In January Eric and I made an agreement. Eric has to do 1 book report for me every month. I, on the other hand, will do a book report on every personal book I read in the year 2013. Anything I read to my kids is exempt. It is now mid-June. I have followed through. So has he for that matter. The funny thing is....I look forward to doing my book reports. I like having an overview of what I read. I feel more disciplined in my reading since I have to give an account for it. Not to mention, it's going to be very easy to put my 'Top Reads of 2013' together. And I also think I am going to keep up the practice after 2013 has passed. So here are my stats thus far:
To date I have finished 15 books.
7 were fiction
3 were biographies
5 were non-fiction.
I have read 2571 pages of fiction
I have read 523 pages of biographies
I have read 1083 pages of non-fiction
It's very telling to note what you've been reading. I like seeing the numbers. I actually thought I read more non-fiction than I do. I've also noticed that I'm taking in more clandestine reading than I thought. Now to be fair, it takes a lot more discipline and thought and time to read non-fiction and sometimes I pick up rather difficult books that deserve time to go through them. And I admit, I enjoy a good fiction. Every night I read in bed to make myself fall asleep and that is purely fictional reading--it's gotta be light with no substance. But we'll see where the numbers fall come December.
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