Keeping New Year's Resolutions

We've made it through the first week of 2012! How's it going with keeping all those New Year's Resolutions? Yeah...us too.

Here's a few recent titles you'll find at the library to help you stick with your goals!

Improving physical fitness:

Complete Guide to Fitness and Health, Barbara Bushman, ed.

Fitness Illustrated by Brian Sharkey

Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise by Alex Hutchinson

Getting a handle on your personal finances:

How to Speak Money: the Language and Knowledge You Need Now by Ali Velshi and Christine Romans.

The Handy Personal Finance Answer Book by Paul Tucci

The Real Cost of Living: Making the Best Choices for You, Your Life, and Your Money by Carmen Wong Ulrich

Eating well:

The America's Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook by the editors at America's Test Kitchen

The Joy of Eating Well by Andrew Weil and Carolyn Ross

The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living by Mark Bittman

Feeling successful and fulfilled at work:

The 9-to-5 Cure: Work on Your Own Terms and Reinvent Your Life by Kristen Cardinale


Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job by Jon Acuff

48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller

Lastly, if you've made a resolution to rediscover your love of reading (a worthy goal, in our opinion), check out Alan Jacobs' The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, for his thoughts on the simple act of reading in not-so-simple times. Then be sure to take advantage of the friendly staff at your favorite Siouxland Libraries branch, who are always eager to give you reading suggestions!

Happy 2012!