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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
^My reading challenges make some books a bit expensive. I'm not sure how I'm going to achieve my target next year given that a couple of the books are probably $30CDN. I'm hoping inter-library loans can pull me through. I'll be starting my requests in about two weeks for the ugly ones on the list.
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I definitely used the library and particularly Inter-Library Loan to make sure that I got to read the books that I wanted to help me meet my secondary challenge goals.
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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
2. I also have a NOOK HD+ where I alternate between books in my Kobo and B&N Libraries. This is my favorite ebook reader and I save it for the times when I'm deliberately reading, rather than when I'm reading during a "found" moment. (Currently reading Fortune's Favorites, the third book in the Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough.)
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The only thing I *read* on a tablet are those books that are highly graphical and/or require color. Otherwise, I find that the other apps on the tablet are too much of a temptation. I stick with my eInk readers when I want to READ instead of play.
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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
3. For when I'm eating lunch (we all read when we eat alone, right?)
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Doesn't everyone?
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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
I do try to make all the books different, so that if I'm in the mood for something in particular, or not in the mood for something I've started, I can read something else without starting something new.
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I know that some people have trouble reading more than one book at a time. That's not a problem for me as long as I make sure the books are different in genre and style. Otherwise, I can get confused.
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Not at all. I have a long-term plan is to reduce my TBR to about six months of reading. In my case, that means down to about 100 books.
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If I include all the freebies that I've picked up over time as well as the classics I've downloaded from the MR library, I can't live long enough to reduce my TBR to 100 books.
I'm still thinking about my 2016 goals. Definitely going to drop my book goal a little bit. It's been too stressful trying to keep up with the big goal I set for 2015. I've blown out my page goal (50K) but making the book goal (200) is still uncertain.
I liked the Eclectic Book challenge that I joined in 2015, so I'm pretty sure I'll pick up a similar challenge for next year.