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Originally Posted by Luffy
I've decided to terminate my Reading Challenge for 1000 + pages books only. Apart from being quite narcissistic, it was also a difficult(which is what prompted me to make the challenge), miserable, and ridiculous challenge. I've switched my target from 7 books to 52. I'm currently 6 books behind according to GR.
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Great decision. Reading is for love, not for misery. The point of challenges is to make reading even more fun, not to suck all the joy out of it.
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I do track my 5 longest books, and have a target for the total page count. It does come from a challenge a few years ago to read 5 long books, where I aimed for an average of 1000 pages per book, but that was mainly because I had 5 long books I wanted to read (and one of them - Lonesome Dove - was a little shy of the 1000). These days it's just for fun, and to make sure I don't pad out my list with super-short books.
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I keep an eye on page total and average number of pages per book with the Goodreads tracker for the current year. My reading goal for the year is just a benchmark; just the same, as with you, watching pages read as well as books keeps it honest.