The 2018 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread - Page 10

DNSB · 03-24-2018, 11:23 PM

From the number of books finished on my Tolino Epos and KA1, I've managed to read ~190 ebooks so far in 2018. Quite a few were re-reads (Belgariad and Malloreon for example plus re-reading Wen Spencer's Tinker/Elfhome series just in case Harbinger is released in my lifetime

). Probably 20 or so of the new reads will make my to be re-read list.

Quite a few were read at work on the graveyard shift. Unless we have an upgrade or other IT project requiring downtime planned for graveyard, you are literally just sitting there and waiting for something to break so I find it about the most boring way I've spent 7.5 hours -- kind of like the old comment about hours of boredom punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. Reading helps to keep me awake and from getting bored enough to do something that I shouldn't do like touching a production switch or server outside of a scheduled maintenance window.

CRussel · 03-26-2018, 12:48 AM

Ah, yes, the joys of graveyard shift. I know them well. I spent most of the years between 1976 and 1998 working the graveyard, and it quite grew to be my preferred shift. I did get a good deal of reading done, but mostly I napped when we didn't have a call. We'd usually come in, deal with whatever 2nd shift had left over for us, then deal with the few new items, and then take a break until later in the morning when the calls would start to come in again. (At Uniroyal, workers were on piece work so if they had a chance of making their quota, they'd push through problems and wait to call things in, if they could.)

Wearever · 03-27-2018, 09:56 AM

Made to six books read so far in March also, but since I just started a couple more books on different devices I know won't finish either one before April. I alternate reading from each device depending on my mood. So I never know which one I will finish first.

Just read Age of Myth, a new series by Michael J. Sullivan. I've been reading first books in a series, so I have plenty to read when I finish this challenge.

Dazrin · 03-30-2018, 10:25 PM

This has been an awful reading month due to work related travel, which is finally done!

I have only completed 1,300 pages, my lowest monthly total since the end of 2011 which was the year I received my first Kindle. I need to average 2,500 pages/month to meet my yearly goal so a fairly significant slip.

latepaul · 03-31-2018, 07:43 AM

So apparently I read 3 books in Jan, 6 books in Feb and 12 in March. With the best will in the world I very much doubt I'll read 24 in April!

pdurrant · 03-31-2018, 08:47 AM

I wasn't doing dreadfully until today. My TBR was one down on the start of the year. And then there was a sale on the Inspector Morse and Inspector Montalbano series. 18 books and £22.42 later, and my TBR is now 17 above what it was at the start of the year.

CRussel · 03-31-2018, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I wasn't doing dreadfully until today. My TBR was one down on the start of the year. And then there was a sale on the Inspector Morse and Inspector Montalbano series. 18 books and £22.42 later, and my TBR is now 17 above what it was at the start of the year.

Fortunately, I stocked up on Morse during one of the Great 90% Kobo Coupon sales. I just checked and I have the full set. Montalbano I don't know, so can easily ignore.

Dngrsone · 03-31-2018, 10:11 AM

Work has been slow lately, and so I have been getting a lot of extra reading time in. I am actually ahead.

drjd · 03-31-2018, 02:15 PM

I can't say I'm doing well this year. Not even keeping a proper record of my reading activity.

Hope April will be better.

kansaskyle · 04-01-2018, 09:45 AM

I completed three books in March, two of which were on my TBR list/goal for the year.

Rumpelteazer · 04-01-2018, 02:37 PM

I was doing okay this month until I got bronchitis a week ago. From Tuesday onwards I haven't read, only today I felt that I would be able to concentrate on my book again.

So a bad month for me. Also, listening to a podcast has replaced my before sleep reading time.

