Those who will not meet your goal this year - Page 3

HarryT · 12-20-2012, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mediax

I'm with you on that one - when did reading become a competitive sport???

HomeInMyShoes · 12-20-2012, 08:49 AM

^Beat me too it...of course great minds think alike.

"Proust in his first book, wrote about, wrote about, Proust in his first book, he wrote about, he wrote about..."

Everything can be a competition. I find the challenge keeps me reading when I might just sit in front of the TV instead.

HarryT · 12-20-2012, 09:01 AM

Wow, that was 40 years ago. I remember watching the original on TV as though it were last week

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DrNefario · 12-20-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mediax

I'm with you on that one - when did reading become a competitive sport???

Don't put ideas into our heads. It's bad enough already.

(Who wants a race, next year?

)

HomeInMyShoes · 12-20-2012, 11:05 AM

My mom tells me stories that as a kid she and her sister would each grab a Thornton W. Burgess book and race to finish reading them.

DomesticExtremis · 01-02-2013, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

6) Did not have one
7) Gave up on it

Seriously, what's with the "goal" obsession around here?

Free-range readers unite!!

+1.
Surely it's more of an achievement to find and read
one good book than 10 bad ones.

M T McGuire · 01-04-2013, 01:02 PM

For what it's worth, I sometimes set myself goals because it's nice to have something to aim for but I tend to aim quite low, if at all, because otherwise, when I fail, it annoys me.

Indeed when it comes to me and goals... Douglas Adams' words about deadlines spring to mind...

I'm with DomesticExtremis, which is what I'm in most of the time by the way. I found a book I loved this year but I hardly read any others and, anyway, it was probably only so good because of my perspective; it chimed in perfectly with events in my own life.

Cheers

MTM

DiapDealer · 01-04-2013, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by M T McGuire

I found a book I loved this year but I hardly read any others and, anyway, it was probably only so good because of my perspective; it chimed in perfectly with events in my own life.

Well don't leave us all hanging!

M T McGuire · 01-07-2013, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Well don't leave us all hanging!

Phnark! Sorry about that, it was called Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8000 Miles Around Britain in a Vauxhall Astra by Ben Hatch.

I have a Kindle and it's only £1.99 on Amazon - I doubt it's much more elsewhere. I have a four year old boy, he has a four and two year old, my dad is sick, his dad gets sick...

Definitely recommended. (Edited to add, not because I have a kid and a sick dad, that's just why it rang true for me...

Cheers

MTM

DiapDealer · 01-07-2013, 08:52 PM

Thanks!

01-04-2013, 01:02 PM	#37
M T McGuire Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 1006970 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Device: kindle	For what it's worth, I sometimes set myself goals because it's nice to have something to aim for but I tend to aim quite low, if at all, because otherwise, when I fail, it annoys me. Indeed when it comes to me and goals... Douglas Adams' words about deadlines spring to mind... I'm with DomesticExtremis, which is what I'm in most of the time by the way. I found a book I loved this year but I hardly read any others and, anyway, it was probably only so good because of my perspective; it chimed in perfectly with events in my own life. Cheers MTM Last edited by M T McGuire; 01-04-2013 at 01:03 PM. Reason: Lack of Clarity.

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HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^Beat me too it...of course great minds think alike. "Proust in his first book, wrote about, wrote about, Proust in his first book, he wrote about, he wrote about..." Everything can be a competition. I find the challenge keeps me reading when I might just sit in front of the TV instead.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Wow, that was 40 years ago. I remember watching the original on TV as though it were last week .

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HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	My mom tells me stories that as a kid she and her sister would each grab a Thornton W. Burgess book and race to finish reading them.

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