I’m in…who’s with me?

Posted on July 10, 2008

Pink Asparagus just gave me a purpose in life, so thanks for that!  Just in case you don’t follow the link, she posted a quote from Steve Jobs basically saying the Amazon Kindle (a reader you can get from Amazon where you can download books right onto it)  will fail because people don’t read anymore.  I would LOVE to prove him wrong and am willing to set aside a large chunk of my time to do it.  Please join us in the 50 Book Challenge, for which we will read 50 books in one year.  The only thing I wasn’t clear on was if we should start from today, or count the books we have already read this year?  Either way, I wanted to also challenge all of you bloggers to post reviews of the books you are reading (they don’t have to be long, just a star system or a loved it, liked it, hated it kind of thing.)  Also, both pink asparagus and I are on Shelfari, you can join us there for discussions on the book.  I am going to start (if we are starting from today) with Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, mostly because I am already reading it for my book club.

Update:  Pink Asparagus and I have decided to start the count as of July 1st.  Also, if you feel that 50 is too many, we can reduce it to 20-30 and just see how we do.  The ultimate goal is just to READ, and we’ll see where we can go from there.