Nov 29, 2007
52 Books in 52 Weeks
Memes. They’re everywhere.
I usually hate these kinds of things. Jason attempted to drag me into one with the “Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me,” which I manage to dump on another forum I visit frequently. However, this time around it sounds interesting. The idea, of course, is to read one book a week for a year. It’s an audacious undertaking, to say the least.
There are, of course, multiple strategies one could employ to fill the quota: short books, young adult books, and any Michael Crichton novel. Novels are usually easier to read and quicker than non-fiction, genre fiction easier to read than “literature,” so forth and so on.
I haven’t quite made up my mind if I’ll try the whole thing, or maybe just a subset like 26 books in 52 weeks. I will be making a seperate page using the Now Reading plugin that can be used to track my progress. Hopefully that won’t prove to be too difficult.
Intimidating? You bet. I haven’t tried to read at that pace since I was in college. On the other hand, this will be a good opportunity to not only increase my reading, but as I review the books, my writing as well. At any rate, it will be interesting.
-K
I opted for 25 in 2007. I am at 20, so I did not fall miserably short. Considering that in the ten years prior, if I said I read 5 books in that entire time, I might be exaggerating. And, reading both of Frazier’s books last January should have counted for 2 books apiece. I have been stuck on a non-fiction for the last 3 – 4 weeks… If I do somehow knock off five books in the next three weeks (haha) I would raise the bar to 30 in ’08…. but I think I will be sticking with 25.