Goal Met: Read 50 books

OK – this one was a gimme. In fact, I was seriously considering making it 100 books since I’ve always been a heavy reader – as a small kid I remember sitting up at night with a flashlight reading cheesy sci-fi novels under the covers to get that little bit of adventure before going to sleep way too late and nodding off at my desk at school the next day. Not much has changed other than my kindle has it’s own light now, so I no longer need the flashlight.

I decided to lean into non-fiction information books a bit more. I usually go through 3-5 non fiction books a year but wanted to broaden my knowledge a bit more and started selecting books that I thought were interesting or were recommended one of the many podcasts that I was listening to.

I ended up with 15 non fiction books out of 50 total – considering how dry some of these books were I thought that was a pretty good clip. I also tended to take those kinds of books out from the library so I don’t have the convenience of the kindle ecosystem – making it a bit harder to find time to read them.

See, the thing with a kindle (and the kindle app on my phone) is that I can read anytime I have a free moment. Lunchtime at work? Sandwich and a story. Long train ride? Story time! Relaxing on the beach? Why yes, I’ll read this ‘summer reading’ selection thanks for asking. This really came into focus when I started removing social media from my phones – leaving me with blocks of time I had spent doom scrolling that needed to be filled. So I filled them with words.. thousands of words.. 27,000 words to be exact.

You see I don’t go for thin books, don’t get me started on those slim novels.. I like my books Thicc. Epic fantasy series? Yes please. Long complicated science fiction novel? Beam me up. Multi book series are my jam – I’ll rip through the whole series one after another. I can’t help myself. My lifetime of reading has trained me to read fast and still comprehend everything I’ve read. (Although There have been times when the prose was so beautiful I felt the need to go back and savor it)

Now the funny thing is I hit 50 books only 7 months into this so I’ve still got 5 months left of reading and I’m not committing to 100 books but it’s in the realm of possibility.