READ 100 BOOKS IN 2011 - Page 12

Kevin2960 · 12-31-2010, 05:14 PM

1 HOUR 46 Minutes to GO !

CWatkinsNash · 12-31-2010, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2960

1 HOUR 46 Minutes to GO !

Here it's not even late enough to start drinking yet. (Well, okay, it's mostly because my roommate hasn't made it home with the wine yet, rather than any display of decorum.)

hedwig · 12-31-2010, 05:25 PM

I joined too.
However, I think I will be keeping track mostly for myself rather than achieving the goal of 100. This is because even though I am an avid reader (I teach English literature at a college) I have never counted how many books I have read in one year - I think it is quite a lot but I don't have an "official" number. So this will be a good way of counting.

Loosheesh · 12-31-2010, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Loosheesh, Terminator will start a thread on the Community Board (see the button on the blue bar above), in the Read 100 Books group. Each of us will post once to reserve a space. From then on we will edit our space by adding each book read.

Thanks for clearing that up!

KarenH · 12-31-2010, 05:52 PM

Help!! I set up a ticker in my signature, and it shows up fine in the User CP but it's not showing on my posts. I haven't used a signature here before, is there another setting somewhere that might prevent it from showing up? I've looked around, but haven't found one.

KarenH · 12-31-2010, 05:52 PM

Nevermind, Now it's decided to show up! I guess all I had to do was ask for help.

Tinks · 12-31-2010, 06:00 PM

I'm doing a ticker as well. I know I won't make it to 100, but I'd just like to know how many books I will read for the year. I'm going back to school(for a career change), and won't be able to read nearly as much as I'd like to. Well I'll be reading, but it will be of the textbook variety.

Shack70 · 12-31-2010, 06:29 PM

I wasn't going to the ticker, but i did. Hopefully I will update it

Catlady · 12-31-2010, 06:55 PM

I just joined at the last minute--I tried to search through the thread for how to set up a ticker, but I don't see the info. Could someone please tell me how to get and use the ticker?

CWatkinsNash · 12-31-2010, 06:58 PM

Click on my ticker - it will take you to tickerfactory.com where you can choose the graphics and such for your own. After that you just click on your own ticker and enter your pin/password to update it.

Edit to add: Once you create it and get to the code page, copy the bbcode version into the signature box in the user CP here.

Catlady · 12-31-2010, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Click on my ticker - it will take you to tickerfactory.com where you can choose the graphics and such for your own. After that you just click on your own ticker and enter your pin/password to update it.

Edit to add: Once you create it and get to the code page, copy the bbcode version into the signature box in the user CP here.

Thanks. OK, I created one, but, like KarenH, mine is not showing up yet.

Ah, there it is. Thanks again.

wvcherrybomb · 12-31-2010, 08:53 PM

Hey Group Homies!

I'm excited to get started. I actually bought a new book (with free gift cards - but bought none the less) for the occasion. I have such a backlog of free books that I really didn't need to. But, any excuse to shop is good enough for me!

I just read in our group section that in-progress books count. I have at least a dozen in progress so that will give me quite the head start. I think I will limit myself to ones that are at 50% or less completed.

caleb72 · 12-31-2010, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

COOL! What will be your first book?

Already finished it - although it didn't officially meet the "rules" of the challenge. The books was The Scrubs by Simon Janus.

At only 84 pages in paperback it was more like a novella.

I'm now starting The Scourge by David H Burton.

Regards
Caleb

GreenEyedLady · 01-01-2011, 03:54 AM

I've got a list of a few books put together to read this year. Now where to start...

pdurrant · 01-01-2011, 04:56 AM

I'll certainly be keeping track this year, as I did last year. I read 162 books last year, but failed (spectacularly) in my goal of getting by TBR list under 200, as I bought (or got for free) 246 books. It now stands at 417!

Updating my 2010 resolutions, in 2011, I intend

To buy no more than one book for every three books I read*
To get my "to be read" folder below 300 by the end of the year

* this includes existing subscriptions — to Asimov's, Analog, F&SF and Interzone. So it's going to be tough! But I exclude freebies, as they are often time limited.

12-31-2010, 05:52 PM	#171
KarenH Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 37762 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NW Washington State, USA Device: K3	Nevermind, Now it's decided to show up! I guess all I had to do was ask for help. Last edited by KarenH; 12-31-2010 at 05:56 PM.

