A stretch goal

I stumbled upon that term the other day online. A stretch goal is just a bucket list goal with better PR. Instead of setting the goal's focus on something you do before you die, which, honestly, is a little negative, the focus is on stretching yourself is some way to improve yourself. I like it. It's a little zen, a little I hug trees because they need it, a little awesome.

Which brings me to my new stretch goal:

I love to read...seriously. No hyperbole at all. If you know me, you know that about me. If you've been to our home, you've seen how we 'decorate' with our books. Now, two of my goals this year are to finish reading the King canon and to view AFI's top 100 movies in reverse order. The King goal is all about getting some serious reading of my favorite author done; the other comes with lots of bonus reading as well as some serious movie viewing. However, I don't want to spend my whole year only reading King or mountain sized novels or stuff for school, so enter today's goal.

I'm going to read 52 nonKing, nonAFI books this year. That breaks down to about a book a month ( if I did my math correctly...I do teach English guys). Haha...just kidding, I know it's a week. This is definitely a goal I can achieve. I've been blowing through books since January when I got my kindle so I think this indefinitely doable. Yesterday, I was an emperor; today, I am invincible....or something. Go me...

Here are a few of the novels I want to read this year. They have been sitting on my nightstand for a while and they deserve a chance:
The Satanic Verses
Middlesex
The Road
The Help
Ethan Frome
Lolita






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