I used to play games like Candy Crush or Trivia Crack during idle times (e.g., on the T, in line, before going to sleep, and right after waking up). This made my brain feel like it was ingesting the mental equivalent of Starbucks frappuccinos along with my usual Facebook and Instagram feeds. I kept spotting the hashtag #52booksin52weeks on my friend @JosieGL‘s Instagram with lovely pictures like this, and I got intrigued.
I realized that I missed reading for fun–the single-tasking nature of it, the freedom from digital distractions, and the complex stories that inspire one’s imagination more than 140-character tweets or clickbait listicles. So 52 books in 52 weeks will be my adult version of the Pizza Hut Book-It Challenge!
Thoughts on the challenge:
- LifeHack
- Huffington Post
- Becoming Minimalist
- Happy Herbivore
My 2016 Attempt
1) 7/7/16: The Romanov Conspiracy by Glenn Meade
2) 7/14/16: The Moonlit Garden by Corinna Bomann
3) 7/19/16: The Travelers by Chris Pavone
4) 7/22/16: Dear Emma by Katie Heaney
5) 7/28/16: Hidden by Karen E. Olson
6) 8/4/16: The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
7) 8/9/16: Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica
8) 8/26/16: Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
9) 9/16/16: American Babe by Babe Walker
My List (started May 24, 2015) – stopped this one after giving birth to Parker in July 2015
- The Vacationers
- What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast
- Inamorata
- The Underwriting
- The Bling Ring
- The Secret Life of Violet Grant
- Spoiled
- And When She Was Good
- Beautiful Day
- Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper
- Jennifer, Gwyneth, & Me: The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase
- Bringing up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
- China Rich Girlfriend
- The Royal We
- Why Not Me?
- Ghosts of Cambridge: Haunts of Harvard Square and Beyond
- Ghosts of Boston: Haunts of the Hub
- I’ll Have What She’s Having: Adventures in Celebrity Dieting
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
- Modern Romance