How I did it: After 2010's book fair I had over 50 books (52 I guess)..
I had to find a way to organize them in a way to motivate me to read them all..
The key was a small trick:
I organized books I bought this year into 3 piles in 2 parallel lines.
In
the 1st line, pile 1 for Arabic novels and literature books, pile 2 for
foreign language novels and literature books, and pile 3 for other
types of books.
Once I finish reading any book, I move it to the second line behind in its respective pile.
For some reason this type of ‘order’ motivates me to finish reading books to move them from one pile to another.
The
reason why I had to separate them into 3 piles 1st place, is because 1
pile will be too high, I will be depressed with the size of it before I
even start!

I also made an Excel sheet to keep myself organized and focused, to know what I read and what still to come, in case my books got out of order somehow..
Joining book clubs also helped, since I'm committed to read in a very specific time frame.

I still have 4 books left.. But 4 out of 50!.. Not to mention other books I baught throughout the year (around 15).. I call that an accomplishment! :D

Lessons & tips: Small trick do it great..
Ordering stuff makes a great way to keep up the spirit and motivation going..

Resources: Spread sheets are a great way to have everything gathered in one place and organize books, and to determine which ones are read and wich ones remain.. Keeps me focused.

Goodreads was also a great help.. Joining online book clubs that read my books makes me committed to reading in the time frame of the group read.

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Jan 26, 2011, 03:21AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer