Happy Memorial Day!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their day. Just a quick note to let you all know that my list is complete. You can check it out to the right. I'll post something of significance later today (hopefully). Happy Memorial Day!!!

Books!!

I now have a list of only 87 books. This is bothersome because I want to have a completed list to begin June 1st. One of my readers suggested that I include a series but I have decided not to do that because I want to have a wider range of books. I want to read things that I wouldn't normally (biographies, classics, etc). Any book that you want to read or that you have recently/semi-recently, please leave it in a comment. I need a list!! It is another of my freakish quirks... I can't have a partial list before beginning my challenge. Forgive me for being so OCD.

Also, another of my readers posted her own Summer Challenge and I think it's awesome. Anyone else have something like this going on?

Much love and many blessings,
Cass

Friday Follow - Memorial Day Weekend

Oh yes friends, it is again Friday, the day that gets most of us through the rest of the week. I am particularly found of this Friday because it is also followed by a Monday off. When you have Tuesdays off like I do, that makes for a 5 DAY WEEKEND! Cheers!

I hope you all are safe and happy this weekend. Also, please try to remember the reason for this beautiful weekend and thank any service men and women that you know.

84 of 100

I've decided on 84 of the 100 books I'm planning to read. The sad part is that probably 10-12 of those are books I already owned that I have never gotten around to reading. :D This is very exciting and also a little scary. I think I must be crazy trying to take this on with a wild and wiggly 10 month-old to chase after. Hopefully I can make it happen and most importantly have fun with it. I also need to prove to myself that I can accomplish a not-so-important, long-term goal. I am normally pretty flippant about stuff like this, which irritates me. I want to set a goal that doesn't HAVE to be met and still reach it. It will make me feel less lazy I guess. Also, I still need to pick 16 more books, so I'll post my list thus far (over on the right -->), and please give me suggestions to add to it!

Summer Reading... I feel like I'm in high school

I feel like I'm in high school because I was as much of a nerd then as I am today and in turn, I've decided to make myself a HUGE Summer Reading list. Typically back in the day, they made you pick two books to read and write a paper about and/or take a test on. Mega-nerd here usually read them all and picked my favorites to write about.

Anyway, I'm trying to decide if I should create a list and instead of only reading this summer, possibly create a challenge to read 100 books in 365 days. As a disclaimer, this is not my own idea, I read it on another blog and thought it was a great idea. I'm also considering making it a weekly event to write reviews on some of these books.

So, over the course of writing this blog, I've decided to create a major list (100 books) and start this new challenge June 1st. Any suggestions regarding books between now and then will be appreciated and likely added to the list (unless I've already read them). Also, if anyone wants to take this journey with me, I'd be glad to have someone to talk to about the books we read.

On a side note, thanks for all the encouraging words and prayers. I love my little blog community!

~Cassie