2016 Bookish Resolutions -- March Progress Report

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March wasn't what I wanted it to be in all aspects of goals. Specifically, I keep telling myself to start my personal goals and work on my personal goals... but those personal goals can be a bit of a bitch. I also lost my mp3 player a couple months ago and have since lost some motivation to go to the gym... yeah, I know it's a flimsy excuse, but my lazy ass will use anything to allow myself to just be lazy, I guess.

HOWEVER, I am looking to replace my mp3 player in the next couple days, which will give me no more excuses! I hope.

Everything else was kind of okay and kind of meh. Blogging was a little scattered because I started a new project self-entitled, "Let's Create More Work For Myself By Building a Brand New Book Blog!!" I might be a little obsessed with organization right now.

Reading-wise, I got stuck on a slow-going book and have since been hemming and hawing about reading said slow-going book, or dumping it and moving on. I hate dropping books, but this is just plain ridiculous.

Blogging Goals

- 1 - Participate in at least 50% of the Top Ten Tuesday meme (@ The Broke and the Bookish) topics for 2016--that's 26 of the TTT topics.

Running Total: 6 Top Ten Tuesday posts written

January: 3 Top Ten Tuesday posts written

February: 2 Top Ten Tuesday posts written
March: 1 TTTs written

3/15/2016: Ten Books On My Spring TBR

- 2 - Continue to post Monthly Reading Wrap-ups... with a slightly less overwhelmingly bulky form.

January Reading Wrap-Up -- posted
February Reading Wrap-Up -- posted

- 3 - Create and try to maintain a blogging schedule.

January: Lots of out-of-control, lots of colors. See January update for more info.
February: No pictures this time. Just know that things are continuing to get more chaotic.
March: The fact that I'm still keeping up with this blogging schedule could mean one of two things:

-- I'm doing very well in my blogging goal endeavors -OR-

-- I seem to enjoy chaotically and colorful controlling itineraries for my reading life a little too much.

- Bonus Goal - Attempt participating in at least two other monthly/weekly bookish memes.

March My TBR List meme: Voting // Winning Book

-- Review of The Carriage House by Carla Neggers

Cover Crush on Thursdays:

3/3/2016: Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie

3/10/2016: SWAT by Paige Tyler -- focus on Wolf Trouble

3/17/2016: The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters

3/24/2016: Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst

Reading Goals

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- 1 - Finish reading 10 completed series that I have already started reading.

I finished one series this month and worked on finishing another already completed series with The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya--four more books to go on this one. Otherwise, I feel great having completed the Reboot duology since it's been such a long time since I'd read that first book.

Running Total: 3 completed series finished reading

January: 1 series finished
February: 1 series finished
March: 1 series finished

Reboot by Amy Tintera -- Completed 3/9/2016

Already Read: Reboot

#2: Rebel -- 3/9/2016

- 2 - Catch up with 5 ongoing series that I have already started reading.

It took me long enough, but it looks like I've finally caught up with one ongoing series I've been reading pre-2016. I haven't seen any other Cindy Gerard books slated for publication this year, so I guess it'll be a waiting game for the time to come.

The next series I'm looking to work on finishing up is going to either be KGI by Maya Banks (with two books left to finish reading), or maybe I'll try and catch up with one of the two ongoing Paige Tyler paranormal romantic suspense series, either X-Ops (with two more books to catch up with) or SWAT (also with two more books to catch up with).

Running Total: 1 ongoing series caught up with

January: 0 series finished
February: 0 series finished
March: 1 series caught up

One-Eyed Jacks by Cindy Gerard -- Completed 3/25/2016

Already Read: Killing Time, The Way Home, Running Blind

#4: Taking Fire -- 3/25/2016 -- Review to come

- 3 - Read 5 completed series that are new to me.

There were no new series completed this month. Bummer.

Running Total: 1 new to me completed series read

January: 1 series finished
February: 0 series read
March: 0 series read

- 4 - Participate in at least one Read-a-thon in 2016 (Bout of Books, Dewey's 24 Hour, any personal or community improv/unofficial read-a-thon, etc.)

-- GOAL COMPLETED -- 1/10/2016 --

Running Total = 2

January: Participated in Bout of Books Read-a-thon
February: There really weren't any read-a-thons I was interested in participating in. Maybe next time.
March: Here we have a second read-a-thon that seemed interesting. And I thought I wouldn't do another one for a while. Participated in 24 Hour Take Control TBR Pile

24 Hour Take Control TBR Pile Read-a-thon: March 12, 2016

24 Hour Take Control TBR Pile Read-a-thon -- Participation Post

24 Take Control Read-a-thon -- Starter Post

24 Take Control Read-a-thon -- Wrap-up

- 5 - Pick up at least 10 new to me authors (books not pre-listed for my 2016 Reading Assignment Challenge).

Running Total: 8 new-to-me authors read

January: 3 new-to-me authors read
February: 3 new-to-me authors read
March: 2 new-to-me authors read

Author name // Book(s) Read

1. Vicki Lewis Thompson // Heaven Scent -- 2/28/2016*

2. E.K. Johnston // A Thousand Nights -- 3/3/2016

*novella is part of the Behind the Red Doors anthology -- entire book finished 3/1/2016, even though this particular novella was read in February

- 6 - Accomplish my 2016 Mount TBR Reading Challenge goals. Tackle those books already on my shelves pre-2016!

Running Total: 15 Mt. TBR books read

January: 6 books read
February: 5 books read
March: 4 books read

1. Behind the Red Doors anthology -- 3/1/2016

2. The Carriage House by Carla Neggers -- 3/19/2016

3. The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa -- 3/23/2016

4. The Edge of Night by Jill Sorenson -- 3/29/2016

See also My 2016 Mount TBR Challenge summary post for complete listing.

Personal Goals

- 1 - Clock at least 2 hours of cardio workout each month.

Running Total: 2.42 hours cardio

January: 0 hours cardio clocked
February: 2.42 hours cardio clocked
March: 0 hours cardio

There was no cardio done. But it's only March and I've got even bigger goals amidst these proclaimed goals. We will continue to persevere!!

- 2 - Attempt to work out at least twice a week. Failing that, attempt to work out at least 8 times a month (which will be met if I can get my lazy ass to work out at least twice a week).

Running Total: 3.5 times worked out

January: 0 times worked out
February: 1 time worked out
March: 2.5 times worked out

Okay, technically I didn't really go to the gym or anything. But during my random and sparse mornings of stretching exercises, I have been throwing in some crunches of various forms, some other core exercises, maybe a minute or two of planks, and some squats. So, spread out into different days, all added together, I guesstimated that I at least did enough little semi-workouts enough to add up to 2.5 times.

Sounds legit, right?

- 3 - Learn 12 new recipes. Actually make said recipes. And take pictures. For evidence.

Apparently cooking is not my thing right now.

Yearly Total: 1 new recipe