Well, sort of. A couple weeks back, I maxed out on my goal of 65 books for '011. Truthfully, I'd no idea how much time I'd get to devote to my fun reading. So I tried to hit a happy middle number.

Luckily, the good folks at Goodreads are forgiving, and GR let's you up your total if you like. So, I went and bumped up my new total to 75 books, figuring I'd slow down considerably this summer with everything that's going on. You know, putting out my own three novels this year.

Anyways, now I see I'm at 71 books, four shy of my new total. Good grief, here we go again. When I reset the total, I'll probably shoot for 100 books. That sounds like a nice productive number to me.

How is your 2011 Reading Challenge shaping up? Satisfactorily, I hope.

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Definitely recommend you take a fictional journey to Lake Charles."
Elizabeth A. White's Musings of an All Purpose Monkey