12-28-2011, 09:37 PM | #691 | |
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Didn't get anywhere near my goal of 50 in 2011 but I'm happy with what I read and always knew that it would be a big challenge for me. Well, hope springs eternal and there's always 2012!
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12-28-2011, 11:32 PM | #692 |
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I had high hopes for reaching my goal this year and for a while it looked like I would reach it early. Then my husband was in a major motorbike accident in August and while I read a lot when he was in ICU, I haven't read nearly as much as normal since he started rehab. I am currently at 95 books, 29,622 pages, according to Goodreads.com though. I have more than a few books "on the go" right now so I could still add a few more before the year ends and get pretty close.
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12-29-2011, 12:40 AM | #693 |
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I haven't been reporting my progress here but I set my initial target at 100, reduced it about early March to 52 (one a week) and have achieved that so I'm happy.
Thumbs up to goodreads for their excellent tracking tool. I'll be using it again in 2012. |
12-31-2011, 03:24 AM | #694 |
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I finished Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere last night, my 120th book of the year. I was hoping to make 125 but the past month has be so busy I only managed to read 4 books. But an average of 10 books a month is more than I would have guessed I would be able to read.
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12-31-2011, 07:08 AM | #695 |
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Well in the end I managed 107 books, which I'm pleased with. I'm still deciding exactly what challenge I will be taking on for 2012, but it won't be as many, I don't think. I'd rather vary it, and allow myself to read longer books if I fancy (though 2011 did include The Count of Monte Cristo, which was 1400+ pages).
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12-31-2011, 11:48 PM | #696 |
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I managed to read 102 this year without really pushing myself. That was a little under 39,000 pages read according to Goodreads and I'm happy with those numbers. I got off to a bit of a slow start this year so I can probably do a bit better next year. I figure I'll do a challenge as long as I'm enjoying myself.
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01-02-2012, 11:03 AM | #697 |
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Finished up with 129 books.
My 2012 goal is to improve by one book - 130. |
01-02-2012, 11:13 AM | #698 | |
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01-02-2012, 02:18 PM | #699 |
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I didn't join the challenge because I knew 100 was out of my reach; my only goal was just to keep reading, and I managed 65 books, about 10 more than in 2010. For 2012, my only goal is to enjoy myself with my books.
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01-02-2012, 02:34 PM | #700 |
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If we're doing year-end stats, then mine are:
210 brand-new novel-length read in full 18 paper re-reads 12 e-book re-reads + a bunch of separately packaged short stories and graphic novels I'm not going to scroll through and count (I need a better numeration system for those) total paid purchases read: 108 purchased prior to finishing re/reading (a few picked up after if they were on sale and I liked it enough) |
01-02-2012, 03:28 PM | #701 |
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I had hoped to squeeze in one last book in 2011, but my end total was 86. I'm happy with that.
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01-02-2012, 08:20 PM | #702 |
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Nicely done .
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01-02-2012, 08:34 PM | #703 |
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I made my goal of 100 and read 101 in 2011. I am only going to 50 in 2012, 100 was a struggle and I want to read some long ones this year!
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01-03-2012, 12:14 AM | #704 |
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Well I predicted last month I would get to 90 and I did, finishing book number 90 before new year.
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01-03-2012, 01:02 AM | #705 |
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Well I got to 148 by the end of 2011 missed 150 by 2 but only started counting in February so I'm sure I did read more than 150. Got 1 for 2012 already. Congratulations to everybody and hope everyone has fun reading in 2012.
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