Welcome to the Monthly Bookworm – the blog about the benefits and experience of reading at one book per month. I’ve decided to challenge myself to read at least one book every month starting in January 2016. Since then, I have managed to keep up with that challenge month after month and thus became the Monthly Bookworm. To strengthen the retention of the books’ contents and to always have a quick summary up my sleeve, I’ve decided a few months ago to write short reviews of the books I’ve read and post them on Instagram (@monthly_bookworm). From there, setting up my own website dedicated to the Monthly Bookworm challenge was just a small step.
Why you should read the Monthly Bookworm
So what are you all to expect from this website? Way down the line, I would like for the “Monthly Bookworm” to provide readers with various kinds of content. While not all of this may be possible in the first few weeks or months, you can expect the following:
- Book reviews: Going forward, I’m writing a short review of every book I’m reading. Whether it’s part of my Monthly Bookworm Challenge or on top of it. Also, I’ll make sure to continuously add reviews for all the books I’ve read since 2016. One after the other I’ll fill in the gaps and write up reviews for my previous reads in the context of the Monthly Bookworm Challenge
- My experience with the challenge: In addition to the book reviews, I want to take you on my journey and share my experiences with you. That can include challenges, successes, strategies or just random thoughts on reading, a book or the challenge in general
- The Monthly Bookworm Challenge: My goal is to motivate people to read more. Whether you already read more than one book every month or you don’t read at all, I want to help you increase that number and transmit the benefits I see in doing so
- An active exchange with readers: While I hope there will be some open exchange on various topics, book recommendations are especially welcome!
What I want to achieve with the website
I’m new not only to reviewing books but also to this whole website thing, so bear with me. The website will only slowly take form and my reviews as well as the overall content will improve with practice and your inputs. Also, if you object to any of the things I write, please feel free to let me know in a constructive way. My main goal with the Monthly Bookworm Challenge was to learn and I’d be happy if you help me to continue to do so. I will make mistakes and be glad to learn from them with your feedback. As I’m not a native English speaker, feedback on language-improvements are especially welcome.
Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy my website and am looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours truly
the Monthly Bookworm