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Neoma

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Wed Aug 22, 2012, 01:55 PM Aug 2012

The 50 book challenge. [View all]

You see this challenge in a lot of other places, I've done this since I was a teenager. The concept is this: Read 50 books within a year. It doesn't have to be the beginning of the year. You start the day you finish the first book on the list (write down the date,) and just add the next book when you finish reading it. I don't only put non-fiction books on the list, but it does keep me motivated to keep reading more, and everyone needs a little push. It would be awesome if everyone here would stick with non-fiction. Share your list when you're done, or even just half-way done. If you want to have more of a challenge and read 100 books within a year, feel free to do so.

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The 50 book challenge. [View all] Neoma Aug 2012 OP
I've been keeping a book list for years. SheilaT Aug 2012 #1
You could just label which ones are non-fiction then. Neoma Aug 2012 #2
I could, but that would actually require I do SheilaT Aug 2012 #3
I don't keep lists. I read 50 books most years, but 100 seems a bit more than I do. bemildred Aug 2012 #4
Lists help me remember where the hell I've read certain things. Neoma Aug 2012 #5
I have on several occasions ... bemildred Aug 2012 #6
O! M! G! SheilaT Aug 2012 #7
Want a depressing fact? Neoma Aug 2012 #8
I like to think of it as a rich feast you can never finish. bemildred Aug 2012 #9
In my early years of reading, when SheilaT Aug 2012 #10
Yeah I remember going to the library every two weeks when I was ten. bemildred Sep 2012 #11
I absolutely LOVE reading, all things, but I am super slow at it. closeupready Oct 2012 #12
I have the same problem, closeupready kag Jan 2013 #15
Aha, that's funny - I see people zipping through books, and closeupready Jan 2013 #16
I just started volunteering at my local library once a week... kag Jan 2013 #17
Maybe they just spend more of their time reading. Chemisse Sep 2014 #26
Me, too. :-) closeupready Sep 2014 #27
I'm going to do this, this year. closeupready Jan 2013 #13
I usually start and stop by the month I finish reading fifty books. Neoma Jan 2013 #14
lists oldandhappy Jan 2013 #18
If I wasn't a doctoral student I'd do it davidpdx Feb 2013 #19
Don't give it up. The last 15 minutes of the day, read something pleasurable. LuckyLib May 2013 #20
Thanks davidpdx May 2013 #21
Speaking of lists, are there lists somewhere in DU of recommended rhett o rick Oct 2013 #22
If you scroll through the Fiction group you will definitely find SheilaT Oct 2013 #23
THanks. nm rhett o rick Oct 2013 #24
I used to read 50 to 75 books a year. dem in texas Jun 2014 #25
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