This may be one of the best ideas I’ve ever had… or one of the worst ideas I have ever had, but I’m going to try it anyway.
So here’s the plan, it’s pretty simple. All I have to do is finish a book every single day for the rest of the year. Sounds pretty straightforward right? Well… not with the way I read. I tend to read a bunch of novels at one time. Which makes it so that I finish books sporodically and go at a relatively slow pace. I never read one book all the way through… well most of the time (cough cough Song of the Current cough cough)
I want to see what would happen if I really dedicated my time differently and read one book as a whole in a day. I’m not sure if this is sustainable or not. I’m not really sure how I’m going to pull this off. I’m probably going to find a way to read more then one book at a time anyway, but I just want to dip my toes in and let my bookworm heart devour some amazing novels! I have a physical tbr of 58 books, but new with new books coming into my life so steadily.. and with Netgalley books catching my heart left and right, I think I’ll be able to sustain this the rest of this year.
Weather stupid or not, no matter how tired I am, I will get through this. There are too many amazing stories in this world to read and I want to enjoy as many as I can. In a way I just want to see if I am capable of it or not. We shall see.
Thanks for reading! If you have any tips or suggestions let me know in the comments! I’m honestly really scared now, but I’m inspired so let’s do this!
-Till next time!
I would love to try this but I don’t think I would do very well. However, I might just be crazy enough to try it haha. Even if I don’t end up reading a book every day for the rest of the year it’s still amazing motivation!!! 😀
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I have kept this up for 7 days already and I’m really proud of myself I look forward to seeing if I can continue this for the rest of the year!
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I think I’m going to join you in this challenge! I really wanna push myself and see what I’m capable of! 😀
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Hi Tiana, just came across this post of urs. Since u posted it in July, was wondering how the project is going?
I have such a busy schedule these days that reading about ur daily target, although its amazing, makes me kindda anxious. Hehehe.
Best of luck 🙂
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I had failed originally, but have since picked it up again and have kept it up for 8 days so far. I’m actually really surprised about how much more easily it has come to be this time around.
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Thats great. You should always try to achieve the goals you set for yourself 🙂
And dont call it failing. As long as u achieve what u want in the end, thats all that matters.
All the best 🙂
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Good luck. I am an advent reader as well and can read a 500 page book in two days so I understand. My current project is 853 pages.
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I have kept it up for 12 days so far so I am really proud of the fact that this was even remotely manageable!
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You can do it keep it up. It will be hard work but if it’s something your passionate about you can do it
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Thanks so much for the support! I really hope I can make it work!
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This is such a great idea to get through that TBR pile! Personally, I can’t imagine being to accomplish it! I have such a hard time with focus and concentration – I’m trying to read just 20 books this year. Halfway through! I’m very interested in what books you’ve read! Are you trying to read “smaller” books (like less than 300 pages)? Are you keeping track of your progress in any way?
I have a Kindle that I use for some free books, and they track how fast I read a book. Have you tried seeing how fast you read in a way like that? Sorry, I’m really into organization! Haha.
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Thanks so much for your comment! So far I have kept this up for 14 days! I haven’t really been reading shorter books except for 2 poetry books on different days when I was really busy during the day and only had about an hour for reading. Also I read several books at a time. So I will end up finishing one book and then starting a few chapters of the next book so that I have some leeway for the next day. However, most of the books I have read have been over 300 pgs. It’s really more about spending less time on social media or watching movies and YouTube videos and taking that time to read and it becomes surprisingly really manageable!
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Good Luck! Sounds like an amazing challenge. Would love to try something like this 💜
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Thank you! I hope you do try it out someday!
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Wow this is crazy. I hope you can do it though. It usually takes me 4-5 days to read a book so reading a whole book in a day never happens for me. Let alone continuously doing that. Good luck I hope you make it
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I have kept it up for the past 17 days and I couldn’t be prouder! I can’t wait to see how far I can take this!
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This sounds like a dream come true. I adore reading, but like you I tend to read multiple things at once, so it would be difficult for me to achieve. I have also been having a bit of a reading slump, so I am not reading as much as I would like.
Good Luck!
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Weirdly enough reading multiple books at once is what helped make this possible for me to do. It made it so that everything I read was just a little bit more manageable and idk I wouldn’t have done this challenge any other way!
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Great idea…..loved ur post…I’ll try to follow this and see what happens
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Thanks so much! I’m surprised by how long I have been able to keep this up so far, but it has been a truly amazing journey!
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how’s it going so far? I don’t know how long I could last. I’m pretty new to the world of blogging – any tips? I would love it if you could check my site out – http://www.anaddictiontofiction.wordpress.com
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It’s going amazingly well! I have kept it up for 23 days so far and I’ve been loving the feeling of it. Idk it makes me feel better about myself and calmer too.
