After my long slump in April and May, I came back to find that I was 27 books behind pace. I wasn't surprised. After all, 200 books a year means reading a book every day and a half, or so. It's a tough goal and I wasn't necessarily going to be heartbroken if I didn't make it. I certainly hadn't been reading enough to keep up with it. So, when I saw how far behind I was, it felt kind of liberating. Sort of like, "Aw shucks, guess that just isn't going to happen. Oh well."
Then I went on a reading binge. Since school ended, I've been reading a book every day and two in a couple of instances. So now I'm only 23 books behind. It doesn't sound like like that big a gain, but when your pace to just tread water is one book every 1.75 days, it's tough to make up ground once you fall behind. Now I wonder if I can catch up this summer after all. Catching up would mean 100 books by the end of June or 117 by the end of July. I'm good, but reading 38 books to catch up by June is a lot of reading. 55 books by the end of July sounds more feasible, but still pretty unlikely.
Who knows. I'm making up ground now, I guess, I'll just see where I am by the end of June and decide if I'm going for it.
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