A book a week...?

I love reading. I pretty much always have; looking back at my parents' comments in my school reading log it seems I struggled at first, but at the age of six something clicked and I was suddenly taking out twelve books from the library a week. Sadly my reading has slowed down somewhat over the years. I genuinely couldn't tell you how many books I read per year nowadays (some books like "The Fault in Our Stars" I'll read in one sitting, while others are spread over several weeks) but I do feel like I don't spend enough time reading.

 I heard about the "50 books in a year challenge" a while ago and thought it was a great idea but didn't end up doing anything about it. After recently finishing "100 happy days" in which I had to take a picture every day of something that had made me happy, and I was left feeling a bit bereft. Talking to my friend about her personal book log that she does to keep track of her reading gave me fresh enthusiasm and I decided to give it a go.

This blog will (hopefully!) document the 50 books that I will read this year, starting today, and will include both books for leisure and ones that I'm studying for my degree (and yes, I am studying English literature...and French...the French books tend to take longer to read for some reason...) I have decided, although this may change, to only post about books when I finish them, as I sometimes start reading something, then get lost in another book, and come back to it at a much later period (this is especially true of books I read on my kindle).