5-star reads just don't come along very often. (a book has to be really fabulous for me to give it 5 stars.) that said, i also read a few real duds this year, too!
early in the year, i decided i wanted to focus more on my reading. i spent a while thinking about what that meant, exactly. (especially because i have always - all my life - focused on my reading!) i came to the understanding that what i wanted . . . was to focus more on making my reading meaningful. i decided to slow down. to make better connections with what i was reading - and to, ultimately, 