The 50-Book Challenge

My Goodreads challenge for 2015 is to read 50 books.

This has drawn mixed reactions from folks: from some, I get: "Holy cow! Fifty books! How will you find the time to do it?" From others, I get, "Pshaw. Fifty books? I read seventy-five over Christmas break."

English degree aside, I am not one of those people who can zip through two hundred pages in two hours. I never have been.

I like to absorb every word, and, perhaps because I aspire to be writer myself and know how writers often agonize over every word, I cannot bring myself to skip anything when I read.

Also, I'm a public-school educator AND in grad school, a combination which is not always conducive to ample time for pleasure reading.

So, my Goodreads challenge goal for 2015? Fifty books: a stretch, but doable. I guarantee you at least fifteen of those will be consumed over my two-month summer vacation.

There. Mission: Obligatory Introduction accomplished.