Earlier this year, I participated in Callapidder Days’ Spring Reading Thing challenge and really enjoyed it. However, I wasn’t very successful in meeting my main goal, which was to finish the various non-fiction books I had started and left laying around the house. I just couldn’t make myself do it. I have read a lot more non-fiction in the last few years than I used to, but none of these were books I felt compelled enough to actually get all the way through and so I didn’t.
Anyway, I wasn’t sure about joining in with this one until I thought of the perfect goal, one that will feed my craving for fiction and my need for organization and lists at the same time. See, I have a huge list of books that I want to read, titles gathered from trips to the local bookstore to see what’s new as well as from book reviews that have caught my eye on various blogs over the last few months.
This list has been growing steadily on my Shelfari profile, but I don’t always remember to check the list before going to the library. There are currently 192 books listed, which also includes some children’s books I wanted to check out for Michael.
So, my goal for Fall Into Reading 2009 is to clear out my “I Plan to Read” list, either by actually reading the books or by eliminating the ones I can’t locate/decide not to read after all.
My plan is to keep trackly weekly of what books I have read and how many are left on my list. Hopefully by December 22nd, I will be down to ZERO! (Of course, that doesn’t mean I won’t add any new books to the list, just that I will be caught up to what I have on there now.)
To find out more about this challenge or join in on the fun, visit Callapidder Days. You can make any kind of goal you want to, even if it’s just to read one book all the way through!
