50 books read, that is. I set my ambitious goal after moving to Oaxaca in April, and I have consistently read a lot. Problem is, I often read big, dense, books. Books I want to savor and digest. There weren't enough short, easy reads sprinkled in the mix to get me to 50. But hey, it was an arbitrary number. Maybe next year I'll set my goal to 39, or 61. It doesn't matter. I'll never stop reading.

In other news, Ocean, which I had hoped to finish by the end of the year, will likely be published in the early spring. It had turned into a dense book requiring predigesting so you can savor it.