{"id":15255,"date":"2020-01-02T01:05:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T07:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=15255"},"modified":"2019-12-30T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:49:08","slug":"52-books-in-52-weeks-2020-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/52-books-in-52-weeks-2020-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Books in 52 Weeks \u2013 2020 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookshelf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2220\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookshelf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookshelf.jpg 512w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookshelf-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookshelf-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookshelf-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>A new year is once again upon us, and it is time to start the second decade with the goal to read an average of a book a week for the entire year,\u00a0totaling\u00a052 books in 52 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a title=\"52 Books in 52 Weeks\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/52-books-in-52-weeks\/\">year one<\/a>, I only managed to finish 8 books.\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"52 Books in 52 Weeks \u2013 2011 Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/52-books-in-52-weeks-2011-edition\/\">Year two<\/a>\u00a0doubled that total.\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"52 Books in 52 Weeks \u2013 2012 Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/52-books-in-52-weeks-%e2%80%93-2012-edition\/\">Year three<\/a>\u00a0used a few graphic novels to improve once again, finishing with 24.\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"52 Books in 52 Weeks \u2013 2013 Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/52-books-in-52-weeks-2013-edition\/\">Year four<\/a> was the first where I dropped from the year before, only finishing 18 books, which was well\u00a0short of the ultimate goal. \u00a0<a title=\"2014: The Year In Books\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/2014-the-year-in-books\/\">Year five<\/a>, I bounced back to finish with 23 books.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/2015-the-year-in-books\/\">Year six<\/a>, I had my best year since starting this challenge, not to mention my best reading year ever, finishing with 31 books.\u00a0 In <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/2016-the-year-in-books\/\">year seven<\/a>, I matched that high point in total books, though far surpassing it in total pages read thanks to reading the entire Harry Potter series.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/2017-the-year-in-books\/\">Three years ago<\/a>, I dropped back down to 28.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/2018-the-year-in-books\/\">Two years ago<\/a>, I finished with my lowest total since 2014, finishing with only 22 books. <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/2019-the-year-in-books\/\">Last year<\/a>, I managed to up my total back to 28.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to give it another go this year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got plenty of new books stocked up in the Kindle app on my iPad, not to mention one or two birthday and Christmas presents, so I\u2019ve got a good pile to start with.\u00a0 As a reminder, the rules I am using are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can count a book as read as long as you have completed the book in 2020 and at least 50% of that reading takes place in 2020<\/li>\n<li>Any book counts as long as you\u2019re not embarrassed to count it.<\/li>\n<li>Poetry collections do indeed count.<\/li>\n<li>Re-reading a book is okay as long as it isn\u2019t done this year. (Reading\u00a0<em>Twilight<\/em>\u00a0twice in 2010 only counts as 1 read)<\/li>\n<li>Audiobooks also count.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My first book of the year looks like it will\u00a0be an autobiography of 2020 Ford C. Frick Award winner Ken Harrelson. \u00a0All told, 2020 should be another good year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new year is once again upon us, and it is time to start the second decade with the goal to read an average of a book a week for the entire year,\u00a0totaling\u00a052 books in 52 weeks. 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