Books that I want to finish before the end of the year.

Hello everyone! 

(I am trying out centering my posts instead of putting them from left to right. Let me know what you think of it.)

Today I am making a post that I have made before and I feel like you guys were just shaking your heads when you saw the title of this post. Today I am making another book goals blog post but I am going to do something different this time. 

This time I am going to be making myself to write down what I read of a book for the day and I will be taping post-it notes to my vanity mirror so that I can remind myself that I have to get these books done! During my weekly posts I will give you updates. Maybe I will just post twice a week like I used to and have one be an updates post. Let me know what you think of that.

I want to set a goal of reading at least two books a month for the rest of the year. With school and work I think that is a pretty good goal.

All of these books are books that I physically own. I want to reduce the amount of books on my TBR. So on to the books that I want to read before the year is over!

None of these are in a particular order.

The first book that I am dying to complete is All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. When I get done with The Son of Neptune I think that I will pick this one up!

The next book that I would like to pick up is After You by Jojo Moyes. I read Me Before You earlier this year and loved it so I can't wait to see what I think of the second book.

The next two on the list go together and they are The Mark of Athena and The House of Hades by Rick Riordan. My goal for the year is to finish this series. I know that I didn't include The Blood of Olympus in this group but I am hoping I can squeeze it in somewhere.

The next book I am going to mention I have already saw the movie for and that book is The Martian by Andy Weir. I really enjoyed the movie and can't wait to read the book.

I have also seen the movie of the next book that I am about to mention but I saw the movie a long time ago. That book is The Lovely Bones. I remember this movie creeping me out but I can't remember much of the plot.

These next two books I have been dying to read for a while now but just haven't picked up. I think I have tried to read both of these books a few times but got so caught up in school or another book that I put them down. The two books that I am talking about are Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and Let It Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson. 

Well that is my list of books that I would like to complete before the end of the year. The sad thing is that I am 9 books behind on my reading goal for the year. I'm not sure I will be able to complete it before the year ends but I am not going to stress myself out if I don't read 45 books. 

Let me know in the comments what books you would like to complete before the year ends.

Thank you for reading! 

I hope you have a great day!

~Mariah

Goals for the rest of 2016

Hello everyone!

I think that it is always a good idea to have several goals for yourself to complete throughout the year.  Earlier this year I wrote a post about the goals I wanted to complete this year.
I thought today I could could check in with the previous goals that I made and make some new goals.
At the beginning of the year my goals were very simple. Drink more water, walk more, read more, etc.

I think that I am doing pretty good on the walking part. I have not reached 10,000 steps a day like my Fitbit says I should but at least I am walking. My Fitbit says that I average 6,000 steps a day.
I am not drinking as much water as I should. (I am currently on vacation and have not met my water goal at all this week.)
I have completed 19 novels so far this year but I am 5 books behind. :(

Now that I have updated you on my goals from the beginning of the year I want to get into the goals that I have made for myself for the rest of the year.

1. I am going to try to not buy anymore books. 

If you see any book hauls on my Instagram or on here those books were bought in the past. I recently stopped by Goodwill and got some books. If I end up going back on this goal I will let you know. 

The reason I am making this goal is because I want to save up money for things like college, a camera, and (maybe) BEA 2017. The twenty dollars or so that I spend every month or every two months may not seem like much to save but it will add up at the end of the year.

2. Read the books that I own that are on my TBR.

This goal goes along with goal 1. I have 42+ books on my TBR. I think that is the most unread books that I have ever had in my life. I don't like that there are so many books that I own that have not been read.

3. I want to be more daring/outgoing.

I am a very introverted person. If you have seen any of my YouTube videos you probably caught on to that. This goal is mainly aimed at the August-December months because that is when school is in session. I want to force myself to join clubs and volunteer. I want to experience more.

I know that three new goals is not a lot but it is a start. I might end up adding more as time goes on. What goals do you have set for yourself this year?

Thanks for reading.

I hope you have a great day!

 ~Mariah

My Goals for 2016

Hello everyone!
I have thinking a lot about what I would like to accomplish for 2016 and this is what I came up with.
1. I would like to walk more and drink more water. I got a Fitbit in October. I did well to start out with but over the holidays I have gotten lazy. I remember someone telling me that people are supposed to drink half of their body weight in ounces and I hardly every do that.
2. I would like to write more blog posts. I have really enjoyed writing on this blog and I would like to continue with it. When school starts back up I probably won't write as much but I would still like to stick with the idea of posting every Tuesday/Wednesday.
3. I would like to talk more about TV shows or movies on this blog. I have started watching some new shows this past year and I would like to share them with you. I am not sure if I will do a review of them or a recommendation post.
4. I would like to read 45 books this year.
5. My last goal for this year is that I would like to start/finish book series.

Let me know what goals you have set for this year.

Thanks for reading. I hope you have a good day!
~Mariah