The Rules
Even the simplest plans need rules or clarification. Here are mine.
1. Buy a new book on the 7th of the month.
2. Buy a new book for your child on the 7th. We must keep the authors, agents, and editors of kids' books employed too.
3. It must be a new book. Sure, this rule is implied in 1 and 2, but I thought it deserved another mention. You can pick up books from used bookstores, libraries, garage sales, and friends on another day.
4. Shop anywhere. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Little Book Shop on Main, Walmart, Costco, Target, Scholastic Book Fairs. In the airport, grocery store, museum gift shops, toy store, restaurants. Anywhere new books can be purchased.
5. All formats are acceptable. Hand cover, paperback, e-books, and audio books. Video books don't count because they don't exist. You are thinking of movies and that industry doesn't need saving right now.
6. Enjoy any kind of book. Pick up a mystery novel or a cookbook. Try self-help or a dystopian YA (I wonder which there are more of???). Help yourself to poetry, a short story collection, or a sports memoir. The only no-no is magazines. Let's skip magazines. We'll even say comic books are OK.
7. You are making no commitment beyond the purchase. No one is going to check if you actually read the book. Though that seems like a waste not to. There is no essay to write or quiz. Just enjoy your new purchase in your own way and at your pace.
8. Yes, you should buy books on other days too! This is important. It's not a diet. You aren't limited to purchasing books on the 7th. You should buy as many books as you can afford and as often as your heart desires. But even if you just bought a book on the 6th, go out and get another on the 7th. Your support could be keeping an author writing.
1. Buy a new book on the 7th of the month.
2. Buy a new book for your child on the 7th. We must keep the authors, agents, and editors of kids' books employed too.
3. It must be a new book. Sure, this rule is implied in 1 and 2, but I thought it deserved another mention. You can pick up books from used bookstores, libraries, garage sales, and friends on another day.
4. Shop anywhere. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Little Book Shop on Main, Walmart, Costco, Target, Scholastic Book Fairs. In the airport, grocery store, museum gift shops, toy store, restaurants. Anywhere new books can be purchased.
5. All formats are acceptable. Hand cover, paperback, e-books, and audio books. Video books don't count because they don't exist. You are thinking of movies and that industry doesn't need saving right now.
6. Enjoy any kind of book. Pick up a mystery novel or a cookbook. Try self-help or a dystopian YA (I wonder which there are more of???). Help yourself to poetry, a short story collection, or a sports memoir. The only no-no is magazines. Let's skip magazines. We'll even say comic books are OK.
7. You are making no commitment beyond the purchase. No one is going to check if you actually read the book. Though that seems like a waste not to. There is no essay to write or quiz. Just enjoy your new purchase in your own way and at your pace.
8. Yes, you should buy books on other days too! This is important. It's not a diet. You aren't limited to purchasing books on the 7th. You should buy as many books as you can afford and as often as your heart desires. But even if you just bought a book on the 6th, go out and get another on the 7th. Your support could be keeping an author writing.
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