12-07-2016, 12:48 PM | #31 |
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So this year was a disastrous reading year. Not only am I not near my goals, but far more importantly, I found that most of what I read was mediocre. I'm keeping it simple for 2017: 50 books, record what I read regularly (struggled with that this year), and rate books.
I also would like to continue limiting my book purchases, which I did mostly manage this year. |
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Out of curiosity I have been tracking the cash value of the books I read on a monthly basis and doing some descriptive statistics on the numbers. I have come up with a mean of $203 per month, median of $196 and Standard Deviation of $78. What does your descriptive statistics look like.
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The average cost of my bought books that I've read in 2016 was £2.05. Total cost £348.89, which (allowing for the fact we're not yet at year end) works out at about £30/month. Or do you mean the full retail price? Last edited by pdurrant; 12-16-2016 at 06:31 AM. |
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How close was that to your spending goal?
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12-29-2016, 09:33 AM | #38 |
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My goal is to finish the books I set out to read (unless I truly hate them). My habit is to pick up a new book and borrow it and then get very distracted by the next thing I want to read.
I must stop that if I want to truly enjoy the books I read. Here are my first three in order: "Watership Down" by Richard Adams. I just learned of his passing in the news. This is a classic I had never gotten around to reading. So this goes first on my list. "Nineteen Eighty Four". It's one of my favorite books, and I'm reading it to celebrate my purging of my Facebook account "The Princess Diarist" Carrie Fisher just passed away and I want to read that book. Our family loves Star Wars and her other work, so I want to give that a read. I have a bunch more on my list, but Those three stood out as having intent for me. |
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I've finally decided on my goals for next year. For quantity, the same as this year-- a base goal of 10 books a month (120 books total), and a stretch goal of 14 books a month, 168 total. This year, it looks like I'm going to end up right in the middle of that, somewhere around 145 books, plus or minus a couple.
But more than that are my secondary goals which I expect to be much more challenging:
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It's so annoying when I go back to something I've started and find I've already forgotten enough detail that I should start over. #1 goal, only have 2 book going at a time, 1 audio and 1 e-print. #2 Don't buy anything, between the library and what I already own, I should be set for years. Freebies allowed, if carefully vetted first. Exception, maybe, for Audible versions of my favorite authors if I absolutely can't get them anywhere else. #3. Track on Goodreads at least. #4. 52 books. I read somewhere around 55 to 60 this year, but wasn't really tracking. |
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Welcome to all the new participants.
Let's hope we all have an enjoyable time reading in 2017! |
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After checking calibre at the end of 2016, I now have a number for my goal. It's to end 2017 with fewer than 1137 on my TBR in calibre!
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01-01-2017, 01:41 PM | #44 |
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So I have finalised my 2017 goals.
ZAR1000 for books for one year is not much (about GBP60, USD70 or 69 euros). But the fact is that I own many (MANY) ebooks and paper books, and I'd like to make a dent before spending any more money. I finished my first book of the year: When the Music's Over, by Peter Robinson. |
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well i want 50 books this year and to get two more exams towards my diploma (oh and remember to fill in here as well as goodreads lol)
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