Each year, I come up with an absurd reading challenge, such as reading books published in unnecessarily large formats (2023) or by specific authors (2023 and 2024) or in specific series (2024) or for completism’s sake (2024). For 2025, something a little different:
To be unsystematic.
To not work through lists.
To choose randomly, according to whims, sudden enthusiasms and the rediscovery of books I’d forgotten I had.
To not plough through everything at the same relentless pace.
To take time to pause, to relish, to reflect.
To see how long I can persist in such hippy nonsense.
Mark Bould 