Last year (2016), I started getting back into reading. I read more and books for fun rather than just what was new or exciting or would help my teaching career at the time. I found the Modern Mrs. Darcy Blog and her reading challenge inspired me. So I completed it. This year 2017 she had two challenges; Reading for Growth and Reading for Fun. I decided to do them both and as of midway through last week I accomplished that task. I have found more time this year to read than before. I have cut back on TV, movies and Youtube videos to do so, but I have found it to be a worthwhile investment. I also have been listening to audiobooks which have been engaging and fun, something to do as I clean the house or exercise, things I want my mind to be elsewhere when I am doing. I have recently, in the last few months, been more actively choosing my books, tending towards more self-improvement/memoir. I am not done reading for the year. I still have a stack of 7-8 books from the library calling my name, all of them good. As of this moment, I have read 106 books this year, I will wait to see what the total will look like by the 31st. I figured in a way of honoring last year I would share with you my choices for the reading challenges and my thoughts on the books. I completed the Reading for Fun Challenge first, the last two categories that were the last ones I read were an essay collection, which upon further looking I realized I read many essay collections so this was actually not as hard to fill and a Newbery Award winner or Honor book, which I would have never read except for the challenge. Reading for Fun
Reading for Growth
I am looking forward to reading more books in the new year. 2018 reading challenge here I come!
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