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Originally Posted by DrNefario
That seems like a good change. If you're not enjoying a book that's 200 pages you can power through and finish it. If you're not enjoying a book that's 1200 pages you either drop it or you have a few miserable weeks ahead.
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 thought I had all the odds in my favor. I took such care in choosing my books. What a rude awakening.
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Originally Posted by issybird
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.
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.
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Thank you, issybird. You're awesome.