, I’ve been doing the reading challenge on Goodreads since 2015. I started ambitiously with a goal of 100 books in 2015, ’16, and ’17. I missed by one book in 2016, but read more than 100 in ’15 and ’17, so it all evens out.

I’ve been feeling more overwhelmed by everything lately, so for 2018 I kept my challenge to 12. books. I easily met that, as well as last year’s 25. It was the remembering to track each book that was causing the most stress, not the amount of reading.

This year, I’m trying to push myself. Get more reading done. Get more writing done.

A writing friend of mine did the Popsugar Reading Challenge last year, and her reviews were so much fun to read. She’s doing it again this year, and I’m going to join her. The plan is to read and review 52 books based on the prompts from the challenge.

I’ll be posting my reviews on here. If you want to know more about the challenge, you can check it out here.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some reading (and reviewing) to do.