In March I've read seven books, 2838 pages. That's almost 1000 below average for me in March. But I did really like the books I've chosen to read in March, so that's an improvement from February.

astrangerhere · 04-02-2018, 02:06 PM

Goals:

Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75) | Total Pages: 25,000 | TBR Reduction: 25 (stretch goal of 50)
Read at least 51% non-American authors | Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male | Read at least 52 short stories | Read at least 10 of the New Leaf Book Club selections | Complete a re-read of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace

Aggregate Totals (Updated through March):

46 books - 92% of my goal (61% of stretch goal) - on target; might expand again
23 short stories - 44% of my goal - on target
12,783 pages - 51% of my goal - on target
48% female/nonbinary authors / 52% male authors - off target - Balance improved by 1%
52% US authors (down from 60%) / 48% non-US authors (up from 40%) - off target but making gains
95 of 365 chapters of War and Peace complete - on target, but behind if i I don't get 7 or 8 chapters in this week
TBR Reduction: Reduced by 20 - 80% of my goal (40% of stretch goal) - on target
New Leaf Book Club selections - 4 for 4 - on target - though I could not participate in the Hemingway discussion because I was too damn sick.

CRussel · 04-02-2018, 02:55 PM

Total Books Read: 39
Annual Rate: 158
Pretty good, just below my stretch goal.

Books bought: 49 <-- NOT GOOD. 10 more than I've read! The TBR is going the wrong way.

Wearever · 04-16-2018, 01:02 PM

Finished the Wretched of Muirwood, for my fantasy challenge this month. So far I have been really enjoying this challenge. I also have been reading more books this year, but I think it's more to do with the crappy weather we've had. I've found I'm reading a little more on the weekends.

pdurrant · 04-28-2018, 06:40 AM

I've just gone through making sure my counts match between the list in the challenge thread and in calibre.

It looks like I might make 40 books read in Jan/Feb/Mar/April, so I'm on course for around 120 books for the whole year. A bit down on my recent totals because of a change in my commuting from train to car.

My TBR continues to grow.... but at least I'm pleased with all my purchases this year.

03-24-2018, 11:23 PM	#136
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 36,340 Karma: 145735552 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	From the number of books finished on my Tolino Epos and KA1, I've managed to read ~190 ebooks so far in 2018. Quite a few were re-reads (Belgariad and Malloreon for example plus re-reading Wen Spencer's Tinker/Elfhome series just in case Harbinger is released in my lifetime ). Probably 20 or so of the new reads will make my to be re-read list. Quite a few were read at work on the graveyard shift. Unless we have an upgrade or other IT project requiring downtime planned for graveyard, you are literally just sitting there and waiting for something to break so I find it about the most boring way I've spent 7.5 hours -- kind of like the old comment about hours of boredom punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. Reading helps to keep me awake and from getting bored enough to do something that I shouldn't do like touching a production switch or server outside of a scheduled maintenance window. Last edited by DNSB; 03-24-2018 at 11:32 PM.

04-02-2018, 02:06 PM	#147
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,658 Karma: 66000000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Goals: Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75) \| Total Pages: 25,000 \| TBR Reduction: 25 (stretch goal of 50) Read at least 51% non-American authors \| Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male \| Read at least 52 short stories \| Read at least 10 of the New Leaf Book Club selections \| Complete a re-read of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace Aggregate Totals (Updated through March): 46 books - 92% of my goal (61% of stretch goal) - on target; might expand again 23 short stories - 44% of my goal - on target 12,783 pages - 51% of my goal - on target 48% female/nonbinary authors / 52% male authors - off target - Balance improved by 1% 52% US authors (down from 60%) / 48% non-US authors (up from 40%) - off target but making gains 95 of 365 chapters of War and Peace complete - on target, but behind if i I don't get 7 or 8 chapters in this week TBR Reduction: Reduced by 20 - 80% of my goal (40% of stretch goal) - on target New Leaf Book Club selections - 4 for 4 - on target - though I could not participate in the Hemingway discussion because I was too damn sick.

