Finish a Book a Week

 I ran across a YouTube video about a month ago. It was called something like, "I read a book a week for four years, and this is what happened." I was mesmerized. I instantly wanted to do that. Or rather, I wanted to be able to say that I'd done it. 

It's one thing for a twenty-something at college to read a book a week. But could a married mom of three who's a scout leader and part-time teacher do that? I decided to try. 

Here I will chronicle my challenge. I have altered it so that I can include books that take longer than a week to read (that 1000-page tome on the Russian Revolution isn't going to get read in a week). My challenge is to FINISH a book a week. Yes, I'm that person who has 4-6 books going at any given time. I typically finish about half of them. But I would like to complete a book a week for as long as I can. My only two rules are:

• These have to be books that I read or finish in the challenge period.
• If I don't finish a book during a given week, I will keep going. 

I will incorporate classical literature, short stories, contemporary popular fiction, biographies, non-fiction ... anything worthy or fun to read. I may re-read some childhood favorites in there somewhere. Mainly, I will ask people whom I respect what their favorite book is, and I will read those.