52 Books in a Year: Week 1
I celebrated a birthday this week. As a gift to myself, I decided to take on a yearlong reading project.
During the next year, I will read 52 books. You smarty pants’ out there know that’s a book a week.
For week one of my reading project, I read a novel by Chris Cleave called Gold. I’ve read other books by Cleave – like Little Bee – so I anticipated that I would enjoy it. And I did.
Kate and Zoe – the main characters of the novel – are friends and rivals. As competitive cyclists, they share two things in common: 1) a love for the sport and 2) a goal of winning an Olympic gold medal. The novel pairs competition with an underlying story of friendship, tragedy, and life-altering decisions. If you’re a cyclist – read this book. If you love stories with relational twists and turns – read this book. I highly recommend it.
Sami Dyer
Good luck with this goal, Annie! It’s a good one 🙂 Although I am not a cyclist, this book does sound interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Annie Vander Pol
Thanks Sami-Lad 🙂 I’d lend you the book, but borrowed it from someone. But I’ll probably buy it soon, because I love to re-read books!
Peter Chee
52 books in one year, now that’s inspiring and clearly the definition of “appetite for learning”!