The idea was to pick up the chosen unread book- the one I kept saying I wanted to read but never quite got around to it - and read a certain number of pages each day. How simple would that be? I decided 12 was the number of pages for me. It didn't seem like a lot and I knew I'd make some headway and perhaps get deep enough into the book that I'd want to read more. As long as I felt the book was worth reading, I'd continue on until it was finished.
Well, it worked!
I finished reading Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson today, using that method. To be honest, I didn't read from it every day, but keeping it by my bed reminded me that it was there.
No, I wouldn't call it one of my favourites, but it was definitely worth reading, even just for some of the prose and description. The story grew on me and I read more than I needed to today to finish off the book, because I wanted to know what was going to happen. It's a book that lends itself to slow reading, and even rereading some passages to ponder the meaning.
Now, if there's book you'd like to get sucked into that's pretty hard to put down, try The Mother In Law by Sally Hepworth (I borrowed this one from my local library). I dare you to stop at 12 pages!
