read one book per week.

I bought a black notebook to makes notes on the books I read and do a mini review. Recently I finished Going Postal by Terry Pratchett and Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins, which were both really good.

So I’m an English major who doesn’t read as often as he should, I always talk about reading and I do do the readings for class but it doesn’t take up my time. I managed to watch 15 films in the last 3 days but I haven’t read a single page out of the book I’m reading right now.

Right now I am reading Dune (also Les Miserables), but I’m going to finish Dune first. I’m only about 70 pages in, if I don’t finish this week then so be it but I want to read every day and get close to finished.

I’d like to say I’m not one of those people who only read 5 books a year (and silly bestsellers at that), I’d like to read all the classics and also be able to pick up some history titles that I can study. I’m pretty busy but if I want to be a good writer I need to know in and out what good writing is.

I finished ‘Can we Trust the BBC’, it was pretty one sided and cocky, but gave an interesting angle on everyone’s favourite broadcaster. I’m aiming to finish Andy McNabs ‘Agressor’ and Richard Dawkins’ ‘Climbing Mount Improbable’ by Saturday.

OK, I’m failing a bit at this at the moment. But then again, I have 3 books on the go at once, and I’m beginning to make some progress, I should have at least one finished by next tuesday. And I have a stack in my room waiting to be read. Onwards and Upwards!

I kind of stopped reading so many books when I got my ipod, but I’m going to start reading books again. At the moment I have the origin of species to read although it is small print so I don’t know if I’ll be able to read it in a week

I was an English major in college and would read anywhere from 50 to 200 pages per day… and now I read nothing. I’m waiting to hear if I get into graduate school, and instead of spending this time being intellectually productive, I am spending it working, sleeping, and watching old TV shows. I would like to be able to say that I read 52 books this year, because that shows that I am committed to education and learning.

I’m trying to read one book per week, but is too hard do that. Could someone, that have done this, provide some tips for us?

Before I did not get the habit to read , but now I do feel the benefits the reading brings and I want to read as more as books in my life and become a thoughtful man.

I’m changing this entry/goal to book per week, and it doesn’t have to be a work of fiction.

During summer, I made a goal of reading one book per week, and I wanted light summer reading, such as celebrity biographies. I also read travel books. I love to read non-fiction. I must say, I had my fill of fiction, especially the classics, in college, and it’s not my favorite genre. AND I’m okay with that.

I’m not the kind of person who needs to impress anybody with my reading list. I’m past that stage in life. I don’t care if people judge me on my tastes, that’s too bad for them. I’ve never liked it when magazines ask for a list of favorites from those they are profiling, and the answers always seem so phony (probably compiled by their press agent, etc.)

So here goes, here’s what I’ve read for the past month:

Detour by Cheryl Crane
Susan Hayward: Portrait of a Survivor

Portrait of Jennifer (A Jennifer Jones biography)
Palm Springs Confidential

Ahh! That felt good, and reading these books was interesting and fun as well. I’ll let my sister read The Road and my friends read whatever the NY Times bestseller list or Ophrah tells them to read. I’m on my own and lovin’ it!

I’m not keeping up, definitely…had a burst of activity in July/August that threw me off my goal-chasing.

BUT read a new one last week all in one sitting on the flight back from Las Vegas: “Run” by Ann Patchett (who wrote Bel Canto. Really engaging story and terrific characters.