Hello Everyone!
I (32M) have always struggled to sit still and reading never came naturally to me. For the past 5+ years, I would set myself an annual physical challenge and found that if I look at something as a 'challenge' it works as a great motivator. This year I'd like to do something different and when I was looking for a book to gift to my wife (who loves to read), I thought 'why not reading?', so I've decided to challenge myself to read 20 books this year.
For some reason 'Lord of the flies' caught my eye and that's my book No. 1. I've also asked my wife to give me one recommendation who is now thinking about it!
I always admired people who read and would like to ask for you recommendations. I love the idea of having 20 different books recommended by 20 different people (one of them being me and another my wife). 18 more to go!
My question to you – what is the book you'd like to forget just so you could read it again?
I'd also like to keep this post as my 'tracker' and if allowed by the subreddit's rulebook, post my reading list and add my thoughts after finishing each book. No spoilers just few sentences to sum up the experience.
TL;DR
Always admired people who read and decided to challenge myself to read 20 books this year. What is the book you'd like to forget just so you could read it again?
by RokasZ
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I Who Have Never Known Men 🗣🗣🗣
The Name of the Wind.
Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
*The Rum Diary* by Hunter Thompson (but do NOT watch the movie). You are about the age when I read it the first time and I’ve read it a bunch of times since then.
Also *Brave New World* by Aldous Huxley
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I re-read it once every year and get blown away each time by the language, the atmosphere, and dreamlike nature of the story.
Nora Roberts the Obsession