And I've avoided doing things I know I can
So I have been waffling back and forth a little bit on this whole Cannonball Read thing. 100 books in a year is a lot of books. But, I think I can do it. I'm really looking forward to it, actually. That being said, I have two reservations about the rules. The first is the length requirement (all books need to be at least 200 pages, short story collections must have at least six stories), the second is the no graphic novels rule. The reason these rules worry me is not that they deprive me from the opportunity to "cheat" or take the easy way out as far as the challenge goes, but that I don't like the idea that there are restrictions on what I can be reading for an entire year.
The Great Gatsby has been on my to-read list for a while and I think Cannonball Read would be a great time to get to it, however, some editions meet the 200 page requirement and some do not. So that seems a little arbitrary.
Also, even though I read very few graphic novels, I have very much been looking forward to Likewise by Ariel Schrag. It's the last in a series and I would probably have gotten to it already but I haven't been able to track it down.
Do you see my problem? Most of the books on the list I've made for Cannonball so far meet all the requirements, but even so, I don't like the idea of doing a reading challenge that actually prevents me from reading certain things that I want to read. What if I find Likewise in Chapters one day but can't read it because it is against the rules and I am to busy reading 200 page, strictly text-based novels? That would be the worst.
Would it be sacrilege for me to modify the rules slightly by making the page limit thing a little more flexible, and allowing a certain number of graphic novels. Like five, or something?
I don't want to take the easy way out, but I also want to be able to read the things I want to read.
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Allow me to muddle up your arguments! haha.
There are no REAL Cannonball rules, I don't think. You can read as much or as little as you want. It follows then that you could change up the page/novel requirements. I'm only doing mine the way I am because it was the one that seemed right to me (and I have a penchant for Pajiba-mandated rules).
Having said that, trust me when I say that you will NOT be limited in what you end up reading. When I first made my list, all I could think of were graphic novels and ineligible books. Now that I'm into it, I like the rules. I don't think about what I can't read anymore. Also, you have your whole life to read all the other stuff you couldn't read in the year. :)
I'm excited that you and Amanda are considering this! It's been amazing for me so far.
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