why I'm reading 100 books this year

My Quest to Read 100 Books in a Year: July and August, Months 7-8

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - In a small town in India, one family has a curse where each generation will lose one person to a drowning death. Sometimes they drown in rivers, sometimes in small puddles of water. It is from this unlikely starting point that this epic novel takes flight over multiple generations that confront class struggles, medical mysteries and ailments, loss and love, all against the backdrop of the medical industry in India and eventually a salvation.

Adventures in Reading, Book List, Book ReviewLindseySeptember 24, 2023quest to read 100 books in a year, why I'm reading 100 books this year, how to approach reading 100 books, one month towards reading 100 books in a year, best books read this month, 100 book reading challenge, 100 books in a year reading challengeComment

My Quest to Read 100 Books in a Year: May and June, Months 5-6

I added twelve more books to my 2023 reading list in May and June: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley, The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, and many more!.

Adventures in Reading, Book List, Book ReviewLindseyJuly 16, 2023quest to read 100 books in a year, why I'm reading 100 books this year, how to approach reading 100 books, one month towards reading 100 books in a year, best books read this month, 100 book reading challenge, 100 books in a year reading challengeComment

My Quest to Read 100 Books in a Year: March & April, Months 3-4

After a slow-down in March, I picked up the pace and read a total of 19 books over the course of March and April in total, getting me a couple of books ahead of schedule again.

Adventures in Reading, Book List, Book ReviewLindseyApril 30, 2023quest to read 100 books in a year, why I'm reading 100 books this year, how to approach reading 100 books, one month towards reading 100 books in a year, best books read this month, 100 book reading challenge, 100 books in a year reading challengeComment

My Quest to Read 100 Books in a Year: February, Month Two

February added 7 more books to the 8 completed in January, putting me on track!

Adventures in Reading, Book List, Book ReviewLindseyFebruary 27, 2023quest to read 100 books in a year, why I'm reading 100 books this year, how to approach reading 100 books, one month towards reading 100 books in a year, best books read this month, 100 book reading challenge, 100 books in a year reading challengeComment

My Quest to Read 100 Books in a Year: January, Month One

I’ve read 8 books, which means I’m on track. This does not give me great comfort - I like to start the year off further ahead!

Adventures in Reading, Book List, Book ReviewLindseyJanuary 29, 2023quest to read 100 books in a year, why I'm reading 100 books this year, how to approach reading 100 books, one month towards reading 100 books in a year, best books read this month, 100 book reading challenge, 100 books in a year reading challengeComment

My Quest to Read 100 Books in a Year (Again)

I have always been a voracious reader. That is, once I started reading.

In kindergarten, my teacher did not believe in forcing kids to start reading and operated under the perspective that they’d learn it when they were developmentally ready. The science supports this, but many parents and schools still feel the need to push kids along. For most of my youth, I was the youngest (or one of the youngest) kids in my grade so yeah, I was not ready to read in kindergarten.

Adventures in Reading, Book List, General BlogsLindseyJanuary 2, 2023why I'm reading 100 books this year, how to approach reading 100 books, what type of books should I read this year, how to structure a reading challenge listComment