We're nearing the end of the year... time to check up on my progress. I am afraid that it's not that good. I let myself get side tracked with library books during the first half of the year. I am committing myself to doing better next year. I really want to cut down on the boxes of unread books stacked in the closet.

1. Tell us how many miles you've made it up your mountain (# of books read). If you're really ambitious, you can do some intricate math and figure out how the number of books you've read correlates to actual miles up Pike's Peak, Mt. Ararat, etc. And feel free to tell us about any particularly exciting adventures you've had along the way.

I'm only 59 miles out of 150.... That's 39.3%. I am so ashamed of myself. I have boxes upon boxes of books in the closet and I've only read 59 of those this year. And to make it even sadder, I've read 132 total books this year.