Skip to main content

My 2019 Reading Challenge

Me with my head in a book.


My name is Ava and I'm an e-book (And print book!) hoarder. There, I've said it. They say the first step is admitting you have a problem. I'm admitting it.\

I have thousands - THOUSANDS - of books. Between two Kindles and mountains of books in every nook and cranny in my house, I could fill a library, like an actual New York City Library size library.

I'm that person.

You know the one who never saw a book she absolutely, positively didn't have to own.

Books make me happy.

I don't discriminate. I love them all.

Mysteries. Of course! Romance. Yes! Thrillers. Give me more! Nonfiction. Please! Fantasy. Why not! Horror. Want! Memoirs. I'm your girl!

I have to own all of them.

It's a blessing and I haven't quite figured out if it might possibly be a curse yet. But, like my very close personal friend (I wish.), Oprah Winfrey would say, what I know for sure is books bring me comfort. I must be surrounded by them.

Here's where the problem (if there is one), I have incredibly talented writer friends. Seriously talented. They entice me with their witty turn of phrase, humorous banter, and irresistible story lines.

I can't resist.

I must buy the books.

Now, you might say the solution is simple. I thought so too. I mean I could just pull a Nancy Reagan and just say no, but that's the thing. I can't!

I read a lot.

Currently, I'm reading - count them - one, two, three, four, five (?) different books.

Can you say addiction?

Then, to top it all off, I joined a book club. A real life, real people, have to leave my home to meet with them book club.

I know. I know.

Need I remind you?

I am a book hoarder.

So, since that's probably never going to change, here's what I've decided to do to both feed my love of great books and not have to shell out a small fortune to add an actual library onto the back of my house. I'm going to read like a madwoman.

Yep, you heard it hear first. I'm challenging myself to read all the books I currently own. I cannot buy another book until I've finished another. End of story.

It's going to be tough. My one-click trigger finger is already itching. I might not be able to resist temptation for long, but my hand on a huge stack of books, I promise to try. T-R-Y.

Wish me luck!


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

12 Days of Christmas Book Giveaways

It's giveaway time! It's day three of the 12 Days of Christmas Book Giveaways and that means it's my day to host a giveaway. Two winners will win an e-copy of my new release 'Tis the Sneezin' ! (Winners will be chosen on Christmas Day 12/25/15.) Here's the book:  http://amzn.to/1TK0V1v Tis the Sneezin' Description: Traveling nurse Mercy Mares is up to her eyeballs in donations for the town's annual holiday celebration. Every nook and cranny of her house and all of her friend's and neighbor's houses are overflowing with gifts for ill children in her local hospital. It's all she can do to keep track of what is what and who is who.  On the night that she and her merry band of helpers are to deliver these gifts, everything, including gifts she bought for her loved ones, simply disappear without a trace.  Now, Mercy has to find the thief before those who appointed her this year's Mrs. Claus find out that they're missing an
6 comments
Read more

Commit to your Goals

It's that time of year. We all know it's coming. Many of us plan for it, get our one word ready, buy new planners, make to-do lists, do all the things necessary to prepare for what's next. I do. December was a race to the finish to check those things I'd ignored in 2019 off my to-do list. I made so much progress. I was a productivity maven. I was ready for the new year. Then, 2020 happened and a long Christmas break for the kids hit me like a bag of bricks to the bag of the head. Ouch! I had goals. They were multiplying. (Sing to the tune of You're the One That I Want from Grease.) The problem was even though I'd spent so much time in 2019 telling myself how productive and on task I'd be in 2020, I didn't think realistically about how "busy" (she says in quotes because no one should ever be too busy to pursue their goals) my life truly is. Here's the reality. It's cliche, I know, but if you want something bad enough, y
Post a Comment
Read more

What to Read Next

  What kind of books do you like to read? Do you only read one genre or are you like me? I'm an eclectic reader. If it sounds good, will teach me something, make me feel something, will make me cry, laugh, sing, or all the above, I'm all over it. Don't tell anyone I told you this. I'll deny it in court. (Kidding!) But I have two Kindles that have over 3000 books each on them. That's just the beginning. I also have what I estimate to be a few thousand books I've read, started to read, haven't read yet, or forgot I owned all over my house. I kid you not. Our house has more books than our local library. My book obsession is real. With all these books, you'd think finding my next read would be easy, but you think wrong. I can make anything complicated. True story. I don't know about you, but my eclectic reading taste stems from needing to be "in the mood" for a specific genre or writing style. Like many people, at the beginning of the year, I a
Post a Comment
Read more