The 2016 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread - Page 26

issybird · 09-30-2016, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dazrin

I can't confirm that the GoodReads yearly challenges work the same way but I would expect them to.

They do.

Fbone · 09-30-2016, 02:46 PM

GR asks how many times you read the book at the bottom of edit/review screen.

WT Sharpe · 09-30-2016, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Fbone

GR asks how many times you read the book at the bottom of edit/review screen.

That was hard to find, but I found it. Thanks.

drjd · 10-02-2016, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by drjd

August was an encouraging month. I could finish 13 books and therefore I have reached on a total of 90 books in this year, against my annual target of 120 books. I hope to achieve the target well in time, leaving more room for further reading. I have been successful in reducing my TBR and to control my buyings too. I hope to cut down the TBR below 1400 by the end of year. I'm also planning to thoroughly review the TBR and kick out some books, particularly some freebies, which I am carrying over since long time and really do not feel like reading them. This exercise will help me attain a decent number of books in my TBR list.

Current statistics are :

90 books finished during the year.
TBR - 1419 Ebooks, 25 Pbooks, 46 in Wish list.
Books bought this year - Ebooks 13, Pbooks 0, Freebies 24.

September was also a good month for reading and I could finish 9 books this month, including some of the books bought long ago. I have reached a figure of 99 books this year, and with 3 months on hand, I will no doubt achieve my target of 120 books for the year. I did not buy a single book this month, and will resist myself buying more during October too. Although I have made made up my mind to to buy at least five books next month on my birthday.

I spent this weekend to deeply (and ruthlessly) study my TBR and wish list for a long awaited clean-up, and I was successful to cut down the number of some freebies and other books which I bought earlier but have no mood to read them. I did not delete those books, but zipped and uploaded to my cloud space, so I don't see their faces for a while. Although I had expected to cut down my TBR upto 800 books, but I feel I am greedy person.

Anyhow, I reached to a somewhat decent statistics as below:

99 books finished during the year.
TBR - 988 Ebooks, 23 Pbooks, 38 in Wish list.
Books bought this year - Ebooks 13, Pbooks 0, Freebies 24.

Now my goal will be to keep my TBR below 1000 at any cost.

CRussel · 10-04-2016, 01:37 PM

I'm falling down on my attempt to hit my stretch goal -- at this rate, i'll read about 145 books this year, but I'm not going to hit 160. I already know I'll have less reading time in the next three months, not more.

On my goal of keeping my tracking up to date? Not so good either. I get busy and I just don't log it.

Dngrsone · 10-04-2016, 07:40 PM

I've abandoned two books in the past couple weeks... doesn't help my challenge, since I don't count partial reads.

pdurrant · 10-05-2016, 08:13 AM

Three quarters of the way through the year, and how am I doing?

2016 Challenges:

To finish 2016 with my TBR below 700
SUCCEEDED: To read my 75 unread ebooks bought before 1st July 2008
FAILED: To spend no more than £20 per month on average

TBR now at 743. Down 14 on last month. At that rate I might just make my sub-700 TBR goal.

orlok · 10-05-2016, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Three quarters of the way through the year, and how am I doing?

2016 Challenges:

To finish 2016 with my TBR below 700
SUCCEEDED: To read my 75 unread ebooks bought before 1st July 2008
FAILED: To spend no more than £20 per month on average

TBR now at 743. Down 14 on last month. At that rate I might just make my sub-700 TBR goal.

And how much have you overspent on your monthly £20 target?

pdurrant · 10-07-2016, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

And how much have you overspent on your monthly £20 target?

At least £5/month. It'll probably turn out a little bit more. But it'll definitely be under £30 per month in total.

orlok · 10-07-2016, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

At least £5/month. It'll probably turn out a little bit more. But it'll definitely be under £30 per month.

Well that's not too bad then. I don't have a budget - I dare not contemplate it, particularly if you include the books I buy for my wife, who will only read pbooks, which are obviously more expensive than ebooks in general.

HarryT · 10-09-2016, 06:34 AM

Happy to say that I've just completed my 100th book for the year: the Baen omnibus "Planets of Adventure", by Murray Leinster, which completes my year's reading challenge almost 3 months early. And they've all been proper books, too (or, in some cases, omnibus editions, like the Murray Leinster one), so none of these short story stuff in my count

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pdurrant · 10-09-2016, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

At least £5/month. It'll probably turn out a little bit more. But it'll definitely be under £30 per month in total.

I've just done a careful recount. My average monthly spend for Jan-Sep was actually £37 instead of the planned £20. In fact, I've only had one sub-£20 month. Whoops.

jbcohen · 10-11-2016, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I've just done a careful recount. My average monthly spend for Jan-Sep was actually £37 instead of the planned £20. In fact, I've only had one sub-£20 month. Whoops.

That's $45.31 instead of the planned $24.51, for those of us on the other side of the pond.

pdurrant · 10-11-2016, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

That's $45.31 instead of the planned $24.51, for those of us on the other side of the pond.

Wait a week. The exchange rate will change again!

Dazrin · 10-12-2016, 05:23 PM

I just finished my page goal for the year!

Now I need to decide if I will increase my goal for next year. In the past I have increased my goal if I completed my goal before November but 2,000 pages per month is a really nice round number...

I have 5 books left in the Something for Everyone challenge but I am not too worried about them since I have already finished more than I expected. I may still change the "political memoir" category to something else if I do finish the other 4, that will give me a shot at completing the challenge at least.

10-05-2016, 08:13 AM	#382
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,056 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Three quarters of the way through the year, and how am I doing? 2016 Challenges: To finish 2016 with my TBR below 700 SUCCEEDED: To read my 75 unread ebooks bought before 1st July 2008 FAILED: To spend no more than £20 per month on average TBR now at 743. Down 14 on last month. At that rate I might just make my sub-700 TBR goal.

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09-30-2016, 02:46 PM	#377
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,297 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	GR asks how many times you read the book at the bottom of edit/review screen.

10-04-2016, 01:37 PM	#380
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'm falling down on my attempt to hit my stretch goal -- at this rate, i'll read about 145 books this year, but I'm not going to hit 160. I already know I'll have less reading time in the next three months, not more. On my goal of keeping my tracking up to date? Not so good either. I get busy and I just don't log it.

10-04-2016, 07:40 PM	#381
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	I've abandoned two books in the past couple weeks... doesn't help my challenge, since I don't count partial reads.

10-09-2016, 06:34 AM	#386
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Happy to say that I've just completed my 100th book for the year: the Baen omnibus "Planets of Adventure", by Murray Leinster, which completes my year's reading challenge almost 3 months early. And they've all been proper books, too (or, in some cases, omnibus editions, like the Murray Leinster one), so none of these short story stuff in my count .

10-12-2016, 05:23 PM	#390
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,730 Karma: 75825105 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	I just finished my page goal for the year! Now I need to decide if I will increase my goal for next year. In the past I have increased my goal if I completed my goal before November but 2,000 pages per month is a really nice round number... I have 5 books left in the Something for Everyone challenge but I am not too worried about them since I have already finished more than I expected. I may still change the "political memoir" category to something else if I do finish the other 4, that will give me a shot at completing the challenge at least.