Tuesday, October 5, 2010
How this blog is going to work.
Hello. This post is going to be more about the blog then the project. First though about the project. While I am going to read a lot of different types of books expect a good amount of YA books as that is what I primarily read. Now how the blog is going to work. Before 2011 I will be putting up reviews of various books I have already read as well as short lists for the 52 books project. Starting January 1st 2011 I will begin reading my final list of 52 books. Each Saturday I will post the name of that weeks book and each Sunday a review of the previous weeks book. For example book 1, which I promised my friend will be Life of Pi, will be posted up as the book of the week with a link to a blurb about the book on January 1st. On January 8th the second book's title will be posted. On January 9th a review of Life of Pi will be posted. In between I will write little notes about how my reading is going. Expect this about 3 to 4 times a week maybe more. That's all for now. Leave a comment with any suggestions. Also just to let you know all comments have to be moderated so if you don't see your comment for a day or two I haven't read it yet. Thanks!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
The Idea and The Rules.
Hi. So I really don't know how to start this so maybe an Intro is in order to start. My name is Zach Wolff and I am a high school junior who has decided to read 52 books in 52 weeks hence the title of my blog. I don't know what really made me decide to do this. I think I read some where that Stephen King wrote in his book On Writing that a writer should read 70-80 books a year. As I am a writer, anyone who writes for fun or as a job is a writer, I thought I should try to do that. However I am not that quick of a reader. Then I thought what about a book a week, 52 books. After talking with my parents I decided that it was a good idea to do this for a year and blog about it much like Julie & Julia, great movie by the way. So here I am writing this introductory entry.
Now I said in the title of this entry that this entry would include the rules. What I mean by this is I don't just want to read 52 books that I have already read in 52 weeks. I am going to read 52 new books in 52 weeks. There is a few more rules so I am just going to post them all here. (Note: except for rule 1 in the rules for books eligible are all of those rules are subject to be broken. In other words they are not non binding I am just attempting to follow them.)
Rules for books eligible to be on the list:
1. No re reads, every book on my list will be 52 books I have never read before.
2. No sequels. This applies to both books I have read before and books on my list.
3. No books by authors I am familiar with. By this I mean if I have read 1 or 2 books by that author before its ok to read another but if I have read an entire series by them I am not reading another book by them for this. In addition only one or two books by an author will be on this list.
4. All books must be of a respectable length. This rule is the most likely to be broken. I put a respectable length at 250 but I will read shorter books provided there is a reason for reading them.
5. Speaking of length no book will book longer then 1500 pages. Opposite of the last rule this is the rule least likely to be broken.
Now the only rule for when the project begins (which is in January 1st 2011) is that all books must be read in 7 days. If I fail to read the book in those 7 days I fail the project.
So why should you care about all of this well I need your help. I want suggestions as to what books to read and they need to follow these rules. I understand you will obviously not know what I have read so post any suggestions in the comments. Anyone can comment if you have a log in don't be afraid to log in and comment but if you don't have a log in just comment anonymously. I want to read a variety of books so just suggest your favorite books. I will compose a short list of about 100 books in early December with the final list being made the last week of December. So start getting those recommendations in soon and maybe you can have a say of what books make the short list as well as the final list
Now I said in the title of this entry that this entry would include the rules. What I mean by this is I don't just want to read 52 books that I have already read in 52 weeks. I am going to read 52 new books in 52 weeks. There is a few more rules so I am just going to post them all here. (Note: except for rule 1 in the rules for books eligible are all of those rules are subject to be broken. In other words they are not non binding I am just attempting to follow them.)
Rules for books eligible to be on the list:
1. No re reads, every book on my list will be 52 books I have never read before.
2. No sequels. This applies to both books I have read before and books on my list.
3. No books by authors I am familiar with. By this I mean if I have read 1 or 2 books by that author before its ok to read another but if I have read an entire series by them I am not reading another book by them for this. In addition only one or two books by an author will be on this list.
4. All books must be of a respectable length. This rule is the most likely to be broken. I put a respectable length at 250 but I will read shorter books provided there is a reason for reading them.
5. Speaking of length no book will book longer then 1500 pages. Opposite of the last rule this is the rule least likely to be broken.
Now the only rule for when the project begins (which is in January 1st 2011) is that all books must be read in 7 days. If I fail to read the book in those 7 days I fail the project.
So why should you care about all of this well I need your help. I want suggestions as to what books to read and they need to follow these rules. I understand you will obviously not know what I have read so post any suggestions in the comments. Anyone can comment if you have a log in don't be afraid to log in and comment but if you don't have a log in just comment anonymously. I want to read a variety of books so just suggest your favorite books. I will compose a short list of about 100 books in early December with the final list being made the last week of December. So start getting those recommendations in soon and maybe you can have a say of what books make the short list as well as the final list
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