Read. Learn. Enjoy.
by Gayle Bartos-Pool
Try the classics. Try some older writers. Try a new writer and hope they have something clever or interesting to say.
We are losing the language and our sense of humor and even our sense of right and wrong by leaving those books on the shelf. People are afraid to tell a joke for fear of offending somebody. Hey! The joke’s on them. They don’t realize they ARE the joke… and the joke isn’t funny. Suggest a book for them to read.
Some are eye-opening like Orwell’s 1984. Some are riveting like E. Phillips Oppenheim’s spy novels. Some are clever like Mary Roberts Rinehart’s mysteries. Some will stun you like Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan or the Barsoom series. Read. Learn. Enjoy.
What is your reading pleasure in 2020? Will you share a few titles on your TBR list? Who are your favorite authors? What genre do you like to read?
2020 Reading Challenges
by Jackie Houchin
And, if you’d like some direction, I have several reading plans for you for 2020. They range from DYR20 (Diversify Your Reading) which lists just ONE BOOK PER MONTH, but in categories that may make you “stretch” a bit, especially if you’ve been reading books in just one genre. Here’s the link: Diversify Your Reading Challenge – 12 categories (Follow another link in this site, for the blogger’s 3-book recommendations for each category.)
Could you read ONE BOOK PER WEEK? (Whew!) New mom, Mommy Mannegren, has a list of 52 categories for you to read in. You can interpret a category any way you choose (“a book with a senior character” could be an elderly woman, or a teenager in 12th grade), and you can read them in any order. The 2020 52-book Reading Challenge
And…. how about TWO BOOKS PER WEEK?? This site is for the light reader (13 books), avid reader (26 books), committed reader (52 books) and the obsessed reader (104 books). About 25% of the book categories at this site are suggested reading for Christians. (Read in them, or not.) Multi-level Reading Challenges
And last, but no way least, if you are interested in reading the Bible in 2020, here are 23 Bible Reading Plans to Satisfy everyone.
Wishing you the best health, success, happiness, and reading throughout the New Year!
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It’s about books, taking time to read them, choosing what to read, and selecting the Book of Books foremost to lead you into the new year.
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Happy New Decade to all! Happy reading.
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Enjoy a new book or reread an old one. Or how about writing a book yourself? Happy New Year.
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It’s always good to take on challenges, especially when a new year begins. And reading? Oh, yes!
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Very ambitious reading plans, and I know many who could tackle them. If I wasn’t writing, I’d be one of them. I try to read at least one classic a year. Last year it was LITTLE WOMEN. The year before it was WAR AND PEACE (that’s 5 years worth!) This year my pick is REBECCA.
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Jackie, I am always amazed at how many books you read – and your diverse taste. I love your suggestions and prompts, too: thanks. I am currently into escapist reading with one of Peter Mayle’s South of France mysteries, The Marseille Caper. Great way to start 2020. Happy New Year!
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