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At long last, I have read 23 books in less than a year and completed this goal!

On Oct 22, 2007, I started this goal, and I completed it on October 1, 2008. The 23 books I read, in order are:

1. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
2. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
3. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children by Neale S. Godfrey
4. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
6. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
7. The Children of Men by P.D. James
8. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
9. Speed Cleaning 101: Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half! by Laura Dellutri
10. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
11. The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
12. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
13. Girl Boy Etc. by Michael Weinreb
14. Mort by Terry Pratchett
15. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
16. Company: A Novel by Max Barry
17. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
18. Jennifer Government by Max Barry
19. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
20. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
21. Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
22. The View from the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier
23. How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt & Live Prosperously by Jerrold Mundis

Here is the summary/review of the last of my 23 Books, completed on October 1, 2008:

October 2008 (Month 12)

23. How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt & Live Prosperously by Jerrold Mundis
    Whether you have $100 or $100,000 in debt, this book has many effective strategies for getting out of debt and staying out. The first section of the book helps you deal with various "broken" views regarding money and debt, helping you understand why you might feel the need to debt. The second section helps put everything into perspective and take some stress off the way you think about your financial status. The third section gives you the tools you need to take control of your finances and truly understand what's going on with your money. The final section helps you with the final stages of getting free from debt and how to increase your prosperity.
    The central concept of this book is: "Just for today, one day, do not incur any new debt." More importantly, the book helps you keep to this rule each and every day. Most of the ideas are based on the Back in Black program used by Debtors Anonymous.

This turned out to be an awesome goal to have (and complete) because it really has gotten me back into reading.