A new year is upon us, and it is time to once again set a goal of reading a book a week for the entire year, totaling 52 books in 52 weeks.

Last year, for the second straight time, I passed my goal, ending with 55 books finished.  Prior to that, I’d had a low point of 8 books back in 2010 and a high point of 54 books.

Since I have nothing but time again this year, now that I am officially a remote worker, I’m going to give it another go.  I’ve got plenty of new books stocked up in the Kindle app on my iPad, not to mention one or two birthday and Christmas presents and my handy dandy library card, so I’ve got a good pile to start with.  As a reminder, the rules I am using are:

• You can count a book as read as long as you have completed the book in 2023 and at least 50% of that reading takes place in 2023.
• Any book counts as long as you’re not embarrassed to count it.
• Poetry collections do indeed count.
• Re-reading a book is okay as long as it isn’t done this year. (Reading Twilight twice in 2023 only counts as 1 read).
• Audiobooks also count.

My first book of the year looks like it will be My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix.  Here’s hoping 2022 is another good year when it comes to books.