| Reading and reviewing one book a day for one year |
From October 28, 2008 to October 28, 2009, I read one book a day and
wrote about each book I read here on my site. I wrote about what I felt
while reading the book, what I responded to, and what I gained. I also
offered some assessment of the book but my reviews are not typical
reviews. Travel through my site and see what I mean. Then start your own 365 project.
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| Starting Your Own 365 Project |
You don't have to read a book a day to find the same fulfillment from reading that I did in my year of intense reading. Just read every day and the wonder and wisdom and joy of books will enter your life, and re-energize your very self.
Read while eating breakfast or while taking a bath at night. Read for a half hour every evening instead of watching the news/checking Facebook/wiping down the kitchen counters (the crumbs can stay overnight). Read next to your kids as they do their homework at the kitchen table or read beside your spouse when he/she falls asleep on the couch. Create a special dinner, once a week, with book-friendly food (chicken tenders and fries or grilled cheese and baby carrots; no sauced-up spaghetti or dripping soup. Allow books at the table for this special meal and let your kids know that for this one meal, all annoying parental questions can be ignored (the same goes for spousal interrogation).
Join a book group (see my list of great books for book groups) and read the book before each meeting. Come loaded with discussion points ("Could you believe what he did after his father died?) and with favorite passages you've underlined ("I think pretty is your ugly little sister" from Walter Mosley's The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) to get the conversation going.
Read books with your kids (I've got a list of great ones) and don't worry about reading the latest releases or the books everyone else is talking about. Roam around my site and find a book that interests you, then get it and read it. Read some every day, 365 days a year. You will find escape, pleasure, joy, comfort, and wisdom every single day. Your life will become richer, and your days more layered with exhilaration and wonder and gratitude than you ever thought possible. Because great good comes from reading great books.
Join the Read All Day Group on Facebook for friends in reading, sharing of book recommendations, and some humor, photos, and video all related to reading every day, if not all day long.
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