Cannonball - The Rules

I should have written this before I started posting reviews, but I was just so gung-ho about doing the reading that I got distracted.

The Rules of Clair's Cannonball Read: January 29th, 2010-January 29th, 2011*

1. There is no requirement for the number of pages, but I'll try not to dip too far below 200 pages per book.  Amanda and I discussed and concluded that, as long as we read at least 20,000 pages overall, it will be fine.
2. Re-reading books you have already read is permissible, as long as you are doing for a good reason (ex: You want to read the next book in a series, but you don't remember what happened in the previous book).  I don't have any re-reading in mind, as of yet, but I don't want to count it out.
3. Plays and books of poetry are allowed, as long as they are of a reasonable length.  The poetry books would likely contain less text than a novel or non-fiction title, but poetry is much more difficult to understand and must be read slowly, so I am calling it a draw.  I rarely read poetry or plays, but I am trying to keep my options open in terms of genre and form because I fear that sometime this year I will begin to despise books that are nothing but paragraph after paragraph of words.  And yes, I do realize how ridiculous that sounds. 
4. There is no requirement for a collection of essays or short stories to include a certain number of works.
5. Graphic novels are allowed, but they must be substantial and I will read no more than 3 of them.

I think that is everything.  Can you think of anything I may have missed?  

These rules are much less strict than the official Pajiba ones (the ones that McKenzie is following).  She made the (very good) point that anything the rules preclude me from reading this year will still be around for me to read after Cannonball is finished.  Even though I know she is right I still worry that I will begin to rebel against the project as a whole if I start to feel too limited in what I am allowed to be reading.  I think I would use it an excuse to quit, frankly.  The reason I am doing this is partly because I want to challenge myself, but also because I just want to read more.  Of everything.  So I've decided that as long as I am reading (and writing about what I'm reading, and actaully thinking about what I'm reading) I will not worry too much about the fine print.



*This, hilariously, implies that I may do another Cannonball at a later date.  At this point that seems insane to me.