#bookaday

So I've read about this trend on Twitter the last couple of summers called #bookaday. Basically, it is what it says- you read a book a day in the summer. The goal is to read at least one book everyday. Some days this is really hard, and your book is a picture book, and some days you have time to read an entire 400 page book!

I finally decided to take on this challenge this year. I have a little more free time this summer because I'm not doing summer school this year. I'm coaching swimming instead, so I get home a little earlier in the day and have plenty of time to read!

I started #bookaday on the day after we got out of school, and I'm hoping to continue it right up until the day before our first day of school. In total, that is 75 books! I saw that number and freaked out a bit at first (and re-counted twice to make sure I was right!). Then I realized that with the many, many stacks of books by my bed on my to-read pile, that this was actually doable. I might actually get to read all of the award nominees this summer and series that I've been dying to start or finish since forever! My books range from 50 pages to over 500, and I'm hoping to hit my goal early!

So far (I'm on day 14), I've read 14 books. My books have ranged from 48 pages to 615 pages, averaging out at about 220 pages! I've read three of the books from our award nominees list, and read two biography books- on One Direction and Stan Lee. Most of my books have been YA fiction, but I did read a Doctor Who book and an X-Men comic book in there too! I'm enjoying escaping into all of these different worlds and just sitting down and reading.

I'm hoping that I can keep up with my summer goal of a #bookaday !