Welcome to 2018!

First, I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions as many people try to start the year in a better direction.  I honestly believe that we should always be trying to improve or make ourselves better throughout our lifetime.  So, I don’t need a specific day in a year to start that.

Now, one challenge that I want to make is reading.  I honestly believe that we should never stop reading.  However, we shouldn’t always just read what we enjoy reading.  We should challenge ourselves.  Sometimes, you might be surprised at what you would read that normally you wouldn’t pick up.

So, this year, my personal challenge is to read 15 books in the year.

5 History Books
5 Classic Books
5 Modern Books (Within the last 5 years)

Will I finish this challenge, I don’t know.  It will be fun trying.

How to start this challenge?

Finish the current book that I’m in…

The Stand by Stephen King.  On page 465 of 1,176…only 36% of the book complete.

Lopaka

Update: 25 Oct 18, As of today, I’ve finished 13 books in my 15 book challenge. They are not in the categories that I listed. However, I’m very happy that we are almost to November and I’m only 2 books away from completing 15 this year.

Update: 26 Nov 18, Challenge complete. 15 books in 11 months. I’m excited to see how many more I might be able to complete before the end of the year.