I should have written this long before I posted the dismal results of my January Reading Recap. It's never much of a challenge if there aren't any rules. I don't want to bog reading down with too many restrictions, but I don't want to give myself an out and re-read easily digestible fiction to hit my five books per month goal.
Here are the rules of my inaugural yearly reading challenge:
Here are the rules of my inaugural yearly reading challenge:
- Try to complete five books per calendar month. The keyword here is complete. Some books are just too long or too arduous to read in 4 short weeks, books will naturally spillover, and that's ok. No extra points will be awarded for exceeding the five-book goal.
- Any medium is ok, paper books, kindle, audiobooks. All are welcome.
- Read at least one utterly new-to-me book. No series or authors that I am already familiar with—only the fresh stuff.
- Read at least one piece of historical non-fiction (lately, I've been drawn to 18th and 19th century European, specifically English history). Biographies and autobiographies count here.
- Read at least one "comfort" book, just for fun. No genre, style, or author is off-limits.
- Read at least one "back catalogue" item from an author or series I already enjoy.
- Read at least one "for work" book that will make me better at something I already do or pick up a new skill that will be useful in the future.
- Track everything on GoodReads, take good notes, and post results on this blog thing.
And that's it.