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03-26-2018, 12:48 AM	#137
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,163 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	Ah, yes, the joys of graveyard shift. I know them well. I spent most of the years between 1976 and 1998 working the graveyard, and it quite grew to be my preferred shift. I did get a good deal of reading done, but mostly I napped when we didn't have a call. We'd usually come in, deal with whatever 2nd shift had left over for us, then deal with the few new items, and then take a break until later in the morning when the calls would start to come in again. (At Uniroyal, workers were on piece work so if they had a chance of making their quota, they'd push through problems and wait to call things in, if they could.)

03-27-2018, 09:56 AM	#138
Wearever Wizard Posts: 1,063 Karma: 10944084 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: New England Device: Oasis 2,Voyage, Kindlle hdx 8.9, Ipad mini 4. Air 2	Made to six books read so far in March also, but since I just started a couple more books on different devices I know won't finish either one before April. I alternate reading from each device depending on my mood. So I never know which one I will finish first. Just read Age of Myth, a new series by Michael J. Sullivan. I've been reading first books in a series, so I have plenty to read when I finish this challenge.

03-30-2018, 10:25 PM	#139
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,638 Karma: 73864785 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	This has been an awful reading month due to work related travel, which is finally done! I have only completed 1,300 pages, my lowest monthly total since the end of 2011 which was the year I received my first Kindle. I need to average 2,500 pages/month to meet my yearly goal so a fairly significant slip.

03-31-2018, 07:43 AM	#140
latepaul Wizard Posts: 1,265 Karma: 10203040 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: a variety (mostly kindles and kobos)	So apparently I read 3 books in Jan, 6 books in Feb and 12 in March. With the best will in the world I very much doubt I'll read 24 in April!

03-31-2018, 08:47 AM	#141
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,572 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I wasn't doing dreadfully until today. My TBR was one down on the start of the year. And then there was a sale on the Inspector Morse and Inspector Montalbano series. 18 books and £22.42 later, and my TBR is now 17 above what it was at the start of the year.

03-31-2018, 10:11 AM	#143
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	Work has been slow lately, and so I have been getting a lot of extra reading time in. I am actually ahead.

03-31-2018, 02:15 PM	#144
drjd The Couch Potato Posts: 34,509 Karma: 230999999 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Archos 9, Onyx Boox C67ML Carta	I can't say I'm doing well this year. Not even keeping a proper record of my reading activity. Hope April will be better.

04-01-2018, 09:45 AM	#145
kansaskyle Addict Posts: 245 Karma: 765530 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Austin, TX Device: Kobo Aura One & Forma, Kindle Voyage, PW, and Oasis 3	I completed three books in March, two of which were on my TBR list/goal for the year.

04-01-2018, 02:37 PM	#146
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,116 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I was doing okay this month until I got bronchitis a week ago. From Tuesday onwards I haven't read, only today I felt that I would be able to concentrate on my book again. So a bad month for me. Also, listening to a podcast has replaced my before sleep reading time. In March I've read seven books, 2838 pages. That's almost 1000 below average for me in March. But I did really like the books I've chosen to read in March, so that's an improvement from February.

04-02-2018, 02:55 PM	#148
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,163 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	Total Books Read: 39 Annual Rate: 158 Pretty good, just below my stretch goal. Books bought: 49 <-- NOT GOOD. 10 more than I've read! The TBR is going the wrong way.

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04-16-2018, 01:02 PM	#149
Wearever Wizard Posts: 1,063 Karma: 10944084 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: New England Device: Oasis 2,Voyage, Kindlle hdx 8.9, Ipad mini 4. Air 2	Finished the Wretched of Muirwood, for my fantasy challenge this month. So far I have been really enjoying this challenge. I also have been reading more books this year, but I think it's more to do with the crappy weather we've had. I've found I'm reading a little more on the weekends.

04-28-2018, 06:40 AM	#150
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,572 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I've just gone through making sure my counts match between the list in the challenge thread and in calibre. It looks like I might make 40 books read in Jan/Feb/Mar/April, so I'm on course for around 120 books for the whole year. A bit down on my recent totals because of a change in my commuting from train to car. My TBR continues to grow.... but at least I'm pleased with all my purchases this year.