Last week when I was setting up my library, I found the Now Reading Reloaded plugin @ A Modest Construct. In looking around I noticed that Ben had posted numerous in-depth book reviews over a long period.
I found that it was part of a project called “52 Books in 52 Weeks”, and the goal was, as it sounds, to read a book a week for a year and review it on your site. It seemed completely impossible, but he’s read and reviewed over 300 books in 5 years. Pretty impressive. I don’t know if he was the first one to do this format, but several others have taken up the project, and I though it would be a good challenge for this year. So my 2010 New Year’s resolution is to read at least 52 books this year. Good luck to me.
Check out my reviews here: 52 Books
Ben
It’s a great meme, and I’ve been trying to popularize it. I first read about it on Jason Toney’s “Negro, Please” blog (which hops around servers and is chronically down), who I believe got it from a 2003 or 2004 effort of Largehearted Boy.
A lot of the efforts seem sporadic, and of course it’s difficult to keep it going when you’ve got real life concerns and can’t read a book a week or more (I just have no social life to speak of, which comes in handy sometimes).
Good luck.
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Sometimes I wish I had less of a real life.
My challenge in keeping up will be reading while getting enough sleep to survive the semester. But I’ve spent my time in worse ways…
Alison
I get to witness firsthand, people’s reading habits.
I am lucky to read one or two books a month, depending on the material.
I can go through fiction much faster, but most of it is junk, as far as I’m concerned. (like tv) If I spent less time on blogs, I could read more books. There are pros and cons to blogs vs books.
My challenge should be to read more bible. (I’ve become a fan of the Scriptorium Daily and John Dyer, thank you very much!)