Reading Challenge: Year 3
Two years ago, I set a goal to average one book per month. I didn’t necessarily need to read one every month. I just wanted to finish the year having completed a dozen books. I managed to pull that off in 2009 and repeated the feat last year.
I read 17 books in 2010. Reviews of all but one appear on the site. The final book – The Bible Salesman – continued a run or mediocre of bad books, and I never got the energy to write about it. I didn’t dislike it as much as some of the others I read, but I pretty much gave up reading for the year after I finished it. I just didn’t think I could find anything I enjoyed, and TV season started.
But now I’m back with the same goal in mind. My wife got me a novel for Christmas which looks interesting. I also went nutso at Border’s one day and found six things I wanted to read on the sale rack for less than $25. I’m already a decent way through one of them.
Make a reading challenge for yourself and see what happens. I have really enjoyed some of the new stuff I have found over the past two years and think this will become a regular thing.
Bear
January 3, 2011I’m not sure how often you’re in the area, but have you ever been in the bookstore on New Oxford square? I was in last year, and got a whole slew of W.E.B. Griffin books, along with a few reference books, for under $10. It was probably 15 books all told.
Highly recommend it if you’re ever in the area.
Brian
January 3, 2011Never been there. I’ll have to swing by next time I’m up that way – thanks!