The Book Challenge 2014

Hey all,

With Christmas coming around the corner and then the New year fast approaching, i felt it was time i thought about what i would like to achieve next year. I'm happy with where i work and I'm still saving for mine and Danny's future home together, so it got me thinking about what big task could i try and achieve.. and to be honest, none came to mind. At least not right away, and so i decided that i would create a little something which I'm calling The Book Challenge 2014. (How very original i know!!) I'm not sure if any other bloggers are doing this or something similar or if they have already come up with this concept, but i hadn't read it anywhere and decided that this is what i was going to do. If it is somewhere else then that's fine too.

My idea was really basic and simple, i want to try and read as many books as i can in the year 2014. I'm going to put myself down for 50 at least, (to start with and that number may increase as the year goes by). As you have become aware, sometimes work and life itself takes over and it becomes really hectic to blog or find time to sit in front of a laptop, so me saying 50 books, is a good way to motivate myself to start.

I'm not going to be choosing the titles of the books ahead of time, I'm just going to buy and read them, as and when i like. However, if there are any books which you think deserve a read or that i might be interested in.. (Favourite book ever is The Help, and i love anything with mystery such a Harlan Coben Books) then please do leave a comment below and i will check it out and try and get that too! After i have finished reading the book, i then need to jot down the title and write just 2 or 3 sentences about the story so i remember what happens etc and then i rate it out of 5 stars. It's so simple. I'm really looking forward to getting into this and reading a few good books, i do know that with the summer months i always find it harder to read as i tend to want to be outside more then inside with a good book, but hell, I'm going to give it my very best shot.

I'm not sure, weather or not, to include them on this blog, or make a separate page for it, i don't really fancy making a whole new blog for the books i read, that will be too time consuming and, lets face it, time is not something that i have tons of right now. So i may just make a separate page along the top where you can click and follow with the books I'm reading, if you want to, that is.

The books can be anything, from biographies to factual to fiction, anything goes, of course books like "The very hungry Caterpillar" don't count as i read them at work all day. :P I may even re-read some of my old time faves as i just love a good book! :)

So what do you guys think of this little challenge i am setting myself? Do you guys wanna join in to? It would be fun to know if you guys are joining in or have ever done a little something like this before!

Ana
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