52 New Year’s Resolutions

52 Resolutions!

Don’t I sound ambitious? Why limit yourself to just one resolution? We’ve had two years to sit around and take stock of our priorities, our values, our true desires. We’ve reorganized everything from our closets to our closest friends. Finding 52 resolutions should be a piece of cake.

I Get It. 52 Resolutions. 52 Weeks in a Year

Did you automatically think, “Hmm? 52 resolutions. 52 weeks in a year….I bet she’s doing one resolution a week until the end of the year!”

You’re so smart, my fellow readers.

But that’s not quite what I’m doing. But you’re close.

When You’re not Writing You Should be Reading. 

They say writers should write every day. They also say that when you’re not writing you should be reading….and reading books that are outside what you normally read. Reading books that are in different genres that you write in. Reading nonfiction when you usually read and/or write fiction. The point is to challenge yourself not just as a reader but as a writer. Typically, I think writers are natural life learners. They read to be informed as well as to be entertained, so it only makes sense that writers are voracious readers too.

So, with that being said, I ran across a Facebook post from The 52 Book Club. They sponsor an annual reading challenge by providing 52 different reading prompts for their readers. Participants are to find 52 different books to read, one for each prompt. Ideally, you would read one book per week. The challenge starts on January 1 and runs through December 31 of that same year.

So, I signed up! And of course, there’s a Facebook page for the group so that we have the opportunity to post the books we’ve read throughout the year.

I was very excited about this challenge. I mean, it’s just a way to make ourselves accountable to “something”. This isn’t a college course or anything, right? No pressure.

Well, here’s a sneak peek at some of the prompts for 2022:A second-person narrativeFeaturing a library or bookstoreTitle starting with the letter “E”A five-syllable titleA book that has an alternate titleAn unlikely detective

Hmm, I may be in over my head with some of the prompts. But thankfully, the website gives helpful hints and tips to making a book selection.

It’s meant to be a challenge, right?

I think I’ll need moral support for this challenge.

Who’s with me? We can do this together!

It’s all about the discussions, my fellow readers.

Till next time.

Ruth

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