Yes, the year 2010 is done, and I feel like all the bloggers I follow have written their Year in Review posts, with lists, stats, and general thoughts on their reading for the past year…and I’m finally just starting mine. But in the space of life, what’s a few days’…
Tag: 2010 challenge
How the heck am I doing? Reading Challenges update
It is May 2nd, first four months of the year already done, and I haven’t yet posted an update on my 2010 Reading Challenges. So, I decided today is a good time to take a look at my progress to date (if any). The first challenge I decided to try…
Some thoughts on reading, on my son’s birthday
Today is Valentine’s Day, and also my son Kyle’s 10th birthday. Jeff and I have been parents for a whole decade. This is too frightening to contemplate for too long, so I’ll quickly move on from there… But anyway, Kyle had three friends over last evening, and two of them…
Joining two more Reading Challenges for 2010
There is never never never enough time for me to get all my stuff together. I started a post LAST Friday about a reading challenge I’d decided to join, and here it is, Friday again, and I figured I should just start over, and talk (briefly) about BOTH of the…
Recently traveling, currently reading
It may seem that I became quiet all of the sudden, but really I’ve been busy. A week ago, I flew to Washington, DC, for the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. I had a poster accepted for a poster session, and was able to get approval to travel….
RYOB Challenge 2010, or, Shopping in my own shelves
It’s only in the past few months that I’ve started thinking about reading challenges. I know there are challenge groups on LibraryThing, of course, and I’ve been a member of the 50 Book Challenge for 2008 and 2009 (mainly to have a single place to track my reading, not really…
100 Mile Fitness Challenge 2: Jan.–Mar. 2010
A blogger named Trish (of Trish’s Reading Nook) is leading the 100 Mile Fitness Challenge, in which participants try to walk or run 100 miles during a three-month period — specifically, January 1 through March 31, 2010. You can substitute other exercise as well, as long as it falls within…