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What are your reading challenges or goals for 2012? Do you want to read a certain number of books, or more books from a particular genre? Discuss here!

I'm going to try to read 90 books. While this number sounds big, I read a lot of books with my kids and I count those too :)

Here's my list:
1. Starry Night: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber Jan 2
2. Mail-Order Christmas Brides: Her Christmas Family\Christmas Stars for Dry Creek by Jillian Hart and Janet Tronstad Jan 3
3. The Telling by Beverly Lewis Jan 5
4. Matched by Ally Condie Jan 8
5. Midnight Sons Volume 1: Brides For Brothers And The Marriage Risk by Debbie Macomber Jan 18
6. Crossed by Ally Condie Jan 21
7. Christmas at Harmony Hill: A Shaker Story by Ann H. Gabhart Jan22
8. An Amish Kitchen by Beth Wiseman, Kelly Long, Amy Clipston Jan 25
9. A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks Jan 29
10. Plain Peace by Beth Wiseman
11. The Memory Jar by Tricia Goyer Feb 8
12. Plain Fame by Sarah Price Feb 15

My goal for this year is 100.

My goal is 40 again this year. Here's my list:

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I'm keeping my goal the same as I've had -- 50. It seems to work for me.

I settled on 90 this year.

I actually lowered my goal for 2014. I read 92 books in '13 but only plan on 80 this year. The reason for the lower amount is because I plan to use some of my reading time to be in prayer and devotions.

Due to my health, I'm housebound most of the time, and like to use a lot of that in reading, so my challenge this year is 130.

001. His Little Cowgirl
002. Plain Proposal
003. Pillar of Light
004. Fifteen Minutes
005. A Military Match
006. A Promise of Hope
007. Stranded
008. First Love, Second Chances
009. Plain Peace
010. Timepiece
011. Seeking His Love
012. Bluegrass Blessings
013. For the Twins' Sake
014. Never Far from Home
015. The Letter
016. A Place of Peace
017. At Home in Mitford
018. On a Someday
019. Now and Forever
020. A Light in the Window
021. The Memory Jar
022. Under a Blackberry Moon
023. Bluegrass Christmas
024. One in Thine Hand: A Novel Set in Modern Israel
025. Brought Together by Baby
026. The Way to a Man's Heart
027. A Soldier for Christmas
028. A Common Life: The Wedding Story
029. A Plain and Simple Christmas
030. Perfectly Matched
031. The Letters
032. Taken for English
033. Return to Me
034. A Man to Trust
035. Abigail's New Hope
036. On The Doorstep
037. Plain Jayne
038. Precious Blessings
039. Forget Me Not
040. Where Courage Calls
041. Minding Molly
042. The Cinderella Plan
043. That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story
044. Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida
045. A Life of Joy
046. Sixty Acres and a Bride
047. The Forgotten Garden
048. The Last Bride
049. Simply Sara
050. Every Kind of Heaven
051. Unspoken
052. Scattered Petals
053. A Season of Love
054. Her Christmas Wish (Tiny Blessings Series #5)
055. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
056. My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide
057. Winter's Awakening
058. And the Mountains Echoed
059. The Wedding Planner's Daughter
060. Everyday Blessings
061. Westward Hearts
062. Silenced
063. Tomorrow's Garden
064. Past Secrets, Present Love
065. Walking on Water
066. A Marriage for Meghan
067. The Cupid Chronicles
068. Her Restless Heart
069. A McKaslin Homecoming
070. For Her Son's Love
071. Child of Mine
072. Undetected
073. Dream Dark
074. Love in the Balance
075. Dangerous Dream
076. When the Morning Comes
077. The Spymistress
078. Missionary Daddy
079. The Wounded Heart
080. Her Wedding Wish
081. When the Soul Mends
082. Dangerous Creatures
083. Heart of the Story: The Family of Jesus
084. The Cowboy's Reunited Family
085. The Midwife's Legacy
086. A Plain Man
087. Willa by Heart
088. A Mommy in Mind
089. Deadly Aim
090. Her Perfect Man
091. Angels Walking
092. Caught in the Middle
093. A Simple Winter
094. Forget Me Not
095. Single Dad Cowboy
096. The River
097. Hide in Plain Sight
098. An Amish Garden
099. Hearts Evergreen
100. Santa Maybe
101. Little Miss Matchmaker
102. His Holiday Heart
103. Upon a Winter's Night
104. Kris Kringle's Magic
105. Before Bethlehem
106. An Amish Second Christmas
107. The LDS Scriptures: Unabridged Complete King James Version Holy Bible /The Book of Mormon / Doctrine and Covenants / The Pearl of Great Price
108. Lasso Her Heart and Mistletoe Reunion
109. The Mistletoe Promise
110. Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe
111. The Mansion
112. An Amish Country Christmas
113. A Christmas to Die For
114. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith
115. Daily Wisdom for Women: 2014 Devotional Collection
(note: as of 18 August, I'm now 8 books behind where I should be to read 130, so I am giving myself some grace and changing to 120)
(note 2: as of 1 November, I'm still 5 books behind even for reading 120 . . . I will be starting my Christmas reads soon, so maybe that will help me catch up, but I'm looking at the very real possibility that I won't make my challenge this year!)

I did not complete my goal this year. Life got in the way, and well . . . there's always next year, right?

I started with 70, but have changed it to 50 ... about one book a week is enough.

Glenda wrote: "I started with 70, but have changed it to 50 ... about one book a week is enough."

I know what you mean Glenda. I prefer to surprise myself surpassing my 50 than come up short. Happy reading!

I read 75 last year and am hoping to do 100 this year!

How is everyone doing with this year's challenge?

my goal is 150, which is the same as last year. i read 128 books last year so i was hoping to push it higher this year. as of right now im 17 books behind schedule, but i am up to 48 books already this year. lets hope i can do it! :-)

I am in awe Crystal... I can't imagine 48 books so far this year.

some of them are novellas but ive been into the stephanie plum series, so thats 16 books so far just in that series lol. im getting to the point now that i need to read different books in between because the plum books are getting to be more of the same.

How is everyone doing with this year's reading challenge?

My goal is 40 and I am at 23, 5 books ahead. I will admit that some of them were novellas but that's okay!