Answer: I’ve read 553 books in 120 Months!
Why?
In Oct 2014, I went to see the movie, The Equalizer. Denzel Washington’s character was reading 100 books that everyone should read. I went home and Googled the list to determine if I had read any of the books.
The next day I was discussing the movie and the list of books with a friend. The friend made a bet with me, that I could not read 100 books in one year. To make it even more of a challenge, instead of reading the actual list mentioned in the movie, the books were from two categories: Business and Professional Development.
Never one for backing down, I accepted the challenge!
Additionally, I wanted to have a way to “confirm” that I was actually reading the books. As a result, I’ve recorded a video every week for 10 years, providing book reviews and analysis.
Below you will find the links to the playlist for each year’s book challenges starting with the most recently completed book challenge.
Nov 2023 – Nov 2024 Ten – The Challenge was to read 50 Books in one year and to Break a Cycle or create a Next Cycle. To Watch the Ten book reviews: CLICK HERE.
Nov 2022 – Nov 2023 Nine – The Challenge was to read 50 Books in one year and to conduct one New Beginning weekly. To Watch the Nine book reviews: CLICK HERE.
Nov 2021 – Nov 2022 Eight – The Challenge was to read 50 Books in one year and to conduct a daily discipline. To Watch the Eight book reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2020 – Nov 2021 Seven – The Challenge was to read 50 Books in one year and to conduct one act to build strength weekly. To Watch the Seven Book Reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2019 – Nov 2020 Six – The Challenge was to read 50 books in one year and to conduct an act of balance and harmony weekly. To Watch the Six book reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2018 – Nov 2019 Five – The Challenge was to read 50 books in one year and to attack fear by taking one weekly risk. To Watch the Five book reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2017 – Nov 2018 Fifty-Too – The Challenge was to read 52 books in 52 weeks. To Watch the Fifty-Too book reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2016 – Nov 2017: Mo’ 50 – The challenge was to read 50 books and watch 50 motivational videos on You-Tube. To watch the weekly Mo’ 50 book reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2015 – Nov 2016: 50/50 – The challenge was to read 50 books and watch 50 Ted Talks. To watch the weekly 50/50 book reviews CLICK HERE.
Nov 2014 – Nov 2015: 100 in 1 – The challenge was to read 100 books in one year. The books were printed, audio and e-books. BTW we actually read 101. To watch the weekly 100 in 1 book reviews CLICK HERE.
Of course, I kept the book challenge going for the 11th year. This year’s challenge is “Eleven,” to find out more CLICK HERE.
503 and counting…
Dr. Donna