01-01-2011, 04:56 AM	#180
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,964 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I'll certainly be keeping track this year, as I did last year. I read 162 books last year, but failed (spectacularly) in my goal of getting by TBR list under 200, as I bought (or got for free) 246 books. It now stands at 417! Updating my 2010 resolutions, in 2011, I intend To buy no more than one book for every three books I read* To get my "to be read" folder below 300 by the end of the year * this includes existing subscriptions — to Asimov's, Analog, F&SF and Interzone. So it's going to be tough! But I exclude freebies, as they are often time limited. Last edited by pdurrant; 01-02-2011 at 06:57 AM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Mobile Read - Top 100 Books	Bilbo1967	Reading Recommendations	52	08-05-2011 05:17 AM
Seriously thoughtful Have you read 6 of those 100?	YGG-	Lounge	146	07-23-2011 03:22 AM
MobileRead January 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote	pilotbob	Book Clubs	67	01-20-2011 06:34 PM
How many of these "top 100" non-fiction books have YOU read?	kennyc	Reading Recommendations	81	10-16-2010 03:07 AM
AUO aims for $100 e-book readers by 2011	Dakhma	Alternative Devices	0	10-02-2009 04:38 PM

12-31-2010, 05:14 PM	#166
Kevin2960 YODA's Uglier Twin Posts: 974 Karma: 6295251 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Leicester, UK Device: PRS-600 and 2 Kindle 3's - and now a K4 + HTC Desire HD	1 HOUR 46 Minutes to GO !

12-31-2010, 05:25 PM	#168
hedwig Book Worm Posts: 116 Karma: 158766 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPod Touch 5	I joined too. However, I think I will be keeping track mostly for myself rather than achieving the goal of 100. This is because even though I am an avid reader (I teach English literature at a college) I have never counted how many books I have read in one year - I think it is quite a lot but I don't have an "official" number. So this will be a good way of counting.

12-31-2010, 05:52 PM	#170
KarenH Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 37762 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NW Washington State, USA Device: K3	Help!! I set up a ticker in my signature, and it shows up fine in the User CP but it's not showing on my posts. I haven't used a signature here before, is there another setting somewhere that might prevent it from showing up? I've looked around, but haven't found one.

12-31-2010, 06:00 PM	#172
Tinks Zealot Posts: 101 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Voyage	I'm doing a ticker as well. I know I won't make it to 100, but I'd just like to know how many books I will read for the year. I'm going back to school(for a career change), and won't be able to read nearly as much as I'd like to. Well I'll be reading, but it will be of the textbook variety.

12-31-2010, 06:29 PM	#173
Shack70 Guru Posts: 777 Karma: 1043626 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: York, Pa Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation	I wasn't going to the ticker, but i did. Hopefully I will update it

12-31-2010, 06:55 PM	#174
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,418 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	I just joined at the last minute--I tried to search through the thread for how to set up a ticker, but I don't see the info. Could someone please tell me how to get and use the ticker?

12-31-2010, 06:58 PM	#175
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite 2021, Fire HD 8+, Fire HD 10+, Lenovo Tab P12	Click on my ticker - it will take you to tickerfactory.com where you can choose the graphics and such for your own. After that you just click on your own ticker and enter your pin/password to update it. Edit to add: Once you create it and get to the code page, copy the bbcode version into the signature box in the user CP here.

12-31-2010, 08:53 PM	#177
wvcherrybomb Sharp Shootin' Grandma Posts: 847 Karma: 1123940 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sunny Florida Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, Literati (has been adopted by my daughter)	Hey Group Homies! I'm excited to get started. I actually bought a new book (with free gift cards - but bought none the less) for the occasion. I have such a backlog of free books that I really didn't need to. But, any excuse to shop is good enough for me! I just read in our group section that in-progress books count. I have at least a dozen in progress so that will give me quite the head start. I think I will limit myself to ones that are at 50% or less completed.

01-01-2011, 03:54 AM	#179
GreenEyedLady A Lover of Books Posts: 19 Karma: 35264 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wisconsin Device: Nook Classic, Ipad 2	I've got a list of a few books put together to read this year. Now where to start...