I know, why do I do this to myself? I have no idea really. No sooner have I ditched the poster ( well OK, that was a while back ) then I get caught up in another reading challenge.
I saw this article in The Guardian on-line by someone who had decided last January that she needed to read more and doom scroll less and so she set herself the challenge of finding the time to read a book a week. 52 weeks, 52 books.
What a good idea, I thought. I should make time to read more, I used to do so much more of it. Let's give this a go. So I am.
There is an official Agatha Christie entity of some description, run by the Agatha Christie estate, and every year they pose a challenge to read one Agatha Christie book a month, based around a theme for the year. I've been aware of it for some time, but never joined in, but this year I have, because it will get me off to a flying start for my book a week thing. The theme this year is Characters and Careers and for January the career was artist and the suggested book was Five Little Pigs. This has always been a bit of a favourite of mine* so I bought it on Kindle and finished it last night. They don't take a lot of reading really and I enjoyed it despite knowing the end.
* yes, even before ITV dramatised it and cast Toby Stephens in a major role
So, 1 down and 51 to go.
Such a good idea! I read a lot of the Poirot short stories last year, and thoroughly enjoyed them. I always try to set myself a target for the Kindle challenge - last year it was 52, and I sailed past that, so this year I've gone crazy and set it at 104!! I read much more often, and for longer, in 2024, because I wasn’t well enough to read much in 2023 (and really missed it), so I hope to carry on doing so in 2025. I also listen to audiobooks a lot while I'm stitching or whatever, which bumps up the total.
ReplyDeleteIt's Heather, by the way!! I forgot to change the From details....
ReplyDeleteAnd here was me thinking I had another fan!
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