Since the number of books to be read is not a dwindling constant, I am finding this task to be challenging. Since entering this goal online, I have read four books and currently have three others in progress. This sounds remarkably like progress until I realize:

1. The woman who does my nails has given me three of her books to read.
2. In unpacking moving boxes I found another eleven books, two of them unread and still in the shopping bag from the bookstore.
3. My in-laws are here for a visit and gave us three books as part of our housewarming gift.

Even if I count the three “in progress” books as “completed” books, I have still managed to fall behind by one book from where I started. It seems that books (like paper mess and bunny rabbits) multiply when left unattended.