Read Off The Shelves Challenge: How Did I Do?

I decided in January that I had purchased too many books and just popped them on my bookshelves "to be read later".  Sometimes that "later" became months, then years.  Eek. My challenge through March was to read as many books off my bookshelves as I could.  I then upped this challenge to putting $5.00 in my vacation fund for every one of those said books.  


How Did I Do??


Not too bad.  Could have done better.  I read 11 books off my bookshelves.  Since I have read 40 books this year, this is less than half of what I've read.  Dang it! What did I learn from this experience?


I still have too many books.


I must continue to work at those bookshelves.


I had some great reads sitting on my shelves.  So glad I finally got to them.  


I like tying reading into my vacation fund.  After all, that's what I like to do on vacation.  Read.


I've been reading so many wonderful book blogs, and many people are reading books that I have sitting on my shelves--ARCS that I've had for months!  So that's firing up my enthusiasm and keeping the fire burning.  


What's my next challenge?


Three more months of reading off the shelves:  goal is 24 books.


These are 24 books I already have; lordy me!  How will I manage to accomplish this task?  


Discipline.  And plugging my ears and singing to myself when someone tells me about a new book.  My goal for total book reading for April, May, and June is another 45 books.  And half of those must be what I've already got at home and on my Nook.  


I can do this.  Yes I can.  I'm off to add to the vacation fund.  

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Read Off The Shelves Challenge: How Did I Do?