I’m joining the Celtic Coasts challenge for the 4th year and giving myself freedom without a goal. So unlike me! I’m going to drift along and see where the year takes me and how many books I read that fit the challenge parameters: an author born or residing in one of the three Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland, & Wales, literature that takes place among these countries, or is connected to them strongly. Thanks to Carolyn for hosting and I’m looking forward to a fun year!
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. In keeping with my word of the year for 2018, LIGHTEN, I cut back on reading challenges but wanted to play along with Carolyn’s fun challenges.
This was my third year for Celtic Coasts which looks for books with a tie to Ireland, Wales, or Scotland in setting or author. I set a goal of 25 books this year with a Celtic tie and with my challenging year of less reading, I only read 16. But that’s still pretty good. All the binge reading of Anne Perry for another challenge really helped. Here’s what I accomplished:
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. In keeping with my word of the year for 2018, LIGHTEN, I cut back on reading challenges but wanted to play along with Carolyn’s fun challenges. I set a goal for each one and figured I would be done when I accomplished it, but with some I just kept going. This was my third year for My Kind of Mystery. Last year I logged 71 mysteries for the year, and in order to lighten, I set a goal of 25 books this year and accomplished 34, even with the an abbreviated reading schedule. Here’s what I accomplished:
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. In keeping with my word of the year for 2018, LIGHTEN, I cut back on reading challenges but wanted to play along with Carolyn’s fun challenges. I set a goal for each one and figured I would be done when I accomplished it, but with some I just kept going. This was year no. 5 for me with Gentle Spectrums and I although I planned to get one book for each category and accomplish the challenge, I just kept going and added more books. Here’s what I accomplished:
For 2018 I chose the word LIGHTEN in an attempt to lighten my life in many ways: my stress, my stuff, my body. I tried to throw off the things holding me down and even though the second half of the year was a bend in the road I hadn’t anticipated, I feel like the word was a success. During the home remodel we definitely lightened a ton of stuff that was tossed or donated. There is still some work to do there, but we are committed to getting rid of stuff and not accumulating more. I only lost a few more pounds during the year, but didn’t gain any, so I am feeling stable and almost pain-free. Unfortunately, I didn’t lighten my stress but because I began the year with many projects going early, I was able to mostly weather the end of year deadlines, so I call that a win. [Read more…] about One Little Word 2019
