As this project grows and evolves, I may change the rules a bit. I don't think I'll put a cap on the list, but I will try to read as many of the books as I can before the 12 months is up. I have a bad habit of reading multiple books at once, so I haven't decided yet if I will be faithful to one book. I think I may just focus on one book at a time, live in the world of that book, let it get into every pore, and give it a good, honest read. Okay, I think I just convinced myself to read one book at a time.

Again, I'll try my best to stick to the order, but if I can't get my hands on a book right away or not at all, then I will skip around to a book that is readily available.

New rule: I won't purchase the book, these must be books I can check out from the library, including InterLibrary Loan, or borrow from someone. The book can be analog or digital, no audio books.

This thing starts tomorrow, these are my thoughts for now.

Welcome to The Reader's List. Beginning August 1st, I will attempt to read only books that have been recommended to me for a whole year. I've got a pretty good list going already, check it out over on the left hand side of the blog. I will try to read them in the order I received them (from the bottom up). However, if a book  is unavailable to me, I will have to skip that title.

Why am I doing this? Three reasons: I want to add more variety to my reading preferences, I want to read what my friends and family think are important books, I believe this challenge will make me a better librarian.

I will post my progress here with notes and reviews, I hope you'll check in every so often to see how I'm doing.

And away we go!