Are you going to make the one hundred books read goal? - Page 4

sun surfer · 11-29-2011, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

Are you going to cross the finish line this year?

Oh yes, surely. 13 down, the other 37 before January 1st will be a piece of cake!

issybird · 11-29-2011, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I like the country angle mentioned. Maybe next year will be at least twenty-four countries or maybe an all-Canadian list as I don't read enough local content.

I counted up my list this year and I got fourteen countries, I think. I'd like to roughly double that next year, to somewhere in the 25 to 30 range, which means checking off one every other week. That seems a sufficient commitment.

orlok · 11-30-2011, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I've already compiled my challenge list for next year. Only 26 books on the challenge list, but it should let me fit in some other options along the way as a realistic goal for me would be about 36-40 books. I based my challenge list on years and letters of the alphabet. At least one book from every decade since 1900 and at one book from an author with a last name beginning with every letter of the alphabet. My list is already on GoodReads here.. At the start of the year I'll move them to the to read pile and start checking them off.

That's quite a list you have there, and a really interesting challenge. I've already read 6.5 of them (never finished Portrait of a Young Man, though I loved the movie). A few of the others may just make it onto my TBR soon, though

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HomeInMyShoes · 11-30-2011, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I counted up my list this year and I got fourteen countries, I think. I'd like to roughly double that next year, to somewhere in the 25 to 30 range, which means checking off one every other week. That seems a sufficient commitment.

I managed 8 countries this year which seems like a terrible number to me. Definitely something else to guide reading selections. I do need to read more from my own country though.

maianhvk · 12-01-2011, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I managed 8 countries this year which seems like a terrible number to me. Definitely something else to guide reading selections. I do need to read more from my own country though.

That's what I've been thinking, too. I know next to nothing about my own country's literature.

Hatgirl · 12-01-2011, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

That's what I've been thinking, too. I know next to nothing about my own country's literature.

Go for it! Over the last couple of years I've made an effort to find SF&F authors from my own country (Ireland) and have been rewarded with some amazing stories and a thriving SF&F convention circuit.

DixieGal · 12-01-2011, 07:48 AM

I made it to 50, which is less than the year before. Having to switch to exclusively audiobooks because of my eyes slowed me even more. It takes me forever to listen to a book. I do the 15 min timer, because it puts me to sleep.

pdurrant · 12-01-2011, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Having to switch to exclusively audiobooks because of my eyes slowed me even more. It takes me forever to listen to a book.

On my iPhone (& I think on the iPod Touch as well), there's a '2x' speed button for audio books and podcasts. It does some really clever audio processing, so that it speeds up the playback without changing the pitch. It works really well.

HomeInMyShoes · 12-01-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

That's what I've been thinking, too. I know next to nothing about my own country's literature.

I can safely say that I haven't read many of my country's most well-known authors. No Margaret Atwood, no Pierre Berton (although I hate history so that's not really bugging me), no Robertson Davies, no Michael Ondaatje.

DixieGal · 12-01-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

On my iPhone (& I think on the iPod Touch as well), there's a '2x' speed button for audio books and podcasts. It does some really clever audio processing, so that it speeds up the playback without changing the pitch. It works really well.

I'm using the Nation Library Service's Talking Book Library for the blind and their player. It has a speed thing also. I will try speeding it up and see if I can follow. Good idea, thanks!

JSWolf · 12-01-2011, 07:02 PM

I've hit 55 books. No way I'll be reading 45 before January. But it's been a good reading year. I've been reading some books I've never thought to read that I rather enjoyed such as Sarah's Key. Next year, I hope to hit more then this year.

One thing I hope to do in 2012 is finish off a bunch of ongoing series I have going.

ficbot · 12-01-2011, 07:41 PM

I am at 92, so probably. And this surprised me. I met a boy in July, and have not been reading nearly as much since

Goals for next year: get back into the reviewing (perhaps on Goodreads), read some better stuff (I too read a lot of piffle---entertaining piffle, but piffle just the same) and make a concerted effort to spend a LOT less and read through some of what I have already.

JSWolf · 12-01-2011, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

I am at 92, so probably. And this surprised me. I met a boy in July, and have not been reading nearly as much since

Congratulations on the boy. When's the wedding? about 4 months after I met my wife online, we were engaged and married the following year.

maianhvk · 12-01-2011, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

I am at 92, so probably. And this surprised me. I met a boy in July, and have not been reading nearly as much since

Strange. I always think about you as an older male.

Nyssa · 12-01-2011, 09:43 PM

The Terminator will be letting someone else run the challenge next year and I have been offered the opportunity.

It is now the 2012 Annual Reading Challenge!

The main difference from the 100 Book Challenge is that we will all be setting our own individual challenges.

I hope to see all of you there.

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12-01-2011, 07:48 AM	#52
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I made it to 50, which is less than the year before. Having to switch to exclusively audiobooks because of my eyes slowed me even more. It takes me forever to listen to a book. I do the 15 min timer, because it puts me to sleep.

12-01-2011, 07:02 PM	#56
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've hit 55 books. No way I'll be reading 45 before January. But it's been a good reading year. I've been reading some books I've never thought to read that I rather enjoyed such as Sarah's Key. Next year, I hope to hit more then this year. One thing I hope to do in 2012 is finish off a bunch of ongoing series I have going.

12-01-2011, 07:41 PM	#57
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I am at 92, so probably. And this surprised me. I met a boy in July, and have not been reading nearly as much since Goals for next year: get back into the reviewing (perhaps on Goodreads), read some better stuff (I too read a lot of piffle---entertaining piffle, but piffle just the same) and make a concerted effort to spend a LOT less and read through some of what I have already.

12-01-2011, 09:43 PM	#60
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 6,180 Karma: 167189477 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)	The Terminator will be letting someone else run the challenge next year and I have been offered the opportunity. It is now the 2012 Annual Reading Challenge! The main difference from the 100 Book Challenge is that we will all be setting our own individual challenges. I hope to see all of you there.