So something I've been thinking about for a while is another reading challenge. What with the neat way that time passes and we record it, the turning of a new year seemed like a good place to start – hence the forthcoming ramblings that will follow.
After 2011's voyage of discovery to broaden my horizons (and read 100 books) and last year's (surprisingly successful) attempt to actually read some of the myriad books gathering dust on my numerous shelves, I decided the best thing to do would be to place myself entirely in the hands of other people in 2015. To that end, I will be asking one person each week to recommend me a book, which I will then read, and then write about, ideally in that order.
52 books is plenty to be getting on with and still leave me with the opportunity to read book club choices and some of whatever else I may want in between. It turns out 100 books was the minimum I've read in the last four years so the numbers shouldn't really be a challenge.
What I'm looking forward to is the opportunity to read things that other people love, which may just say something about them. Not to mention the challenge of stretching myself in different directions, discovering something new and wonderful, and maybe just being given something I've never got round to – nobody's read everything, after all.
I will be asking a variety of people for recommendations, but if you're particularly keen to insist I read something, I'm certainly open to options. Here's to another year's adventure in reading.
Chris, you should certainly read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I know you have not read it yet so tick it of your list.
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