Tweet I vowed to read 50 books and watch 50 movies in 2012 as part of the international Fifty Fifty Me Challenge. Last year I read a book a week, which forced me to read at a quicker pace, but I prefer having several books going at once. Without a doubt, the “fifty” goal has been…
Tweet Hello readers and movie watchers. I’m reporting on the first quarter stats and picks for my 2012 “Fifty Fifty Me Challenge.” What’s the Fifty Fifty Me Challenge, you ask? It’s the “movement” to read fifty books and watch fifty movies in 2012. We’re immersing ourselves in the world of a good story, and it’s…
Tweet For 2011, I read a book every week for my blog’s Book-a-Week Challenge. Guess how many people participated? Maybe three, and I was one of them. So when I heard about the hundreds signing up for the FIFTY FIFTY ME challenge to read 50 books and watch 50 films by the end of…
Tweet I’ve always been a regular reader, but in late February of this year I realized the pace of my reading was no match for the ever-growing pile of books on my nightstand. Frankly, reading one book a week isn’t making a significant dent in the aforementioned pile, but I’m consistently chipping away at it,…
Tweet As I discussed last week after going 21 days without dessert, I noticed having a blog is good for achieving random goals–even if nobody cares about the self-imposed expectation other than YOU, the blogger. With that in mind, I chose a new challenge for the rest of 2011. And as promised, this challenge does…
Welcome! I am a freelance writer living in Minneapolis with my husband and four children. My essays on parenting, social media etiquette, improving my habits, Jewish life and more appear in the Huffington Post, Kveller.com, The Jewish Daily Forward and elsewhere. I'm glad you found your way here!
