I believe I've mentioned before that I love to read. I hadn't really made it a priority this year until I recently found a cool challenge on Reddit. Side note, Reddit is awesome! There's so many different sub-Reddits on any topic you could imagine. The EDC one is really cool. Maybe I'll make a post about all the cool Reddit pages I keep up with. Anyways, the sub-Reddit I found is called 52book (link here if you wanna check it out). The name is pretty self-explanatory, but people attempt to read 52 books in one year. If you read one book a week, then you've completed the challenge. Some people have higher or lower goals, but the main point is that it pushes people to read more than they usually do. When I was a kid, I definitely read at least 52 books a year. Now that technology is quickly taking over our world, I'm reading less and less each year. There's so many amazing books out there, and I want to read as many of them as I can. From looking at that Reddit page, I've added hundreds of books to my list to read eventually. I want to decrease the time I'm mindlessly looking at the internet, and I think this challenge will help me accomplish that.
Sorry for that rambling tangent there. I found this challenge over Spring break and realized I had a lot of catching up to do. My total book count for the year as of now is 12 books. I've finished a good amount of books (6 if my count is accurate) this month, so I figured I'd tell you all some of the ones I've read and how I liked them.
The first book I'll talk about is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Honestly, I didn't expect to like this book much, but I was pleasantly surprised. Classics are always hit or miss for me. Not sure how many of you know the plot, but essentially it's all about this guy getting stranded on an island for 20+ years. The book goes through his day-to-day life and his thoughts about his situation. It was really cool to hear about what this guy did to survive/what went through his mind. It was a good book, and it was worth reading in my opinion.
Next up, I read Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge. I love murder mysteries/thrillers, so this book was awesome to read. It was kind of messed up, but that's what made it unique. Basically, there are strings of double kidnappings, where one of victims is alive and the other ends up dead. This lady kidnaps these two people, leaves them in abandoned locations with a single bullet in a gun, and will only let one of them go when the other is dead. Most of the people go a week or so before one of them kills the other. The main character has her own problems, but she's able to track down the killer in the end. I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it if you like murder mysteries.
I've been trying to read more non-fiction lately and finished Bullsh*t: How to Detect Junk Science, Bogus Claims, Wacky Theories, and General Human Stupidity by John Grant. I found this on sale at Barnes & Noble and figured it'd be interesting to read. Honestly, it was pretty sub-par and not worth the read in my opinion. There were some cool things mentioned, but I pretty much already knew the gist of everything he mentioned. The book mostly talks about climate change, how Earth came to be, astrology, etc. The author was well-researched and wrote a nice quality book. It just wasn't really what I expected. It was a quick and easy read at least.
The last book I'll talk about is Deception Point by Dan Brown. At this point, I think I've read the majority of Dan Brown's books. This one was good, but didn't come close to his other books. I've come to realize now that most of his books follow the same format. There's some conspiracy theory/controversy that has to be unwound by a main character with the help of some other people. Dan Brown always drops hints about who the person behind the conspiracy theory is, so by the time it's revealed, you pretty much knew exactly who it was. This book specifically deals with a meteorite that NASA "discovered" in the Arctic circle. The main character gets dragged into the mess and has to figure out what the deal is with this meteorite. Overall, I'd say the book was good and enjoyable to read. It was pretty predictable, but still worth the read nonetheless.
I guess that's about it for this post. It was a lot of fun to write this out, so I'll probably keep doing these monthly updates. If you're into reading, I suggest you check out the Reddit page. It's super cool to hear everyone's thoughts on what they're reading. Thanks for looking!
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