I have been challenged to read a number of books from different categories during 2016.
It’s an interesting challenge, BUT it includes reading books from categories I find B-O-R-I-N-G. As someone who most likely would have failed the notorious Marshmallow Test, had I been subjected to such a test as a child, I know that i’m disposed NOT to finish reading books on topics I find BORING!
So dear reader, whoever you may be, I’m asking you for some help this year. Keep me motivated. Your mission, should you accept, is two fold.
First, is to public remind me that I have committed to completing my 2016 Reading Challenge. I am committing to making a weekly post regarding the status of my reading. If I don’t, I’m hoping you will TELL THE KOSite World that I’ve stumbled.
Second, the challenge is to read a book recommended by someone else. So I’m asking you to send me a recommendation or two, or three, but no more as, well I have a life to live and I can’t spend all of 2016 trying to read what others recommend.
What, dear reader, do you believe an absurd artist should read in 2016? Please be so kind as to include why you think an absurd artist should be reading your recommendation.
FYI — one part of the challenge is to read or re-read an “old favorite.” I kind’a sort’a got a head start on that as I started re-reading Treasure Island. I’m not certain I actual read the book as a child. I know I read the comic book edition several times and I think my grandmother may have read the book to me as a child. And I remember seeing the movie, at least on TV. So I’m going to give myself credit for Treasure Island as a re-read of an “old favorite.” Or maybe, I will classify it as a book published before I was born, if I once again don’t get around to actually reading The Great Gatsby.
It’s my good intention to re-read Mary Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain as well. But I’m not prepared to classify that as a “favorite.” It’s more of a refresher course in an artistic basic skill — drawing.