The next 30 months

Last year one of my friends did 50 new things before she turned 50. This year another friend is having 50 brunches before she turns 50 (I’ve really enjoyed this challenge!) I realized last night that, God willing, in 30 months I will turn 60, a fact which is rather incomprehensible to me. I have been thinking about what 60 things I wanted to do before 60 and decided that I wanted to read the books that have been accumulating on my “to read” shelf. That’s when I did the math, realized I had 30 months and therefore would need to read roughly two extra books a month (besides murder mysteries and work related stuff) to make it. I decided to keep track of this project and to be able reflect on it I would blog about each book and on the process. So…the journey begins.

The books I have piling up cover a range of things that have interested me lately. No one will be surprised that there is theology and biblical stuff on my shelf. There are also a number of memoirs and some history, sociology, political theory, and books on refugee experience and Islam. There is also a good selection of poetry. I have some fiction I’ve been wanting to read and some studies of zombie literature. It is an eclectic collection. I’ve also been collecting many books on race and indigenous issues. In honour of Black History Month (I know, that was February but it seems wrong that it is the shortest month of the year) I will begin with James H. Cone’s memoir, Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody.