The 999 Challenge

So, this year is almost done, and I'm starting to think about goals for next year. (It's the Daddy's fault; he's very organized like that, and I got infected.) At the same time, I've been looking at my list of books I read this year, and thinking that it's a little short: only 15 books for the year. I have a ton of books that are either half-finished or they're just sitting there, waiting for me to get to them. So I think a book goal is in order. While I'm sort of kicking this idea around in my head, I happened to browse around Celestia's blog, and found her book goal from a couple years ago. Looks cool. Think I'll swipe it, even though it's not 2009 anymore. Like Celestia, I probably won't get clear to 72 books; that's about 1 1/2 a week, and I have enough other things to do that I'm not so sure that I can do that much. But setting a goal should keep me on task better than I was this year. I don't have a whole list yet, not even 9 categories. But I've got enough to get started.

9 books in 9 categories,

9 can overlap, 72 books total

I. History/Biography

• The Real Benjamin Franklin
• The Historic Atlas of the Bible

II. Politics/Founding

• 5000 Year Leap
• Federalist Papers, essays #4-25
• Federalist Papers essays #26-50
• America's Constitution

III. Read-Alouds with Kids

• Beowulf
• King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

IV. Parenting

• Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
• Christlike Parenting
• Transforming the Difficult Child

V. Religious

• The Book of Mormon
• Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem

There'll be more. I built a new tab to keep track of this goal, so the updates will be up there.