New Challenge: A Book A Week

By Alina Popescu on June 29th, 2008 in Thoughts I Came Across

Last week, while browsing the blogosphere, I found an interesting post on a very catchy challenge, at least for me. Reading one book every week. That would be 50 to 100 pages per day. Unfortunately I can’t share the post, as copy-pasting the link into an unsaved notepad and then having Vista crash and restart wasn’t such a great combination :)

But the challenge remained in the corner of my mind and still seems like a great idea. I have been trying to read more in the past two years with temporary results only, so a new impulse does not hurt. But just reading doesn’t just cut it for me. I got to thinking and realized that on Words of a Borken Mirror, Mondays are for reading recommendations. So I book review would work well with my Monday Roundup.

So starting tomorrow, I’ll tell you all about the book I’ve just finished each Monday afternoon. If you like the challenge, I’d love to share it with you! You can post your own reviews on your blogs or just tell us about what you have been reading in the comment box. What do you say, are you in?

See you on Monday,

Alina

P.S. If anyone has read the post I am referring to, please share the link, I’d love to give the author proper credit. Thanks!

UPDATE!

I have identified the original source of the writing challenge: Put Things Off

Joanna and Martin, thank you for your help!

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  • sim
    June 29th, 2008

    I’ve been struggling to read more lately, too, and also I intend to make website with bookreviews, something similar to IMDB, where you can find info about books, authors, rating for the books and authors etc. For this purpose I bought allbooksdb.com and this is the start of the All Books Database project.

    For the moment it is just a wordpress blog on which I have posted a few reviews and I joined a few challenges like the one you talk about.

    I intend to develop the tools needed for this website and make it totally different. If you will read a book every week I invite you to join the project as soon as I manage to have it up and running.

    Kisses,
    Sim

  • Martin - TheUniversityBlog
    June 29th, 2008

    I read about this too. The link you’re looking for is from Put Things Off:

    http://putthingsoff.com/one-book-a-week/

    Either that, or several bloggers have had the same idea at the same time!

  • Hendry Lee
    June 29th, 2008

    I definitely like books. Since last week, I’ve seen a few bloggers post their list of favorite and useful books.

    I even posted my own list a few days ago.

    Looking forward to see what you read.

    One book a week sounds too much for me, my current rate is one book every two to three weeks. Additionally, I can handle a few podcasts and two hours of audio book per week.

  • Alina Popescu
    June 29th, 2008

    Wow, Sim, it looks like you have quite a project on your hands! I’d love to help as much as I can. A wordpress powered blog can actually be a great idea, given the complex magazine-like themes out there. We’ll have to chat more on this topic soon!

    Hendry, I have to admit I haven’t published a book review in quite a while. But we all should, be it business books or fiction, each can spark new ideas and help us open our minds.

    Right now, it does sound a bit much to me as well. But if I reduce my tv series time a bit, I am sure it won’t be that difficult. I hope I make it :)

  • Bamboo Forest
    June 30th, 2008

    Reading a book a week is a great idea. Reading is one of the best ways to improve ones writing skills. As bloggers, we should all do this.

  • Alina Popescu
    June 30th, 2008

    You are quite right! Everything we read, articles, blog posts, books, magazines, they all help us write better, even when they are bad enough all we can learn is how not to write :)

  • Joanna Young
    June 30th, 2008

    Hi Alina

    I’m guessing it was this one from Nick Cernis

    http://putthingsoff.com/one-book-a-week/

    I think it’s a great idea. I used to read at least a book a week when I was younger. I could do with reading more fiction (for fun) and I might try and work that into the challenge.

    I’ll follow your progress with interest - who knows, maybe I’ll even manage to join in!

    Joanna

  • Martin - TheUniversityBlog
    June 30th, 2008

    Hey Alina, I think the link you’re looking for is from Put Things Off:

    http://putthingsoff.com/one-book-a-week/

  • Alina Popescu
    June 30th, 2008

    Hi Martin, that was the right link! Thanks! Sorry for approving your comments so late, they wre caught in the spam filter for some reason.

    Joanna,

    Thanks for the link! I’d love to see you taking this challenge, even if it’s not every week.

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