Centurion Challenge - January

     This year, I started something new. Not exactly a resolution, but along those lines. There's this thing called the Centurion Challenge. You can follow it on Twitter (@centchallenge) and on Facebook. Basically, the idea is that throughout the course of this year you're challenging yourself to read 100 books. Magazines and blogs don't count, neither do kid books. Go for something legitimately age appropriate. Sorry students, but sadly textbooks don't count either. The Bible does count, and it's good for two books (Old and New Testaments). You can re-read books you've read before, but make sure you start after January 1. No counting something you've been working on since Christmas break.
     If you're going it the Twitter way, when you finish a book, tweet: “Finished ‘BOOK TITLE’ by AUTHOR(twitter name if there is one) #(number book) #CenturionChallenge #Read”. (I'm not tweeting mine, just keeping up with the list.)
     The source for all this info is http://shatterthesubculture.wordpress.com/

     I'm not exactly following this plan to the tee. More like, I'm just keeping up a list of all the books I read this year just to see how many it turns out to be. I have no doubt it's not going to stop at 100, but it's something I've never kept up with and I'm kind of curious. Kind of like wondering just how many hairs there really are on your head.
 
     If you want to do it, go ahead and try! It doesn't necessarily have to be a Jan-Dec thing. If you're a little apprehensive, 100 isn't that many, especially when you think about it as a little less that two books a week. They don't have to be the boring classic books you read in school I PROMISE you. You'll not catch me reading The Canterbury Tales for fun! Girls, go grab a Nicholas Sparks or Karen Kingsbury and some Kleenex! Guys...I have no idea what you people read, but I highly doubt it involves Kleenex.
 
     So I'm going on a month by month tally, and in December we'll see how it adds up! Let me know if you're doing it too!
 
 

JANUARY 

Fall of Giants - Ken Follet

Message in a Bottle - Nicholas Sparks

Sing Me Home - Jodi Picoult

*New Spring - Robert Jordan

The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks

The Lost World - Michael Crichton

*The Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan

*The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan

Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult 

*The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan

Julie and Julia - Julie Powell

 

* - Starred books are books in a series. I have a bad habit of getting caught up in series books, so that's why a lot of my authors are repeats.

     So that gives me a total of 12 for the month of January. Check back with me next month and I'll see how I'm adding up.


     On an additional note, I'm looking for a new library. Pontotoc is...well, Pontotoc has the worst library I've ever known. So I'm going to have to choose between Oxford and Tupelo. If you have an opinion on which is the better of the two, I'd love to pick your brains!