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I Challenged Myself to Read One Book per Month

Kharla Grace

I was a book nerd growing up. There was just something about the crisp pages and the stories that came alive; it gave me a sense of peace. Throughout high school, it would be a rarity to find me without a book in hand. There were times that I would check out the maximum amount of books I could from our school’s library because I knew that I would finish one book in one day. I loved getting lost in lives that weren’t mine. And then almost gradually, I stopped picking up books. Or if I did, I would never finish them. Soon the books I purchased ended up only collecting dust on my shelves.

Last year I decided to change that. My 2019 New Year’s resolution was to read, at the very least, one book every month. And very predictably, it joined the rest of everyone’s resolutions in the unaccomplished trash. Towards the end of 2019, I stumbled upon Reese Witherspoon’s book club. I read every review she wrote, adding the books I was most interested in my Amazon Wish List. There was a nagging at the back of my head that told me I wouldn’t actually read any of them.

It wasn’t until November 2019 that I came across One Day in December. It made me fall back in love with reading. It reminded me of the giddy feeling of picking up a book and refusing to put it back down. When December came, I knew that I would be making the same New Year’s resolution as this past year. However, I was more than determined to actually achieve it for my own well-being.

I know that it’s already April, but if you’d like to join in my journey to read one book every month then keep on reading.