A new year is once again upon us, and it is time to start year six of the goal to read a book a week for the entire year, totaling 52 books in 52 weeks.  In year one, I only made it to 8 books.  Year two doubled that total.  Year three used graphic novels to improve once again, finishing with 24.  Two years ago was the first where I dropped from the year before, only finishing 18 books, which was well short of the ultimate goal.  Last year, I bounced back to finish with 23 books.

I’m going to give it another go this year.  I’ve got a few new books loaded in the Kindle app on my iPad, so I’ve got a good pile to start with.  As a reminder, the rules I am using are:

• You can count a book as read as long as you have completed the book in 2014 and at least 50% of that reading takes place in 2014
• Any book counts as long as you’re not embarrassed to count it.
• Poetry collections do indeed count.
• Re-reading a book is okay as long as it isn’t done this year. (Reading Twilight twice in 2010 only counts as 1 read)
• Audiobooks also count.

My first book of the year will be Slaughterhouse Five, the classic novel from Kurt Vonnegut which I am about 100 pages into.  I also have a Kindle app filled with choices and a few books that I got for my birthday and Christmas still waiting to be read.  2015 should be another good year.