February Reading Challenge: 30 Books in 28 Days

February Reading Challenge

• 🎯 The speaker aims to read an ambitious total of 30 books in 28 days during the month of February.
• 💡 This extensive reading goal combines three distinct objectives: preparing for spring and summer reading guides, delving into Caribbean classics, and completing a personal winter curriculum focused on Shakespeare.
• 📚 The challenge is viewed as a test of endurance due to the diverse genres, historical periods, and inherent density of the selected books.

Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs)

• 📖 Eight Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) are included, primarily for vetting and selection for the upcoming summer reading guide.
• 🧠 Notable ARCs feature Jesmyn Ward's non-fiction, which demands significant emotional engagement, and Colson Whitehead's new book, praised for his ability to reinvent his narrative voice.
• 🏫 The selection also encompasses several campus novels like The Adjunct and Off Season, alongside mystery novels such as The Author Weekend and The Butler.

Contemporary Physical TBR

• 📚 Twelve contemporary books from the speaker's physical