[Hampshire Nanny]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Read Books in Purchased Pile (5)
I don't have a lot of books in my purchased pile. I believe there's about ten on the Kindle and about ten paper books, but there's a few that have been sitting there and should be read. These books must have been purchased prior to mid-2014.

I can't imagine how one avoids buying books. I have over 500 unread books printed on paper in my house and at least 100 purchased eBooks which have not been unread. We won't *EVEN* discuss all the freebies I have downloaded and the eBooks I have downloaded from MobileRead or Project Gutenberg.

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I always think that book clubs sound like a good idea, and then I resent being "forced" to read a specific title. I like to leave myself plenty of room to change my mind in my challenges.

I'm very much one who selects the book to read by my mood. If the book selected by the club appeals to me, then I'll join in during that month.

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Books from omnibuses. I have a lot of omnibuses. I love to buy them, because they're usually good value, but I also don't love to read from them, because you can't mark them as done until you've read all of the individual books collected in them.

I have a special way of dealing with these in Calibre and in my reading stats. When I load the Omnibus into Calibre, I assign it a series sequence number of 90. I then create empty entries in Calibre for each book in the omnibus. In the book description, I point out that the book is actually included in the omnibus. (I wish I could add a LINK to the omnibus itself!) I can then mark any book as read -- and I mark the omnibus a read when I have completed all the books in it.

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

For next year I keep the same goals, plus I want to try to read at least 4 books of over 700 pages. I have several longer books that have been lingering on my TBR list and I hope to get through a couple of those.

I love longer books. Series help satisfy my desire to spend an extended period of time with the characters and the setting.

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I thought about a reading list but last year taught me that after years of having to read books from reading lists (high school, college, uni) I can't do that anymore.

I make a very short "must read" list at the beginning of the year, from which I may select a book at any time. I also have a very long list of books that I *want* to read with no target date.

One challenge I'm going to participate in during 2015 is the 42 Science Fiction Challenge. This challenge embraces not only books, but short fiction, essays, video, TV, and audio. The goal is to *review* 42 SF items during the year.