The 2014 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread! - Page 59

HomeInMyShoes · 12-05-2014, 09:39 AM

^I don't know if there's one where you live, but I just put a lot of what I potentially want to read into ereaderiq.ca and they email me if Amazon ever drops the price. I have to check my email regularly to catch some things, but I've gotten quite a few usually $10-$15 ebooks for $3-$4. Definitely a great thing for someone like me that is decades behind the curve for trends in reading and whose yearly book budget is around $250.

CRussel · 12-05-2014, 02:33 PM

I've already surpassed my stretch goal of 150 books for the year, AND I've managed to mostly keep my list up to date, so that goal has been met as well.

I haven't reached a final decision, but I suspect my 2015 goals will stay essentially the same as this year. I don't want to raise the number beyond the original 120 books read goal because I suspect I'll have a good deal less free time, at least in the first half of the year, due to projects I've already committed to.

CharredScribe · 12-06-2014, 07:29 AM

I think next year I will increase my total reading goal by a little. I am thinking of different sub-challenges, but we'll see. I may add a sub-challenge later in the year. Mostly, I want to just increase the time I spend on reading, branch out and read new things (since I made 2014 a year of revisiting old favourites), and make a dent in unread-but-owned-books list.

DrNefario · 12-07-2014, 11:38 AM

Earlier on I finished my last sub-challenge book of the year, Saturday's Child by Ray Banks, for my ABC Murders detective challenge. That just leaves my main TBR challenge, which is looking good. I have a few books in hand for Christmas sales.

pdurrant · 12-07-2014, 02:52 PM

A very warm welcome to ATDrake. There may be less than a month of 2014 left, but it's great to have him on-board the 2014 challenge!

Nyssa · 12-07-2014, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

A very warm welcome to ATDrake. There may be less than a month of 2014 left, but it's great to have him on-board the 2014 challenge!

Yes, welcome ATDrake! I love how links were added to the relevant posts in the Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading? thread!! That took a lot of time and dedication. Pretty awesome!

ATDrake · 12-07-2014, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

I love how links were added to the relevant posts in the Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading? thread!!

Thanks. I've always liked reading what other people thought of the books they read that I've read (or am interested in reading) too, so I've done the auto-linking every year just in case anyone else gets morbidly curious while browsing the lists like I do.

(And frankly, sometimes going back through my old posts in the WAWR thread is the only way I can keep track of what I actually did read. Record-keeping skills, what are they?)

Hampshire Nanny · 12-07-2014, 05:09 PM

Just finished book #149, Waistcoats & Weaponry, third and penultimate in Gail Carriger's Finishing School series. Now reading Saint Peter's Fair, the 4th Brother Cadfael mystery and possibly the 150th book of 2014.

jbcohen · 12-08-2014, 11:30 AM

I have done so well this year that I am setting my sites on that original one hundred books read in one year. Most likely I won't make it but it is sure fun trying to get there.

Hampshire Nanny · 12-11-2014, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

Just finished book #149, Waistcoats & Weaponry, third and penultimate in Gail Carriger's Finishing School series. Now reading Saint Peter's Fair, the 4th Brother Cadfael mystery and possibly the 150th book of 2014.

Complete! Finished book #150 yesterday when I listened to the last 10 minutes of Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Also finished #151: Saint Peter's Fair. From now until the end of the month, I'm reading for pages -- still need something over 2000 pages to meet my goal of 50,000 pages for the year.

CRussel · 12-13-2014, 12:38 AM

Finished #161 yesterday, but I'm really struggling right now. Just grinding my way through the last couple of books, and neither of the ones I'm reading right now is doing it for me. Just MEH.

Dazrin · 12-13-2014, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

Finished #161 yesterday, but I'm really struggling right now. Just grinding my way through the last couple of books, and neither of the ones I'm reading right now is doing it for me. Just MEH.

I am about the same, haven't read anything since Tuesday. Mostly playing a new to me puzzle game on my phone.

CRussel · 12-13-2014, 11:44 AM

Well, I have two books to look forward to in the January Baen Bundle, and they should be available on Tuesday, the same day I pick up my new Voyage. Perhaps that will jump start me.

pdurrant · 12-13-2014, 12:24 PM

I think I'll wait and see if I can get some good coupons in the next Kobo competition for those two.

CRussel · 12-13-2014, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I think I'll wait and see if I can get some good coupons in the next Kobo competition for those two.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. I bought the bundle.

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12-05-2014, 09:39 AM	#871
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^I don't know if there's one where you live, but I just put a lot of what I potentially want to read into ereaderiq.ca and they email me if Amazon ever drops the price. I have to check my email regularly to catch some things, but I've gotten quite a few usually $10-$15 ebooks for $3-$4. Definitely a great thing for someone like me that is decades behind the curve for trends in reading and whose yearly book budget is around $250.

12-05-2014, 02:33 PM	#872
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	I've already surpassed my stretch goal of 150 books for the year, AND I've managed to mostly keep my list up to date, so that goal has been met as well. I haven't reached a final decision, but I suspect my 2015 goals will stay essentially the same as this year. I don't want to raise the number beyond the original 120 books read goal because I suspect I'll have a good deal less free time, at least in the first half of the year, due to projects I've already committed to.

12-06-2014, 07:29 AM	#873
CharredScribe Addict Posts: 266 Karma: 959704 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: South Africa Device: Kobo Aura HD, Aura ONE	I think next year I will increase my total reading goal by a little. I am thinking of different sub-challenges, but we'll see. I may add a sub-challenge later in the year. Mostly, I want to just increase the time I spend on reading, branch out and read new things (since I made 2014 a year of revisiting old favourites), and make a dent in unread-but-owned-books list.

12-07-2014, 11:38 AM	#874
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,207 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Earlier on I finished my last sub-challenge book of the year, Saturday's Child by Ray Banks, for my ABC Murders detective challenge. That just leaves my main TBR challenge, which is looking good. I have a few books in hand for Christmas sales.

12-07-2014, 02:52 PM	#875
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,036 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	A very warm welcome to ATDrake. There may be less than a month of 2014 left, but it's great to have him on-board the 2014 challenge!

12-07-2014, 05:09 PM	#878
Hampshire Nanny Guru Posts: 615 Karma: 8064562 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3 KB, iPad2	Just finished book #149, *Waistcoats & Weaponry, third and penultimate in Gail Carriger's Finishing School* series. Now reading *Saint Peter's Fair*, the 4th Brother Cadfael mystery and possibly the 150th book of 2014.

12-08-2014, 11:30 AM	#879
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	I have done so well this year that I am setting my sites on that original one hundred books read in one year. Most likely I won't make it but it is sure fun trying to get there.

12-13-2014, 12:38 AM	#881
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Finished #161 yesterday, but I'm really struggling right now. Just grinding my way through the last couple of books, and neither of the ones I'm reading right now is doing it for me. Just MEH.

12-13-2014, 11:44 AM	#883
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Well, I have two books to look forward to in the January Baen Bundle, and they should be available on Tuesday, the same day I pick up my new Voyage. Perhaps that will jump start me.

12-13-2014, 12:24 PM	#884
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,036 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I think I'll wait and see if I can get some good coupons in the next Kobo competition for those two.