60 Books Intention Underway

I have started working on my intention to listen to 60 books. I'm on book three. It quickly occurred to me that this one was going to take some planning. So, I put together a full list of all the books I had been keeping track of to listen to or read plus all of the books that friends had recommended via a post I made on Facebook about this endeavor. Plus, I follow a few book profiles on Instagram (Lover of Books, The Book Therapist) and had saved a bunch of their recommendations. When the titles were all combined, I ended up with 106! Oh boy.

Well fortunately, we live in the days of AI. So, I turned to my dear friend Claude to help me make sense of it all. I first had Claude help me pare down the list by eliminating similar titles in terms of theme, content, story, etc., avoiding duplicate titles by the same author, avoiding too many books in any one genre, and so forth. I had Claude categorize the titles for me and create a curated and somewhat balanced list for me. The result of this exercise can be found here: Final List - 60 Books Intention

Next, I had Claude create a schedule for me with the goal of spreading out the subject matter, genres, and the nature of the content over the time between now and my 61st birthday. The intent here was to create a plan that gets me to the finish line in terms of completing all of the books but also balances the experience emotionally for me. The full schedule can be seen here: Listening Plan - 60 Books Intention

Feel free to borrow from my list and read along with me or do your own thing on your own schedule. Love to connect over anything you're reading. Just reach out!