Anyone want to join me for a summer reading challenge? - Page 6

pdurrant · 08-27-2009, 10:42 AM

Nineteen Eighty Four
Enchantment Place
Fate Fantastic

26/50

It doesn't look like I'll make it to fifty before the end of the summer...

Elsi · 09-01-2009, 01:00 PM

Four more! All paperbacks that have been mailed to various members of my book swapping group, but most are available in electronic editions. Hog Wild by Cathy Pickens, a cozy murder mystery, Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris, about a psychic who can locate dead bodies, The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Shaffer, which probably falls into the category of "women's fiction", and Shaker Run by Karen Harper, a suspenseful romance.

I'm now at 31/40 with one more week to go. It's going to be a push, but there's a long holiday weekend coming up and a car trip on the last day of the challenge. I'm going to be close if not complete.

pdurrant · 09-03-2009, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

It doesn't look like I'll make it to fifty before the end of the summer...

I suppose it depends whether you define the end of summer as 31st August or the Autumn Equinox (22 September).

Anyway - two more.

Shattered Crystals (Mia Amalia Kanner & Eve Rosenzweig Kugler)
Masterpieces (Orson Scott Card)

28/50

Elsi · 09-06-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I suppose it depends whether you define the end of summer as 31st August or the Autumn Equinox (22 September).

In my first post in this thread, I said "My personal goal will be 40 books between 14 June and 8 September", so for me the challenge will go through the 8th of September.

I've completed two more books: In the Company of Others by Julie Czerneda and Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris. The Czerneda was 562 pages and I enjoyed every single one of them.

So, I'm now sitting at 33/40. I don't think I'll be able to read 7 books in the next 3 days, but 3-4 books is reasonable, since I'll be on the road all day on the 8th.

ficbot · 09-07-2009, 12:08 AM

Hi everyone! Bad news, I won't make 50. The combination of work, summer course, moving was too much for me. I didn't do badly---I'll hit 40, no problem. But I won't make 50...

pholy · 09-07-2009, 01:58 PM

Please don't feel bad, ficbot. You did take time out to help organise our first Toronto meetup, and attend it as well - for which I am most glad..

Much Thanks - pholy

ruth1304 · 09-07-2009, 03:29 PM

For a while I thought I might make 50, but then my job became unexpectedly busy, for about a week I didn't read anything and the last time I logged on here was 30th August!

I've finished 48 though, and I've made a start on 49 but I'm not half way through yet so there's no way I'll finish it today.

I've enjoyed the challenge, apart from anything else I've started keeping track of what I'm reading properly rather than periodically trying to remember what I read in the last few months.

Elsi · 09-07-2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

So, I'm now sitting at 33/40. I don't think I'll be able to read 7 books in the next 3 days, but 3-4 books is reasonable, since I'll be on the road all day on the 8th.

Today I finished reading Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber. Another paper book. I'm mailing it to a book swapping partner tomorrow. That takes me to 34/40, and I'm making major inroads on my owed-TBR stack for the book swapping group.

I'm now reading Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris, the fifth in her "Sookie Stackhouse" series. I expect to finish it tomorrow and maybe one other as I'm going to be in the car all day tomorrow. (That's why I included the 8th in my summer challenge!)

benham · 09-10-2009, 12:30 PM

I only made it to 17 of 25. It was good incentive though!

Elsi · 09-12-2009, 02:20 PM

Although I intended to get a lot of reading done while we hubby was driving from Dallas to Atlanta on the 8th -- instead I slept most of the way. I hadn't realized how tired I was until I kept drifting off to sleep at every opportunity.

While I finished up my personal challenge at 34/40, it was very good for me. Of those 34 books, 21 of them were paper books that I owed to members of my book swapping group.

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08-27-2009, 10:42 AM	#76
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,506 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Nineteen Eighty Four Enchantment Place Fate Fantastic 26/50 It doesn't look like I'll make it to fifty before the end of the summer...

09-01-2009, 01:00 PM	#77
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Four more! All paperbacks that have been mailed to various members of my book swapping group, but most are available in electronic editions. *Hog Wild* by Cathy Pickens, a cozy murder mystery, *Grave Sight* by Charlaine Harris, about a psychic who can locate dead bodies, *The Three Miss Margarets* by Louise Shaffer, which probably falls into the category of "women's fiction", and *Shaker Run* by Karen Harper, a suspenseful romance. I'm now at 31/40 with one more week to go. It's going to be a push, but there's a long holiday weekend coming up and a car trip on the last day of the challenge. I'm going to be close if not complete.

09-07-2009, 12:08 AM	#80
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Hi everyone! Bad news, I won't make 50. The combination of work, summer course, moving was too much for me. I didn't do badly---I'll hit 40, no problem. But I won't make 50...

09-07-2009, 01:58 PM	#81
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Please don't feel bad, ficbot. You did take time out to help organise our first Toronto meetup, and attend it as well - for which I am most glad.. Much Thanks - pholy

09-07-2009, 03:29 PM	#82
ruth1304 Addict Posts: 394 Karma: 1546 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Waiting for a kindle!	For a while I thought I might make 50, but then my job became unexpectedly busy, for about a week I didn't read anything and the last time I logged on here was 30th August! I've finished 48 though, and I've made a start on 49 but I'm not half way through yet so there's no way I'll finish it today. I've enjoyed the challenge, apart from anything else I've started keeping track of what I'm reading properly rather than periodically trying to remember what I read in the last few months.

09-10-2009, 12:30 PM	#84
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	I only made it to 17 of 25. It was good incentive though!

09-12-2009, 02:20 PM	#85
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Although I intended to get a lot of reading done while we hubby was driving from Dallas to Atlanta on the 8th -- instead I slept most of the way. I hadn't realized how tired I was until I kept drifting off to sleep at every opportunity. While I finished up my personal challenge at 34/40, it was very good for me. Of those 34 books, 21 of them were paper books that I owed to members of my book swapping group.

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