New Year's Resolutions 2013

Generally I write about 30 to 40 goals in my journal because I'm awesome like that, but here is an abridged version.

1. Read 75 books. Well, wait. After last year's disaster, let's make that 60.
2. See 25 movies in the theatre. Only saw 23 last year. Waah.
3. Visit/host two college friends' visits.
4. Weekend getaway with besties for birthday.
5. Create/finalize curriculum for Modern Brit Lit.
6. Finish journal.
7. See four touring Broadway shows.
8. See a concert.
9. Weekend getaway--at least two others.
10. Pay off half of credit card (nearly maxed out. Again, waah!)
11. Maintain weight.
12. Try one new thing this year. (Last year: tubing and golfing.)
13. Go to four new places/restaurants/etc. in DsM.
14. Read two nonfiction books.
15. Have a GB girls reunion weekend.

Books Read in 2012

January:

1.The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
2. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
3. India Black by Carol K. Carr
4. The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
5. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich

March:
6. Hot Wheels and High Heels by Jane Graves
7. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
9. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

April:
10. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

May:
11. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (x4 for school)
12. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
13. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (x2 for school)
14. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
15. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
16. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

 June:
17. I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
18. Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
19. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
20. The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

July:
21. Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins
22.  Murder on Sister's Row by Victoria Thompson

August:
23. Doing Literary Criticism by Tim Gillespie

October:
24. Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman

December:
25. Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
26. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

My goal was to read 75 books. I read 26. Worst reading year ever. Waaah! I'll make up for it next year? Maybe? Hopefully?

Movies Seen in 2012

January:

1. Waitress

2. BBC's Sense and Sensibility
3. The King's Speech
4. Downton Abbey Season 1
5. Unknown
6. Enemy of the State
7. Friends with Benefits

February:
6. One for the Money
7. What's Your Number
8. Morning Glory
9. Annie
10. Runaway Jury
11. The Woman in Black

March:
12. American History X
13. Arachnophobia
14. Tower Heist
15. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
16. Hugo
17. The Hunger Games
18. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

April:
19. 21 Jump Street
20. Mirror, Mirror
21. The House Bunny
22. American Reunion
23. Tower Heist
24. Valkyrie
25. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

May:
26. The Sitter
27. One for the Money
28. The Sound of Music
29. Aladdin

June:
29. Drive
30. Man on a Ledge
31. Rise of the Phoenix
32. Snow White and the Huntsman
33. Rock of Ages
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
35. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
36. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

July:
38. Ted
39. Safehouse
40. Magic Mike
41. Brave
42. American Reunion
43. American Gangster
44. The Book of Eli
45. The Dark Knight Rises

August:
46. ATM
47. The Change-Up
48. The Campaign

September:
49. The Bourne Legacy
50. Lawless
51. The Bourne Legacy
52. The Bourne Legacy
53. Office Space
54. The House Bunny

October:
55. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
56. Contraband
57. The Sandlot
58. Taken 2

November:
59. Fun Size
60. The Five Year Engagement
61. The Hunger Games
62. Flight
63. Inside Man
64. National Treasure
65. Seeking Justice
66. Argo
67. Bad Teacher

December:
68. The Bourne Ultimatum
69. The Hunger Games
70. The Hobbit