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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jul 8, 2015 3:38:34 GMT
I already met my challenge already !!! I said I would read only 20 books this year because of what was happening when I set it, I was not reading much. I have read a lot this summer and plan on continuing to read as much as possible even when I go back to work. I redid my challenge to make it 35. I know I will slow done once I am working again, and I don't have another week long vacation where I can average a book a day. I will have to keep reading to meet my new challenge, but it is not unreachable. If you do the Goodread Challenge, where are you at?
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Post by pjaye on Jul 8, 2015 3:48:10 GMT
I've listened to 84 out of 110 books.
If someone had said that to me a few years ago I wouldn't have believed them. As I've posted before the big turning point for me has been audiobooks. I can listen while doing other things such as cooking, cleaning, walking...I have a Bluetooth speaker and I even listen in the shower and while I do my makeup in the morning etc. I also listen on the commute to and from work. I barely watch TV anymore (probably and hour a day) so this means I can get up to 4 hours or more of listening time in a day. If I had to rely on 'sit down reading an actual book' time I'd barely make it to 10 books a year.
I think I'll probably get to 120 or so for the year.
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Post by gottapeanow on Jul 8, 2015 3:51:36 GMT
Last year, I read 100 books. I set that for my goal this year as well. Sadly, I am wayyyyy behind and have only read 37 books this year. At this rate, I am on pace to read about 74 books. So it goes. I had very little time to read for many years. So even 74 books is a huge improvement. Lisa
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Post by Jili on Jul 8, 2015 3:53:18 GMT
I doubt I will meet mine. I am at about 37% (52 books). This year I've discovered knitting, which competes quite a bit with reading--which amazes me, actually. I should consider audiobooks, but I listen to a number of podcasts, and there's only so much time.
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Post by Yoki on Jul 8, 2015 3:55:48 GMT
My goal is 125. I'm pretty far behind at 45 completed. It was an ambitious goal & then I went back to work part-time two months ago (after 12 years of being a SAHM) & I haven't quite found as much reading time in my day.
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Post by smokeynspike on Jul 8, 2015 3:58:05 GMT
I have read 25 of 52 books. For some reason, I haven't been reading as much as usual lately. Need to kick it up a notch.
Melissa
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Post by Goldynn on Jul 8, 2015 4:01:12 GMT
Audio books are new for me this year, also. I've read around 100 books a year for over a decade, but now I love listening to books while I get ready in the morning, or while I do housework, or while driving. Books have always cast a spell over me, I want to know what's inside of them...all of them!
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Post by mimima on Jul 8, 2015 4:10:25 GMT
Congratulations. I am behind on mine - my job description changed at the beginning of the year, so I don't have as much reading time. I also spent 2 weeks on a book last month, which definitely sealed my fate
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Post by lumo on Jul 8, 2015 4:31:38 GMT
I'm perpetually behind, LOL. I'm currently at 20/52, 6 books behind. I'm a ponderously slow reader sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 4:39:13 GMT
I record my books read on Goodreads, but I don't set a goal. I've found I read more on the Kindle but take much longer to read books because I'm constantly highlighting people's names and events and googling. It takes me a while to finish one. I also found when I set a goal, I avoid books with a lot of pages.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 6:02:26 GMT
I set mine for only 36, figuring 3 books a month. I'll probably way exceed that! So I'll set it higher next year.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 8, 2015 7:01:32 GMT
I have only read 20 out of my goal of 50. I have kind of lost my zest for reading lately with all of the duds I have read so far.
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Post by GamGam on Jul 8, 2015 10:57:35 GMT
I have only read 20 out of my goal of 50. I have kind of lost my zest for reading lately with all of the duds I have read so far. I'm having a hard time finding books I want to read. I've probably checked out 4 for each one I've read.
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Post by kristi521 on Jul 8, 2015 11:49:21 GMT
For the first time since starting reading challenges a few years ago, I am 3-4 books behind. I have been that 3-4 for several months now. I am in a bit of a reading funk.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Jul 8, 2015 11:59:30 GMT
My goal was 70 this year and I've just finished #35. I usually do the bulk of my reading in summer but this summer has been so busy. It's ok; I'm only in competition with myself!! I'm actually off to the library this morning.
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 8, 2015 12:07:59 GMT
I've recently joined Goodreads- did not know you could set yourself a challenge! I love reading but I leave home at 7:30 and don't get home much before 6pm . I certainly don't read as much as I did when I was younger.
When I sit down to read I like the read a whole book in day. Lucky for me I am a very fast reader!
I think I shall set myself a challenge of 20 per year and see how I go.
Corinne
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 12:13:55 GMT
I've read 21 books of my 40 book target, I'm finding reading to be an uphill slog this year. I'm picking up and putting down books never to look at them again and can't say I've been really gripped by anything
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Post by giatocj on Jul 8, 2015 13:01:54 GMT
I only read in the summer...I just can't concentrate in the winter for some reason. Last summer I read 18 books and this summer I have challenged myself to 20. I'm already on book 8 with lots of summer left so I think I might actually make it!
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Post by janeliz on Jul 8, 2015 13:08:48 GMT
I'm reading number 32 right now. My goal is 75.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jul 8, 2015 13:40:30 GMT
I've recently joined Goodreads- did not know you could set yourself a challenge! I love reading but I leave home at 7:30 and don't get home much before 6pm . I certainly don't read as much as I did when I was younger.
When I sit down to read I like the read a whole book in day. Lucky for me I am a very fast reader!
I think I shall set myself a challenge of 20 per year and see how I go.
Corinne I am not sure if you can set a goal mid year, but in December or January you can set a goal. I don't set a goal that is not reachable. I enjoy reading and always want to. I use it more as a way to track how many books I have read in a year. Looking back some years has been more than others, naturally. Glad to see some are pretty on track and some are ahead. I totally get those that said they were in kind of a funk because the books they were reading were just ok. Most books I read I would give 3 stars to, an average score. Rarely will I give a 4 and I can probably count on my fingers the number of 5 stars I give out. To me 5 stars is I can not put the book down and am thinking about it when I can't read it. They are few and far between, but when I find one I treasure it.
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Post by elinoah on Jul 8, 2015 13:54:26 GMT
I have wanted to keep a record every year but I usually fall behind after a month or two. So far I have read 49 books. I am sure I missed a couple in there and it does not count all of the fan fiction I read (I am addicted) nor do I keep a tally of some of the worst smut I read. I just figure not everyone needs to know that LOL. Although, I will say most of my books are pure crap anyway. None of this "literary fiction" for me, LOL. One day I will get back to it, but for now. I am reading the equivalent of junk food.
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Post by utmr on Jul 8, 2015 14:07:47 GMT
I am at 53/100, so on track. Last year I read 107 and something similar the year before so I'm guessing I'll get there. What's depressing (in a good way!) is to look at my overflowing "to be read" bookshelf. Definitely enough that I won't run out for a while!
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Post by SabrinaP on Jul 8, 2015 14:31:02 GMT
I'm at 55/100. I do most of my reading in the summer since I'm off. I need to pick it up a little!
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Post by fiddlesticks on Jul 8, 2015 14:46:43 GMT
I'm not doing so well. I did 30 books and I think I only have 9-10. I started taking online classes to move myself on the pay scale for my district so a lot of my time is taken up by that. And then DH got me the first book in a series that he just loved and thought I would. It is so not my genre so the reading is going slowly. I like it but I don't LOVE it. We are at the beach for 5 days and I got ahead with my homework so I am hoping to finish that book and get back to the stack next to my night stand.
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