The 1,000 Book Challenge

Granted, my 20-year-old son has not had the opportunity to have read as many books as I have. I’d like to think that I have read at least 1,000 in my life, I was a voracious reader in high school and college, and even in the military (lots of hurry up and wait time to read). So, we were talking the other day, and decided to start in Jan 2021 with the goal of reading 1,000 in the next 20 years.

He is a fan of Sci Fi and Fantasy (as am I), but I insisted we also read some non-fiction books (one a month), and we could also expand our horizons a little along the way. I look forward to sharing my favorites and reading some of them again with him, and exploring some new ones and discussing the merits of ‘old school’ fantasy and science fiction.

For the fantasy books, I’ll attempt (attempt mind you) to write a Story Grid Foolscap and do my nerd work discussing what worked, what didn’t work, and where it might have been told better. For the non-fiction, I’ll write a quick review about what I learned and how well it was constructed and organized.

I’ll update this page as we identify books we want to read.

The List

#	Title	Author	Genre	Date Completed
1	Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned series)	William Dietz	Action/ Sci Fi	Dec. 20, 2020
2	The Latte Factor	David Bach	Worldview	Dec. 24, 2020
3	The Lawyer	John Ellsworth	Thriller/ Legal	Dec. 2020
4	What’s the Big Idea?	Leslie Watts and Shelley Sperry	Non-Fiction	Dec. 2020
5	The Tipping Point	Malcolm Gladwell	Non-Fiction	Jan. 2021
6	Becoming Bulletproof: Life Lessons from Secret Service Agent	Evy PoumPouras	Non-Fiction	Jan 2021
7	Start Late, Finish Rich	David Bach	Non-Fiction	Feb 2021
8	The Postman	David Brin	Thriller	Mar 2021
9	Forgotten Ruin	Jason Anspach	ScFi/Fantasy	Mar 2021
10	Foolproof French Visas: Retirement Edition	Allison Lounes	Non-Fiction	Mar 2021
11	Creating Income Streams	Shaunta Grimes	Non-Fiction	Apr 2021
12	Winter Born	Sherrilyn Kenyon	Para-Romance	Apr 2021
	Vampire of the Mists (Ravenloft Series)		Supernatural
	Fire Warrior (Warhammer 40K series)		Science Fiction
	Extreme Success: The 7-Part Program that Shows you how to Succeed without Struggle	Rich Fettke	Non-Fiction	Apr 2021
	Retire Rich with Rentals	Kathy Fettke	Non-Fiction

If you have any suggestions for us to consider, let us know!!