Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and my own challenge

I recently read Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch.  I really wanted to love this book, unfortunately it was a little boring.  I loved her passion for books and I felt for her losing her sister.  Even though the book wasn't all I hoped it would be, it did inspire me. I loved the idea of reading a book a day.  Right away I thought it would be perfect, I'm about to turn 39.  I had a hard time turning 30.  Really hard.  Now 40 is looming.  Where has the time gone?  What better way to end my 30's and enter my 40's than with an impressive book challenge?  I love reading, I always have.  There have been years when raising my 4 children, that books had to take a backseat, however now I had babies to read to!  Then I decided to homeschool them and of course we used a literature approach to learning.  I still read aloud to my youngest two (13 and 14 years old) on an almost daily basis.  Now that they're all teenagers (I have an almost 18 and a 19 year old as well) I have a lot of time to read. 

As much as I wanted to read a book a day, I am realistic.  I'm not that fast of a reader and there are too many days that life takes over and I don't get much of a chance to read.  We will have company, I can't read a whole book when we have family in from out of town.  I thought about it and talked to my oldest daughter and have decided that 200 books will be a good goal.  It will be challenging and rewarding.  I may not reach the goal, but no matter what, I still win.  I look forward to reading new and different books that I wouldn't normally pick up.  I look forward to buying new books, making use of our local library, but most of all I look forward to not dwelling on the fact that next year I will be 40.  I will lose myself in stories, I will learn, I will grow. 

I changed my url to sandwavesandbooks.  My favorite place to read, besides my bed, is the beach.  It's so relaxing and the perfect place to be transported to another time and place.  I plan to list each book I read and maybe write a line or two about them.  I'm not much on writing reviews.  If anyone decided to do a similar challenge, please leave a comment and let me know, I'd love to follow you.