New Year, New Start

Today is the day people around the world are "starting fresh" for the new year. New habits. Diets. Workout routines. A "clean slate." I've even written up some of my resolutions, but I'm old enough to realize that New Year's Resolutions aren't as easy to instill as writing them on paper. It first takes a decision, and then determination and perseverance to continue to follow through with the resolutions.

One of my resolutions is to read more books. Not a daunting task, mind you, since I read 26 books this year (picture below) but I want to read books outside of my desired genre of historical fiction. I'm not exactly sure which books I want to read, that is something I will decide upon later. If you have any suggestions, I'm listening.

I read every book pictured here (23 total) plus three more during 2014. 

My goal is to read at least another 26 more during 2015.

Going back to the idea of clean slates, my first book of 2015 has a similar theme of 'new life' and trust. A Change of Fortune by Jen Turano depicts an English aristocrat whose fortune was stolen. Eliza traveled to America to find the thieves and her fortune, but instead found a life with a different 'fortune' awaiting her. In classic Turano style, mystery and adventure move the story along with twists and delicious characters - chivalrous and brooding gentlemen, delicate yet determined ladies, and matchmaking mothers, and those are only the "good guys."