This is my first reading challenge, and I've been wanting to do this for awhile! As a teacher, my summer breaks become the time to "Rejuvenate and Renew." I've been wanting to read some nonfiction books that will lend me some good advice and get me back on track. For some reason, self help has garnered a bad name for itself, so I don't want to call my challenge the "Self Help Challenge," as that makes me sad and feel so desperate somehow!
Now that I can kind of "refocus" on myself for a bit, I've been wanting to read things like Suze Orman's Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan
, Elie Krieger's Small Changes, Big Results: A 12-Week Action Plan to a Better Life
, Bethenny Frankel's Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting
, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
, books of literary theory I've meant to get around to, etc. Why don't you join me?Here's the challenge:
- Choose any three non-fiction books that deal with a topic you've wanted to learn more about. This could be money & finance, home decorating, budget tips, weight loss, nutrition, beauty & fashion, writing, religion, philosophy, literary theory, or even a biography. (You get the picture.) Basically, take three how to or self help books that you've been wanting to read, and join in!
- Read these books between June 1st and September 1st.
- Sign up by posting a simple comment below. (I didn't want to make things too complicated for this first challenge...for myself, or for anyone else!)
- Take the button created above and post in your own blog, with a link back here so that we can all see what everyone is reading.
- Review your books, and once a week I'll put up a post that you can link your own post/review.
- Enjoy finding out more about what everyone else is learning this summer!
This sounds fun. I've been wanting to learn more about Buddhism and Egyptian art (as you know). Would that count as "self-help"? Or I guess I could study for the GRE. *grumble grumble*
ReplyDeleteheidenkind-Absolutely! I'm thinking anything non-fiction-ish (like that word?) that is helpful. :) Hope this means you're joining me!
ReplyDeleteAll right. :) Now I just need to pick out my books.
ReplyDeleteAll right, I've picked out my books for the challenge. Here they are: http://heidenkind.blogspot.com/2009/06/challenging.html
ReplyDeleteThis is a great challenge idea. I read these kind of books all the time. I'll put my list up at my blog:
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Are we supposed to put our reviews here too or just a post to say we reviewed and link to our blog?
I'm doing great with my first book for this challenge. It is a book to read 1 or 2 chapters a day and focus on what is being taught. I'll read it through once and then go back and read a chapter a day or something like that. I'm reading Change your thoughts change your life by Dr. Dyer
ReplyDeleteJust finished my first book for this challenge and here is the link to my post:
ReplyDeletehttp://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/07/renew-by-changing-your-thoughts.html
This sounds great - a good way to get me started on fitness and investing books. I'll look for the books and come back with a link with my blog post.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Just completed my post and started my list for this challenge! Thanks for doing this - hope that this will help me motivate!
ReplyDeleteI forgot my link!
ReplyDeletehttp://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/2009/07/rejuvinate-and-renew-reading-challenge.html
Finished my second book for this challenge. Here is my link:
ReplyDeletehttp://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/renewing-and-relaxing-review.html
I have finished my third and final book for this challenge and my post is here
ReplyDeletehttp://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/rejuvenated-and-renewed-i-have-finished.html