Once again I attempted the 50 book challenge, and unsurprisingly, once again I failed. Still, two books every three months or so isn’t bad given my schedule, and I have a few partially read books waiting in the wings.
random musings from a serialist
Once again I attempted the 50 book challenge, and unsurprisingly, once again I failed. Still, two books every three months or so isn’t bad given my schedule, and I have a few partially read books waiting in the wings.
It’s tricky to hit 50. You have to average one book a week or four books in a month plus two. Using Overdrive, ebooks, and audiobooks are the only way I can reach it. (my commute is only ten minutes plus when I walk to dogs in the evening, maybe an hour a day, so that’s always an option if you want to hit that mark.)
This is something I’m trying to do! It’s a little tough at the moment because I’m rereading the Narnia series with my friend Kristen and I’m not counting books I’ve already read. I still managed to read a book last week as well as 1 1/2 books in the Narnia series. We’ll see if I can keep up the pace 🙂 Are you going to do this challenge in 2011?
I am trying this again in 2011. I’ve been doing it every year since 2007, with about the same results. This month I’m making myself turn off the computer at 9:30. So, either I’ll get more sleep, which I need, or I’ll read for a little while before bed.
I’m thinking about doing a 12 book challenge — pick 12 books I haven’t read that are sitting on my shelves, and then try to read one of them each month. I need to sit down and figure out which 12, though.
The 12 book challenge sounds more doable. For me it would be more satisfying, too, because it would mean making a dent in a stack of books that had been staring at me! Luckily, I don’t have that problem since all of my reading material comes from the public library.
There have been a few rare months where I’ve read more than two books. It usually happens when my cable is out for an extended period. I enjoyed reading a lot more when I was a teen; now it gets edged out by TV and internet.