By DebThat means a ton of reading is coming up for me. As my daughter would say, sweet. 2010 promises to be an exciting year, because I love living inside my head. Well, doesn't that sound a bit crazy, but as readers you know exactly what I mean.
And next year, for the very first time, I'm participating in a reading challenge. Over at J.Kaye's Book Blog I had so many reading challenge choices my head was spinning. Here are only a few of the challenges you can sign up for there - Young Adult, E-book, Audio, 100+, Support Your Library, Suspense and Thriller, Stephanie Plum.....the list went on and on.
But you'll never guess what I did instead. Talk about moving outside my comfort zone. I went over to War Through the Generations and signed up to read books about the Vietnam war. I'm doing the easiest challenge - 5 books in 2010, and I've made a list of potential reads that is up at my blog.
How about you? Are you gifting books this season? Are you going to challenge your reading choices next year? Try a genre that's new to you? Personally, I'd love to read an erotica. Maybe I'll download one to my PC.
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I've signed up for the ReBooWee Challenge at http://the-writing-bug.blogspot.com/
The goal is to read at least one book a week. Hope I can do it.
Good luck on your challenge and books are the best gifts. They're on my list of giving this year.
Mason, You are braver than I am!
One of my greatest pleasures is introducing my 3-year-old grand-nephew (and doesn't that make me feel old?) Carter to both classic and new children's books. It's interesting to see which ones have withstood the test of time, as well as what new gimmicks have come along (Carter loves pop-up books).
I've been reading a lot of cozies recently, trying to keep up with what my friends are doing, and I'm really in the mood for something dark and gritty right now.
Sheila, try YA bestseller, Hunger Games. YA is darker and grittier than anything we adults read or write!
Sheila, also try the Melissa Marr Tattoo Fae series.
Deb, I kind of already did the "out of comfort zone" reading last year. Mainly I stick to cozies, but this year I ventured into mainstream fiction as well with several titles.
I'm participating in a challenge where the goal is to read 144 book in 2010.
I'll be checking out the reading challenges on J.Kaye's Book Blog. Sounds like fun. I'm giving a few books as presents this season, and also several Barnes and Noble gift cards. It's hard to keep up with who has what book, so I figure I can't go wrong with a gift card.
I read pretty fast, so I can usually finish a cozy in one evening (I will even read during the commercials while watching my favorite TV shows.) So reading several books a week is normal for me, always has been. Maybe I should actually keep track during 2010 and see how many it ends up being! I have an advantage: no kids or pets to interrupt me, and my husband knows better unless it's an emergency, although his idea of an emergency and mine tend to differ greatly! Everybody on my Christmas list gets at least one book and usually more, and I always buy some for myself, too. I'm looking forward to several I picked up today. I hope every one of you has as good a time as I'm planning to!
I agree with you about YA books. I've been reading all the Newbery winners for my book club and it has been fascinating.
I'm not only giving books this holiday, I'm asking for certain books for presents. Plus, I've usually got a book shoved into my purse, along with the knitting. I've been reading nonfiction a lot, as usual. Historical research as well as financial books.
I love this group! Keep on reading.
This is a terrific idea! Books are the best gift you can give, and it's the perfect excuse to browse in your favorite bookstore. I've already made some great selections and am only halfway through my list. (and yes, there are loads of cozy mysteries on there!)
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