After focusing on what I haven’t been doing in Tuesday’s
blog post, I thought I would switch it up and share something I’ve been stellar
at these past few months. READING. Every year on Goodreads I set a yearly goal
for myself.
In my first year of tracking (2012) I surpassed my
book-a-week goal, reading 64 over 52 weeks. The next year I upped my goal to
75, and fell just 2 short. Last year started off slow, but then I picked it up
and finished with a respectable 59.
This year, I set my goal at 60. By April I was over half way
there (counting audiobooks). At this point, I’ve consumed 101 books, with 58 of
those being actually read by me (either a print or ebook). Barring anything horribly
tragic in the next couple of days, I think I’ve got this in the bag.
Currently Reading
- I’ve
been on a roll lately listening to autobiographies (in audiobook form, of
course) of comedians as well as humor essay compilations. I mostly listen
during my commute, or while doing mindless data entry at work. These
lighthearted tales keep my mood upbeat despite the mundane.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris, read by Neil Patrick Harris is no exception. He had to alter the Choose-Your-Own format for the audio structure, but his team did a good job with their workarounds. Of course having him perform the books, rather than just a straight read makes it enjoyable as well. - My
current fiction read (Kindle loan from my library) is Sea of Monsters – Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Book 2 by
Rick Riordan. I’m only a couple of chapters in, so I can’t really speak to this
particular story, but I loved the first book.
- On a more serious front, I’m also reading Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N.T. Wright. I try to always have a non-fiction Christian book in the stack. This is a bit weightier than I am accustom to, but I enjoy his writing style. Having never read Wright, I trust his words based off associations with others I’ve read including Scot McKnight and Timothy Keller.
What are you reading these days? Have
you finished any must-reads which I need to add to my list?
I read like crazy this summer but then school started, my group dynamic changed & my available time to read was drastically chopped, so I totally fell off the wagon, I think it took me about 6 weeks to read the one I just finished :/ gack!!! I have the new Debbie Macomber book to take camping this weekend & hope to make a nice dent in it by Monday. over the summer I have covered lots of new to me authors; Katherine Center, Beth Kendrick, Louise Penny, Elin Hilderbrand, Chris Pavone, Jojo Moyes with some of my fave Janet Evanovich thrown in for fun quick reads.
ReplyDeleteI used to read ALL the time, but I haven't done so much reading lately. I don't know if it's my attention span or what, but I'm more likely to read articles these days...
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