I just found out about the fifty-fifty challenge through KPBS online and seeing that it’s quite unrealistic for me to being this challenge almost mid-way through the year, I’ve decided to start it, but cut it in half.  So, the goal, my friends, will be to read 25 books and watch 25 films in 2012.  I’m going to count my art history books in that 25, but hopefully will throw in some good fiction and creative non-fiction as well.

Inspired by my first trip to Powell’s Books and the fact that I’m working for Kaya Press, I’m going to make sure that some of those books are actual, physical books rather than just those digital whimsies that magically appear on my Kindle.  Perusing through Powell’s, I realized how much I love the look and feel of books — the weight, the rough edges of hand-cut paper, the beauty of a well-designed cover.

Even contemplating joining the Indiespensable club or at least figuring out how Kaya can get involved.  If only I had an endless book-buying fund…