Tell Me What to Read

And I'll Tell You What to Read (Day 58)

And so, we begin our slide into 2024. I was giving some thought to what to write about in terms of resolutions, goals, encouragement, that sort of thing.

But, nah. You don’t need me to tell you to stop eating doughnuts. In fact, maybe you shouldn’t stop eating doughnuts, you do you.

So, just what does a new year mean? I certainly have a few modest goals I’d like to aspire to, but I’d be attempting to reach those goals new year or not.

But then a friend of mine posted something to her socials that sounded interesting. She said: “Tell me the book I have to read.” She added that she’d select five of the suggestions with the only caveat being that she hadn’t already read them and she’d attempt to read them in 2024.

That sounds pretty good.

I‘ll take it one step further and add five of my own favorite books that I think everyone should read. Here are mine:

From left: The book that made me want to read, the book that taught me how to write, the book that made me interested in literature, the book that made me want to write non-fiction and finally, the book that justified my love for Moby Dick. Bonus book: Moby Dick.

So, to recap - forget about New Year’s resolutions. Instead, consider selecting one of the above books to read. And in return, in the comments (or drop me an email), suggest a book you feel that I should read. You can add reasons why as well, but you don’t have to.

Let’s see if we can build a nice reading list for 2024. That seems doable, right?

Ready? Go!