The 2016 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread - Page 8

WT Sharpe · 01-09-2016, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bfisher

I read sometimes on my phone - waiting rooms and the like, when I didn't plan ahead to bring my T3. Sometimes it takes me a year to read a book that way

. I use Aldiko App and have the book stored on the phone, so I don't need to use bandwidth.

I'll check out that app. The nice thing about the Kindle app is that it stays synced with my Kindle, so I can take up reading on one where I left off with the other. Of course, that takes extra bandwidth.

Nyssa · 01-10-2016, 11:31 PM

I finally completed my first book of 2016! Yay!

CRussel · 01-11-2016, 08:30 AM

Well, like a lot of us, I'm starting out a bit slow. 3 books completed, which puts me on pace for 100 book in the year, but my base goal is 120, with a stretch of 160, so definitely behind. OTOH, life has been more than a bit busy this year, so I'm not too concerned.

HomeInMyShoes · 01-11-2016, 09:13 AM

Definitely picked up the pace this weekend. Who needs sleep?

3 books completed and managed to read a few pages of The Untouchable which is going to slow me down a bit. Hopefully get to six books by the end of the month.

BookJunkieLI · 01-11-2016, 06:36 PM

I started out pretty good, knocked one book off my TBR list and one off my ReRead list. Then I started The Golden Compass and it all fell apart. It's taken me 4 days to read a fifth of the book and my fanfiction reading has skyrocketed, roughly 200k words in those same 4 days, because I'm avoiding reading The Golden Compass. Meh. Maybe I'll watch the movie first and then try finishing the book.

In the meantime I've started my next ReRead and another book of my TBR. I also need to put some of my TBR's on the computer at work because that's where I do a good chunk of my fanfiction reading. This way I'll hopefully read the TBRs instead of fanfiction.

CRussel · 01-11-2016, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BookJunkieLI

I started out pretty good, knocked one book off my TBR list and one off my ReRead list. Then I started The Golden Compass and it all fell apart. It's taken me 4 days to read a fifth of the book and my fanfiction reading has skyrocketed, roughly 200k words in those same 4 days, because I'm avoiding reading The Golden Compass. Meh. Maybe I'll watch the movie first and then try finishing the book.

In the meantime I've started my next ReRead and another book of my TBR. I also need to put some of my TBR's on the computer at work because that's where I do a good chunk of my fanfiction reading. This way I'll hopefully read the TBRs instead of fanfiction.

Try the Audible version of the book. Having now read both, I found the Audible version more compelling. This reads like a story meant to be told, not written.

BookJunkieLI · 01-11-2016, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

Try the Audible version of the book. Having now read both, I found the Audible version more compelling. This reads like a story meant to be told, not written.

I don't typically do audiobooks unless I've got a long car ride, a 10 minute daily commute just doesn't cut it

, but I'm determined to finish this book so I may have to go that route. Thanks for the suggestion.

CharredScribe · 01-12-2016, 05:16 AM

Started off slowly this year, as I had a lot of work. But I have completed my first book, and also read several short stories. It is incredibly hot right now, and I am between work assignments, so my plan for the rest of the week is to lie on the couch in front of the fan, and read.

astrangerhere · 01-12-2016, 07:11 AM

I finished a couple of books the first week of the year, but hit a two-fold wall for book #3.

The first was the book itself - Yukio Mishima's Confessions of a Mask. It's a very short work, only 148 pages, but it is very heavy and hard work to get through.

The second was being given another class to teach with less than a week to prepare for it.

HomeInMyShoes · 01-12-2016, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

I finally completed my first book of 2016! Yay!

Congratulations. I like your new avatar.

issybird · 01-12-2016, 09:24 AM

I've abandoned my first book of the year, about a quarter of the way in. It doesn't add to my totals, but it's one off the TBR!

pdurrant · 01-12-2016, 09:46 AM

If I've started a book, I count it!

issybird · 01-12-2016, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

If I've started a book, I count it!

Wow! An issue where my standards are stricter than yours! At last!

I have to finish it to count it. It means I won't abandon a book on the home stretch, but I'm committed by that point anyway. I don't think I ever keep on reading past enjoyment or expectation thereto just for the sake of pages already read. Life's short and reading's for love.

bfisher · 01-12-2016, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CharredScribe

Started off slowly this year, as I had a lot of work. But I have completed my first book, and also read several short stories. It is incredibly hot right now, and I am between work assignments, so my plan for the rest of the week is to lie on the couch in front of the fan, and read.

It was -15 C here and snowing today, so I wanted to sit on top of the heating vent and read

- Currently reading Primo Levi's Survival In Auschwitz (If This Is A Man), which is wonderful.

bfisher · 01-12-2016, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Life's short and reading's for love.

Absolutely

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01-11-2016, 08:30 AM	#108
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, like a lot of us, I'm starting out a bit slow. 3 books completed, which puts me on pace for 100 book in the year, but my base goal is 120, with a stretch of 160, so definitely behind. OTOH, life has been more than a bit busy this year, so I'm not too concerned.

01-11-2016, 09:13 AM	#109
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Definitely picked up the pace this weekend. Who needs sleep? 3 books completed and managed to read a few pages of The Untouchable which is going to slow me down a bit. Hopefully get to six books by the end of the month.

01-11-2016, 06:36 PM	#110
BookJunkieLI Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 572984 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle 4, Nook Gl4, Nook STR, REB 1100, Ebookwise 1500,	I started out pretty good, knocked one book off my TBR list and one off my ReRead list. Then I started The Golden Compass and it all fell apart. It's taken me 4 days to read a fifth of the book and my fanfiction reading has skyrocketed, roughly 200k words in those same 4 days, because I'm avoiding reading The Golden Compass. Meh. Maybe I'll watch the movie first and then try finishing the book. In the meantime I've started my next ReRead and another book of my TBR. I also need to put some of my TBR's on the computer at work because that's where I do a good chunk of my fanfiction reading. This way I'll hopefully read the TBRs instead of fanfiction.

01-12-2016, 05:16 AM	#113
CharredScribe Addict Posts: 266 Karma: 959704 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: South Africa Device: Kobo Aura HD, Aura ONE	Started off slowly this year, as I had a lot of work. But I have completed my first book, and also read several short stories. It is incredibly hot right now, and I am between work assignments, so my plan for the rest of the week is to lie on the couch in front of the fan, and read.

01-12-2016, 07:11 AM	#114
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,754 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	I finished a couple of books the first week of the year, but hit a two-fold wall for book #3. The first was the book itself - Yukio Mishima's Confessions of a Mask. It's a very short work, only 148 pages, but it is very heavy and hard work to get through. The second was being given another class to teach with less than a week to prepare for it.

01-12-2016, 09:24 AM	#116
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,321 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I've abandoned my first book of the year, about a quarter of the way in. It doesn't add to my totals, but it's one off the TBR!

01-12-2016, 09:46 AM	#117
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,005 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	If I've started a book, I count it!