Reading goals 2013

First off - I want to learn more about the industry I work in. I want to have a better skill set to analyze the books I read both for work & not. I am basing my self study on some course curriculum I found online, adding audio books and other podcasts/iTuneU materials.

Second, there is a reading challenge I can totally get into. Library of Clean Reads mentioned the "I Love Italy" Challenge. Below is her list. I've marked the ones I've read with a *

 Books I read for this challenge in 2012:

1. Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
2. The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani*
3. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
4. Dangerous Favor by Joyce DiPastena
5. A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
6. The Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon (Audio book)
7. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

Books I read for this challenge in 2011:

1. Juliet by Anne Fortier*
2. The Lovely Shoes by Susan Shreve*
3 .The Eternal City by Domenica de Rosa
4. The Italian Quarter by Domenica de Rosa
5. How to Love an American Man by Kristine Gasbarre
6. Frederico, the Mouse Violinist by Mayra Calvani
7. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner*
8. Chique Secrets of Dolce Vita by Barbara Conelli



So I have a ways to go but I think it's a great list and there may be others to add.


Lastly, there will be a bookshelf makeover. There will be a cataloging, selling, donating, sharing and reading of the books I have. And I will write.