OK, I know this listing is getting ridiculous. However, I may take next week off from blogging to get started on my other projects, so this will keep inveterate and obsessive readers of Semicolon busy while I seek to reconnect with the rest of my life. Scroll down for the Saturday Review of Books: Lists Edition.

12 Projects for 2009. I have my work cut out for me.

12 Predictions for 2009. Mostly just for fun.

12 Books I’m Looking Forward To Reading in 2009.

12 Best Reading Lists of 2008. This list includes information on the Semicolon Book Club which may be of interest to some of you.

12 Best Blog Posts I Linked To in 2008. Good reading even in 2009.

12 Best Semicolon Posts of 2008. More good reading, if I do say so myself.

12 Best Nonfiction Books I Read in 2008.

12 Best Adult FIction Books I Read in 2008.

12 Best Young Adult Fiction Books I Read in 2008.

12 Best Children’s Fiction Books I Read in 2008.

If you’re counting, that’s only 10 lists, not 12, but it’ll have to do. Scroll down for more (book) lists from all your favorite Saturday reviewers, and I’ll see you in a week or so.

By the way, today, January 3, is JRR Tolkien’s birthday. If you haven’t read The Lord of the Rings, today would be a great day to start a Tolkien Project.