I embarked upon 5 reading challenges for 2010. I completed 3 of them, but I also learned a lot about my reading habits! 1st of all, I don’t think I’m a “100 Books in a year” gal. I LOVE reading, however I don’t like reading with such a lofty goal hovering over my head! I found myself reading mainly books that I could finish quickly so I could get in more books. This frustrated me because there were a lot of longer/harder to get through books that I know I would have enjoyed, but I didn’t feel like I could take the time to read!
The other challenges were fun at 1st, but by the end it was a drag. Reading books just to satisfy an arbitrary challenge got tiresome. I found the challenges becoming more important than the reading. I didn’t read books that were on my TBR shelf because I had to read library books to satisfy the challenge.
For 2011 I plan on reading what I want when I want (with the exception of book club books – but even those I won’t finish if I hate it!) and I probably won’t be blogging here much either. If I feel the need to comment on a book I’ll just add it to my Goodreads! http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/764452-melissa
Here’s the lowdown on all the challenges I undertook this year and how I did (click on the picture to see the books I read for that challenge)
FINISHED!
FINISHED!
FINISHED!
86/100
1/6
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