I’ve been away for quite some time, but I’ve decided to try to pick this up again. Anyway, we’ll see how that goes.

Over the past year or so, I’ve gotten interested in the “Great Books” or “Harvard Classics” or any number of groups of books people think you should read. I’ve looked at collections from different publishers as well as book list from different websites/blogs and authors I like.

On top of that, I found out that things called something along the lines of “2016 Reading Challenge” exist. So, this is my reading challenge for 2016. My goal is to read 31 books. I probably read about 20 something last year, but never really paid attention. I know I was ordering a kindle book every month from the lending library thing and I’m guessing I read between 10-15 additional books.

Why 31? Well, 30 would be 2.5 books a month, which I felt was quite doable. That is also a number that works based on the title of this blog. I was in the middle of reading two different books, so I tacked an extra one to the list.

I haven’t really completed the list yet, but have ideas of types of books that I’ve shamelessly ripped off of other lists. The first two, I have already read, the next seven I am currently reading, but it is a little more nuanced than that. The List:

1. Just Do Something – Finished
2. How to Read Genesis – Finished
3. A Walk in the Woods – Finished
4. Spiritual Disciplines – Finished
5. American Presidents
6. Do More, Better – Finished
7. Morning by Morning
8. 1 Peter – Tyndale Commentary – Finished
9. Crime and Punishment
10. Mediations
11. History of the World in 6 Glasses – Finished
12. Hyperion
13. Pirate Lattitudes – Finished
14. Into the Wild
15. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
16. Hitchhikes Guide to the Galaxy
17. Misbehaving
18. All the Light We Cannot See (Paperback on Oct. 1)
19. A biography
20. A memoir
21. A book of poetry
22. A book about a hobby
23. A mystery
24. Recommendation from the Wife
25. Either something in German or about Germany
26. Something from John Grisham
27. Something from Kindle Lending Library
28. Something from Kindle Lending Library
29. Something from Kindle Lending Library
30. Something from Kindle Lending Library
31. Something from Kindle Lending Library

So, there it is. Updates to follow.