Reading one book a month.

Today I want to talk about a little challenge that I've set for the year 2018. Over the holidays last December, I was talking with a history teacher. He told me he was about to finish his 100th book for the year 2017. 100 books a year, that boils down to finishing a book every 3.65 days on average! At first, I didn't believe what he was saying until he pulled out a list of all the books!

That got me thinking about my own reading achievements for the year 2017. I read some books, but for sure not a 100! To challenge myself for 2018 I've decided to read one book a month for the whole year.

As a result, I received a whole bunch of books from friends and family that I'm supposed to read. Here is a small collection of the books I've planned to finish for the next months.

January: Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

The first book on the list was Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. An all-time classic that I can highly recommend. I found it especially interesting since when comparing the story with today's world, where privacy is more and more compromised due to the increasing importance of the internet.

February: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The second book, which I just finished is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Again a classic, this time from America. It is an adventure story dating back from 1884! The story revolves around a young boy called Huckleberry Finn. He travels down the Mississippi river and gets caught in all kinds of trouble. The story is closely related to another book by Mark Twain called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a book I'm planning to read later sometime.

March: Of Mice And Men - John Steinbeck

For the month of March, I'm going to read Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. Although this is not the first book I'm reading by Steinbeck, I have absolutely no clue what the book is about since I received it as a Christmas gift. In a later post on this reading challenge, I will give you my view on it.

Future reads

Additional books on the list so far are:

• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

My plan is to also read some Dutch and German books to keep my other language a bit upto date. Finally, I must admit that I've cheated a little bit for the month of January. I've started a week earlier with the first book! Therefore, my plan is to finish a week earlier, right before the holidays in December!

Thanks for your support!