Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "reading-challenges"
Misleading the Book Counter
Yes, it is November. I have a whole 179 words written so far and am already double thinking my novel. First person or third person? which would work the best?
Internal editor please go to sleep, shut up, take a vacation, something! Just leave me alone. Alone to write happily for the month.
In the meantime I have embarked on a new reading challenge: picture books. These are fun to read and don't get much attention here at GR. That seems strange since so many GR readers have children or grandchildren.
I have neither children nor grandchildren so I needed an excuse to browse through the picture book shelves at the library. (All right, I do have a few at home.)
What's a good excuse? I plan to write picture books. Every once in a while I do get ideas for picture books but I have no intention of abandoning my other books for them So much for that excuse.
Do I really need an excuse? Why does society make adults feel guilty if they read picture books? Some of these "simple" books are very thought provoking and informative.
No, I need no excuse. I only need to enjoy browsing through and admiring how an author can say so much in so few words. I can admire the art work which runs the gamut from modern to fine art.
I challenge some of the rest of you who have finished your "real" book challenge to explore the picture book shelves with me. You never know what hidden gems you will find.
Internal editor please go to sleep, shut up, take a vacation, something! Just leave me alone. Alone to write happily for the month.
In the meantime I have embarked on a new reading challenge: picture books. These are fun to read and don't get much attention here at GR. That seems strange since so many GR readers have children or grandchildren.
I have neither children nor grandchildren so I needed an excuse to browse through the picture book shelves at the library. (All right, I do have a few at home.)
What's a good excuse? I plan to write picture books. Every once in a while I do get ideas for picture books but I have no intention of abandoning my other books for them So much for that excuse.
Do I really need an excuse? Why does society make adults feel guilty if they read picture books? Some of these "simple" books are very thought provoking and informative.
No, I need no excuse. I only need to enjoy browsing through and admiring how an author can say so much in so few words. I can admire the art work which runs the gamut from modern to fine art.
I challenge some of the rest of you who have finished your "real" book challenge to explore the picture book shelves with me. You never know what hidden gems you will find.
Challenges
My piles of books are so discouraging. I am a fairly fast reader but don't know how I will ever get through all of them.
And I am addicted to a local used book sale.
My personal challenge this year is to move 40 books off my piles onto someone else's pile.
That doesn't mean read 40 books from my piles. If I read a book and put it back on my shelf as I intend to do with Grow Your Own Chinese Vegetables, it will not count toward the 40.
Now, I think I can manage to keep to my challenge on my own. However, having someone else reminding me will help when the going gets tough. You know about those days when you could throw up your hands in despair and quit. Everyone gets those from time to time.
The first part of accountability is my reading challenge of 65 books. Yes, this is over the 40 books but it gives room for library books and books set back on the shelf.
The second part is something new. It's part of a group I'm in and called the Popsugar challenge. It is a list of book descriptions such as food, spy thriller and red spine. The entire challenge is 50 books long. I'm raiding my piles and will enjoy checking them off as the year progresses.
Like last year I will hold to my book sale challenge. Yes, I can go. I will not make myself totally miserable over this most enjoyable outing. However, only 10 reading books can come home with me.
That is a gain of 30 for the year. And the challenge is the minimum. Maybe I will learn to read faster.
I do agree with Stephen King in On Writing about reading. If you don't read, you aren't much of a writer.
Oh, Edwina and Running the Roads both seem to be on target for March release.
And I am addicted to a local used book sale.
My personal challenge this year is to move 40 books off my piles onto someone else's pile.
That doesn't mean read 40 books from my piles. If I read a book and put it back on my shelf as I intend to do with Grow Your Own Chinese Vegetables, it will not count toward the 40.
Now, I think I can manage to keep to my challenge on my own. However, having someone else reminding me will help when the going gets tough. You know about those days when you could throw up your hands in despair and quit. Everyone gets those from time to time.
The first part of accountability is my reading challenge of 65 books. Yes, this is over the 40 books but it gives room for library books and books set back on the shelf.
The second part is something new. It's part of a group I'm in and called the Popsugar challenge. It is a list of book descriptions such as food, spy thriller and red spine. The entire challenge is 50 books long. I'm raiding my piles and will enjoy checking them off as the year progresses.
Like last year I will hold to my book sale challenge. Yes, I can go. I will not make myself totally miserable over this most enjoyable outing. However, only 10 reading books can come home with me.
That is a gain of 30 for the year. And the challenge is the minimum. Maybe I will learn to read faster.
I do agree with Stephen King in On Writing about reading. If you don't read, you aren't much of a writer.
Oh, Edwina and Running the Roads both seem to be on target for March release.
