25%

Well folks, its been two and a half months and I have read 25 books. I'm ahead of schedule, which is a relief, but I still have a long way to go.

I started this project for a couple different reasons. The first was to see if I could read a hundred books this year. Considering that 33% of high school graduates never read another book and the average American reads an average of nine books a year, I think this would be quite an accomplishment.

I've also found myself missing the academic mindset that I had in college. I've been graduated for two years, and I love raft guiding and working in ski rentals and selling books, but I miss the pointed search for knowledge, the project. I've missed writing (I loved writing essays). This project has forced me to write again, and, while it isn't up to the standards of academia, it gets the creative juices flowing.

During the past two and a half months I've made in through twenty five books, fifteen of which were fiction. Nine of the authors were women, which seems to lean a bit. In the next two and a half months, I would like to try to read more broadly, more female authors, more subjects I know less about.

If you would like to see something in my writing that I am not including, or have any book recommendations, please let me know in the comments. This is my first project like this, and I would love the constructive criticism, and I would love to see what everyone else is reading and has loved.