CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

Why is everyone participating in the 52 Book Pickup Challenge? Are you trying to read more? Are you competitive? Do you just like having somewhere to go to talk about books?

I could say I'm here because it's my job, but that's not true. I participated before this became my job. I love having a place to talk about books and find new reads. I'm also a bit competitive so I like having some sort of reading challenge every year. This whole experience has been a lot of fun for me and I greatly enjoy every minute of it.

Let us know your reasons why!

I'm here because I have a tendency to acquire more books than I end up reading. This challenge, alongside some encouragement from friends with similar reading lists, is helping me to ascend Mount To-Be-Read, as well as go back and sample some titles I feel like I missed or should have been assigned in school. For instance, thanks to this challenge, I finally know why it's a sin To Kill a Mockingbird. :-)

I'm competitive! I like to see the number of books I read go up each year - and tend to read a lot more than 52 - but I love logging and talking about what I'm reading and finding like minded people!

I like to keep track of what I've read, and how many books I've read in a year. And I love talking about what I'm reading and finding out what other people have read.

The challenge makes me concentrate more on reading which is my 1st love!