I (Heart) Books

I came across this blog entry during my mad-dash through countless RSS feeds that hadn’t been read in awhile. (Let’s just say a few weeks of no attention leads to a rather large number of “unread” entries.) I’m one who loves a good challenge and to take on one more challenge may or may not be a good idea but in this case, I think the benefits of doing the “ONE BOOK PER WEEK” challenge outweigh the negatives…so, here I go.

If you think you’re up the challenge, let me know and we’ll create a “Book Posse” of sorts to keep each other on track. For me, since we’re halfway through the week and I just happen to be half-way through a book already - I’ll just continue and finish it out by Saturday.

Along with the following article - they mentioned a site that I signed-up for and I think it has some real potential. Check it out at www.goodreads.com. You can find my account by looking for me by my email address [ jhaas77@me.com ].

[ Excerpt From The Challenge: Read One Book a Week]

…The challenge

In case you weren’t actively fed on a diet of poorly-translated illiterature from an early age, I want to swipe two ticks of your time and inject a deep passion for reading into your lovely behind. Relax and bend over. This won’t hurt a bit.

More specifically, I’d like to delicately convince you in a suitably charming manner that reading one book a week is not just perfectly comfortable, but also mind-altering, life-changing, and jolly good fun too.

So here’s the challenge: starting next Monday, I’d like you to read one book a week for one month. Choose your first book and follow-up text right now. Go on. I’ll pop the kettle on while you do it. Don’t do it for me, though. Do it for you.

One book a week?

That’s right. One every 7 days; about four-to-five a month. Perhaps you’re already doing it? Regardless, read on!

If the thought of developing a book fix in addition to your other dark habits is terrifying, you’ve probably been approaching it wrong. With some simple changes that will help you to see reading as a hobby and not a chore, you’ll find it dead easy. It’s all in the mind.

Here are 5 tips to help flick the mental switch….

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[From The Challenge: Read One Book a Week]

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