Beth Weber's 2016 Challenge

[Beth]

Since I failed miserably on most of my 2015 challenges I'm going to make this one a little more broad:

Read 50 books in 2016
Read all the books I already own
Read at least 3 non-fiction books this year
Try not to commit myself to too many challenges and book clubs so that I feel overwhelmed and don't even want to read.

That's it!

[Leslie]

Good luck Beth! I would find your second challenge intimidating but hopefully your collection of unread but owned books is not as large as mine :D

[Angela M]

Hi Beth , I like your challenges . I'm not very good at challenges , but I definitely have to challenge myself to read some of what i already own on my kindle .

[Beth]

Books that I own that I have not read (yet):
We Are Water
Ripper
Secret Daughter
Fortune's Daughter
Let the Great World Spin
The Visitors
Don Quixote
Girl on a Wire
The Little Friend
Middlemarch
The Luminaries (started it a few times and never finished it)
The Night in Question (started and never finished)

[Beth]

Leslie wrote: "Good luck Beth! I would find your second challenge intimidating but hopefully your collection of unread but owned books is not as large as mine :D"

Just listed a bunch of them....

[Beth]

Angela M wrote: "Hi Beth , I like your challenges . I'm not very good at challenges , but I definitely have to challenge myself to read some of what i already own on my kindle ."

I don't know why I buy books and then decide I don't want to read them...LOL

[Angela M]

I do that sometimes when it a kindle daily deal.

[Erica]

Is The Little Friend the Donna Tartt book? I've got that on my bookshelf as well, maybe I'll try pick it up next year too.

[Chrissie]

Beth, finishing off books that you already have is is such a relief! I did that about two years ago. I didn't force myself to read those books given to me which don't appeal to me. Nowadays those books I buy I force myself to read before purchasing more. It is wonderful since you are always reading books you really want to read just now.

I saw you have a Colum McCann. Have you read him before? I love his writing though it doesn't mean I love every single thing by him. my favorite is ....no, I will not say one b/c so many are good and I like that he writes about different topics. Many authors cannot do that. It is his style of writing that I love.

[Evelyn]

Great challenge Beth! I especially like your reminder to yourself to keep reading fun : )