In the coming year…
I know, you are most likely all TIRED of reading resolution after resolution. However, I wanted to document a challenge that I gave myself. See, not so long ago, in a land that seems far, far, away, I was an avid reader. How avid? It was a common occurrence for me to be working through three books, at once, all in a week or so. Yeah, that avid. I miss it. I miss reading. I miss what it does to my mind, and my way of thinking.
So, the other day, I reached out on Facebook. I asked for 52 books that I have not read, first come first serve. All to get back into it. One book a week. That is my goal. Well, my friends responded rapidly. So, here is the list (below). These are the books, and the order that I will be reading them in, starting in just a few hours. Additionally, I will be posting a SHORT synopsis (300 words or less, directly correlated to the length and complexity of the topic(s) covered in the book) the week after reading it. I will most likely give each book a 1-10 rating and include a link to the book for any that are interested.I ask that you help keep me accountable on this. If you are not seeing a post on Monday or Tuesday, call me out on it. I miss reading, and I want my kids to see me entrenched with it as they are reaching their formative years of reading. 2017 was a wild ride, and I know that 2018 is going to be crazy. But, let’s all make the best of it. New year, new slate, new book… not just an empty page. May 2018 be amazing for all of you. If you are looking for me, my nose will be in a book.Live big, love bigger, and be kind always.
| Book | Title | Author | Start | Finish |
| 1 | The Giver | Lois Lowry | 1/1/2018 | 1/6/2018 |
| 2 | Gathering Blue | Lois Lowry | 1/7/2018 | 1/13/2018 |
| 3 | Messenger | Lois Lowry | 1/14/2018 | 1/20/2018 |
| 4 | Son | Lois Lowry | 1/21/2018 | 1/27/2018 |
| 5 | Crash the Chatterbox | Steven Furtick | 1/28/2018 | 2/3/2018 |
| 6 | I Will Carry You | Angie and Todd Smith | 2/4/2018 | 2/10/2018 |
| 7 | The Goal | Eliyahu Goldratt | 2/11/2018 | 2/17/2018 |
| 8 | The Alienist | Caleb Carr | 2/18/2018 | 2/24/2018 |
| 9 | The Magician: Apprentice | Raymond Fiest | 2/25/2018 | 3/3/2018 |
| 10 | The Magician: Master | Raymond Fiest | ¾/2018 | 3/10/2018 |
| 11 | Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | 3/11/2018 | 3/17/2018 |
| 12 | The Art of Learning | Josh Waitzkin | 3/18/2018 | 3/24/2018 |
| 13 | The Remains of the Day | Kazup Ishiguro | 3/25/2018 | 3/31/2018 |
| 14 | Appointment with Death | Agatha Christie | 4/1/2018 | 4/7/2018 |
| 15 | Jesus Land | Julia Scheeres | 4/8/2018 | 4/14/2018 |
| 16 | The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling | Henry Fielding | 4/15/2018 | 4/21/2018 |
| 17 | The Bone Clocks | David C. Mitchell | 4/22/2018 | 4/28/2018 |
| 18 | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Steven King | 4/29/2018 | 5/5/2018 |
| 19 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chobosky | 5/6/2018 | 5/12/2018 |
| 20 | The Sin of White Supremacy | Jeannine Hill | 5/13/2018 | 5/19/2018 |
| 21 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingslover | 5/20/2018 | 5/26/2018 |
| 22 | A New Kind of Christian | Brian McLaren | 5/27/2018 | 6/2/2018 |
| 23 | The Last Arrow | Erwin McGinnis | 6/3/2018 | 6/9/2018 |
| 24 | Ghost Soldiers | Hampton Sides | 6/10/2018 | 6/16/2018 |
| 25 | The Color of Magic | Terry Prachett | 6/17/2018 | 6/23/2018 |
| 26 | House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski | 6/24/2018 | 6/30/2018 |
| 27 | Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith | William T. Vollmann | 7/1/2018 | 7/7/2018 |
| 28 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman | 7/8/2018 | 7/14/2018 |
| 29 | Dragon Teeth | Michael Chriton | 7/15/2018 | 7/21/2018 |
| 30 | Cat’s Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut | 7/22/2018 | 7/28/2018 |
| 31 | Contagious | Jonah Berger | 7/29/2018 | 8/4/2018 |
| 32 | Cryptonimicon | Neal Stephenson | 8/5/2018 | 8/11/2018 |
| 33 | Outlive Your Life | Max Lucado | 8/12/2018 | 8/18/2018 |
| 34 | Storm Front | Jim Butcher | 8/19/2018 | 8/25/2018 |
| 35 | 1632 | Eric Flint | 8/26/2018 | 9/1/2018 |
| 36 | Inverted World | Christopher Priest | 9/2/2018 | 9/8/2018 |
| 37 | The Magicians | Lev Grossman | 9/9/2018 | 9/15/2018 |
| 38 | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry | Neil deGrasse Tyson | 9/16/2018 | 9/22/2018 |
| 39 | Some Buried Caesar | Rex Stout | 9/23/2018 | 9/29/2018 |
| 40 | Invisible Cities | Italo Calvino | 9/30/2018 | 10/6/2018 |
| 41 | Jennifer Government | Max Berry | 10/7/2018 | 10/13/2018 |
| 42 | Liberty Defined | Ron Paul | 10/14/2018 | 10/20/2018 |
| 43 | The Heart Goes Last | Margaret Atwood | 10/21/2018 | 10/27/2018 |
| 44 | The Circus of the Earth and the Air | Brooke Stevens | 10/28/2018 | 11/3/2018 |
| 45 | The Three Body Problem | Cixin Liu | 11/4/2018 | 11/10/2018 |
| 46 | Boneshaker | Cherie Priest | 11/11/2018 | 11/17/2018 |
| 47 | Leave it to Jeeves | PG Wodehouse | 11/18/2018 | 11/24/2018 |
| 48 | Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea | Guy Delisle | 11/25/2018 | 12/1/2018 |
| 49 | The Stupidest Angel | Christopher Moore | 12/2/2018 | 12/8/2018 |
| 50 | At the Mountains of Madness | HP Lovecraft | 12/9/2018 | 12/15/2018 |
| 51 | Unholy Night | Seth Grahame-Smith | 12/16/2018 | 12/22/2018 |
| 52 | Prodigal Summer | Barbara Kingslover | 12/23/2018 | 12/29/2018 |
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