Mobileread Users TBR Challenge at StoryGraph - Page 7

JSWolf · 11-01-2023, 03:49 PM

I have about 2.5 hours left to listen to Gideon the Ninth and then the challenge is done.

Uncle Robin · 11-02-2023, 04:37 AM

I finished my November prompt - Black Marks on the White Page an anthology of short writing by indigenous authors from Pasifika with a couple of pieces by indigenous Australian authors too. Collated by Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti, Ihimaera's own contributions were my favourite. Overall, an experience more worthwhile than enjoyable.

HLS · 11-15-2023, 07:09 PM

I probably will not participate. I have so many on my TBR list to knock out

JSWolf · 11-16-2023, 09:40 AM

I have finished the Mobileread challenge. WOO HOO!

Tarana · 11-16-2023, 12:23 PM

I have 3 left on mine. I know for sure I will get at least one more done, but the other two are pretty long so kindof iffy. I enjoy the challenge and only used books from my TBR.

Tarana · 11-16-2023, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by HLS

I probably will not participate. I have so many on my TBR list to knock out

Use books already in your TBR.

ZodWallop · 11-16-2023, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have finished the Mobileread challenge. WOO HOO!

I am envious. My downfall was getting overly ambitious and filling some months with three or even four selections.

The challenge definately got me to read books that I've had in my Calibre library for quite a while, even if it didn't get me to buy less books.

JSWolf · 11-16-2023, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I am envious. My downfall was getting overly ambitious and filling some months with three or even four selections.

The challenge definately got me to read books that I've had in my Calibre library for quite a while, even if it didn't get me to buy less books.

I enjoyed the challenge. I look forward to the 2024 challenge.

The challenge got me reading some books I've been putting off.

issybird · 11-16-2023, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have finished the Mobileread challenge. WOO HOO!

Congrats!

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I am envious. My downfall was getting overly ambitious and filling some months with three or even four selections.

I did the same, but I decided to accept the "Prompt complete!" after finishing one of the selections in a given month. And then did some judicious rearranging where I'd finished more than one of the choices in a prompt.

That said, I think I'm within both the spirit and the letter of the challenge just the same. I'll have finished all twelve prompts with apropos books and I'll have knocked 12 books off my TBR. Isn't that the point?

ZodWallop · 11-16-2023, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I did the same, but I decided to accept the "Prompt complete!" after finishing one of the selections in a given month.

I'm going to gut it out, because I do want to read all the books I added. Without this challenege, I may never have gotten around to finally reading Moby Dick or The Monkey Wrench Gang or my book for December, Waterland.

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That said, I think I'm within both the spirit and the letter of the challenge just the same. I'll have finished all twelve prompts with apropos books and I'll have knocked 12 books off my TBR. Isn't that the point?

For certain. By the end of the year, I'll have read 27 books that I have owned unread for a year+ and I feel pretty good about that.

astrangerhere · 11-16-2023, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I enjoyed the challenge. I look forward to the 2024 challenge.

The challenge got me reading some books I've been putting off.

I'll be setting it up again at SG the first week of December! I will start a new thread when its up!

Bookpossum · 11-16-2023, 06:32 PM

That's great! Thanks very much astrangerhere, for having the idea and running it for us. It has certainly got me onto some of my unread books.

JSWolf · 11-16-2023, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I'll be setting it up again at SG the first week of December! I will start a new thread when its up!

Thank you.

rantanplan · 11-17-2023, 04:36 AM

Very much looking forward to the challenge

astrangerhere · 11-23-2023, 11:59 AM

Finished my last book - Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These in one sitting. So my challenge is now complete!

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11-01-2023, 03:49 PM	#91
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I have about 2.5 hours left to listen to Gideon the Ninth and then the challenge is done.

11-02-2023, 04:37 AM	#92
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,417 Karma: 48736498 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O	I finished my November prompt - Black Marks on the White Page an anthology of short writing by indigenous authors from Pasifika with a couple of pieces by indigenous Australian authors too. Collated by Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti, Ihimaera's own contributions were my favourite. Overall, an experience more worthwhile than enjoyable.

11-15-2023, 07:09 PM	#93
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,028 Karma: 15107670 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	I probably will not participate. I have so many on my TBR list to knock out

11-16-2023, 09:40 AM	#94
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I have finished the Mobileread challenge. WOO HOO!

11-16-2023, 12:23 PM	#95
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,982 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	I have 3 left on mine. I know for sure I will get at least one more done, but the other two are pretty long so kindof iffy. I enjoy the challenge and only used books from my TBR.

11-16-2023, 06:32 PM	#102
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	That's great! Thanks very much astrangerhere, for having the idea and running it for us. It has certainly got me onto some of my unread books.

11-17-2023, 04:36 AM	#104
rantanplan Guru Posts: 623 Karma: 8592298 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Paperwhite (2021), Boox Note Air 2+, Kobo Clara 2E, Tolino Vision 6	Very much looking forward to the challenge

11-23-2023, 11:59 AM	#105
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Finished my last book - Claire Keegan's *Small Things Like These* in one sitting. So my challenge is now complete!

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