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Wow that’s impressive! I’m glad it’s been such a positive experience – maybe I’ll give it a go
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You should it’s nice to start out at about a week trial to ease into it and then it’s just a lot of fun from there
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Sounds like a really good idea. Great post!
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Thanks so much! It’s been amazing to keep up!
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Sure😊 I would be glad if you check out my blog too and give me some feedback.
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This is a good idea and I wish you good luck with it. I totally get where you are with it. What I did last year and the year before was give myself a set amount of books to read within that year. That worked out better for me due to my schedule. Either way, reading books…the best idea ever 🙂
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I’ve been having a lot of fun keeping this up! I recently missed a day so I’m starting over and am on my third day today, but sometimes starting over is ok. 😊
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That is a great goal! Even if you don’t make it, you still are reading a ton. It is not a binary pass/fail type goal. It sounds like it will be really rewarding regardless and since I am a little late in getting to the post… it may already be rewarding
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Thank you! The longest I have kept this up for was about 23 days. I keep starting over though and it has been truly rewarding. I want to see if I can keep it up for all of October this month (I just had another restart). I have already finished my book for the day!
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Well, all the best for your new challenge. I took up similar sort of challenge for myself. Since am not that good at reading so I have started with a book a week plan. And till now its going well. For that purpose I quitted social media as well. Surprisingly! Its doing wonders.
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Thank so much! I’ve been doing pretty well with it. I have failed a few times, but I have gotten a lot better at keeping it up lately.
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Even if you fail on certain days, still there’s no harm. As with this sort of task on hand, you will get to learn only. May be one day little and other day more.
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lovely post
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Thank you!
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Wow this is a great idea. honestly I don’t know how you’re going to do it as it normally takes me a few days to read book, but good luck!
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It’s surprisingly not too difficult to keep up. I really enjoy how much this has become a part of my routine and I’m proud of it!
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You definitely should be proud! I suppose when you get into the routine of it everything else fits around it but I think the only book I managed to read in a day was Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, I completely devoured that book 😀
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I hope you are able to read all of those books. Even for a fast reader it is hard. 😍
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I hope I can get to all of these as well! I’m so excited to read them! ❤️
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Wow. I feel I am a pretty fast reader, but there is no way I would be able to do this unless you counted picture books or middle grade. Good luck!
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Thank you! It’s a lot more fun then I anticipated. Sometimes I don’t keep it up when I get too busy, but I do my best!
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This is such a good idea, I either read like 250 pages in a day or 2 pages in a week with no in between! I might do this at a slower pace like a book a week as I have a lot of studying at the moment.
Thank you for the great idea xx
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Sometimes it is harder to do then others. I’m trying to refind my balance since I’ve added a few things to my day that i want to try and accomplish.
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You’re absolutely insane! But I hope this works for you! Good luck, as I’d definitely need it!
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Thank you! I’m trying to find my rhythm again as I’ve added a couple of things to my day that I want to keep up with as well, but it is surprisingly doable!
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I’m trying to do this as well! Starting from today. 500 pages like Warren Buffett says.
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Awesome! I wish you luck! I’m restarting this challenge again today as well as I’m trying to find a better balance to accomplish this. However it has been a great help for my tbr and a whole lot of fun!
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I wish you the best of luck! If I were to do this, I’d probably try to do like one book a day for winter break or summer. But that’s only because school is trying to kill me and most days during the semester, Netflix or Hulu is all my brain can handle after class, work, and student org meetings.
Are you going to post about each book you read or about the experience? I think that would be interesting to read. Either way, I wish you the best of luck and I hope you have an amazing time will doing it.
Let your imagination run free! 🙂
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I have posted about my experience a little bit and I mostly post about each book through review (although I am running a bit behind) I’m just getting back into this challenge because I had taken a hiatus from it for a few days, but I’m excited to start up again!
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I shall look for them on my next work break. 🙂
I’m glad your getting back on the challenge. I probably would have put it on my list of things to do still. You’re seriously inspiring me to stop making lists.
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how is it going with this plan?
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Right now I’m on a bit of a hiatus with it so that I can concentrate on other things *cough cough Nanowrimo cough cough* but I’m still going to try and do my best in the future!
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Oh how i would love to join you on this quest of yours. My circumstances however will not allow this type of pleasure. Being a mum and wife juggling the every day duties of family and the ongoing process or reading and writing books it would be physically impossible. Good luck to you and i hope you enjoy this challenge.
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It is a bit intense and I’m currently trying to rebalance it out with other things in my life, but I’m more excited then ever for it!
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Oh i would be too!!!! Good luck love
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