Kickstart Your Reading with this Four-Week Challenge
Books and lockdown: a match made in heaven
With so many “must-reads” out there, which should you pick first?
Most of us have more time on our hands at the moment. And reading is one of the best ways to make the most of it.
If you’ve fallen out of love with books, it’s time to get the reading bug back!
Get the stats working for you
Like many bookworms, my reading has often been sporadic. I will read any book in any form: fiction or non-fiction, horror or romance, paperback or e-book, classic or contemporary. It’s rare I don’t have at least four on the go at any one time.
I would guess that I finished more than 50 books in 2019. But since I didn’t record them, I have no idea what percentage were written by women, or how many different cultures I explored.
Similarly, I would struggle to say whether I read more first- or third-person narrators, and whether I spent more time in the past or future.
Of course, you may wonder why you should be interested in this data. After all, you read in order to enjoy a good book not so that you can create pie charts.
