2013 is going to be a BIG year!

Happy New year to all! I hope you had a wonderful 2012 and that you are looking forward to a bright and happy 2013. Congratulations to everyone on surviving December 21, 2012! I was a little worried about the apocalypse and didn’t want the wedding theme to be post-apocalyptic chic. Big sigh of relief there.

I’m determined to make 2013 the most wonderful year yet. Our wedding is in June, I turn 30 in September, my best friend is getting married in October, and somewhere in there Josh and I are going to be taking our honeymoon. Exciting stuff! Here are my resolutions to make this year the best one yet:

1. Plan a wonderful wedding and remember to enjoy the process
2. Be a wonderful bridesmaid to my best friend Ashley
3. Drink more water and work out more
4. Get my anxiety under control
5. Keep reading

Speaking of reading, this past year I decided to keep track of the books I read. My dad has a list of all the books that he’s read for many many years! I thought it could be neat to look back one day, so 2012 was my first year of keeping track. Here is the list of books I read this past year:

Crossed - Ally Condie

Simon Says – Lori Foster

Gone - Michael Grant

Hunger - Michael Grant

Lies - Michael Grant

Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris

Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (Re-Read)

Silent in the Grace – Deanna Raybourne

Crank – Ellen Hopkins

Glass – Ellen Hopkins

Fallout – Ellen Hopkins

Stuart Woods – Short Straw

Thirst – Christopher Pike

I’ve Got your Number – Sophia Kinsella

I am legend – Richard Matheson (audio)

Paris Vendetta – Steve Berry (audio)

Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

Angeles – Marian Keyes

The Long Walk – Stephen King (audio)

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (audio)

Cocktails for Three – Madeleine Wickham

Next - Michael Crichton (audio)

50 Shades of Gray – E.L. James 

There’s a Slight Chance I Might be Going to Hell – Laurie Notaro

Me and Mr. Darcy – Alexandra Potter

A Year in Provence – Peter Mayle (Audio)

World War Z – Max Brooks

Casual Vacancy – JK Rowling

Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler (Audio)

Animal Farm – George Orwell  (Audio)

Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut (audio)

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (audio)

Brave New World – Aldus Huxley (Audio)

Casual Vacancy – J.K. Rowling

Watership Down – Richard Adams (Audio)

Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card (Audio)

So Notorious – Tori Spelling

Pretty wide variety, yeah? Lets see if I can beat 37 books in 2013; with all the events planned it will definitely be a challenge. Good luck with all of your New Year’s resolutions. Christmas post coming soon!