The 2025 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread

[HLS]

I have an idea on what I want to read but I never have enough time. like 2024 I have a ton of books well over 800 pages I want to knock out.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

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you are not updating the participant list?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by HLS

you are not updating the participant list?

I will update it before the new year

[PurpleStar]

My goals are no buying physical books. No buying new e-readers lol. Buy less books. Read more next year.

[Uncle Robin]

A bit of "ask the class to do my homework" here, perhaps. For the "StoryGraph Reads the World 2025" challenge, I'm looking to include some poetry compilations. So if anyone has any recommendations, especially from The Netherlands or the Philippines, I'd love to hear them. I read an 1100 page Aussie anthology back in 2021, so I'll probably go with a Boney novel for my pick from the Prisoner Island.

[Gormagon]

I totally lack any ambition and have no reading goals for 2025. I read (a book, I guess reading a website online doesn't count) when I have the time and when I'm interested in a book. Why should I make a list prior to that?

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Gormagon

I totally lack any ambition and have no reading goals for 2025. I read (a book, I guess reading a website online doesn't count) when I have the time and when I'm interested in a book. Why should I make a list prior to that?

No one is forcing you to. Although coming into a thread dedicated to discussing reading challenges with the sole purpose of saying one "doesn't believe in them" does seem like an odd thing to do.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Gormagon

I totally lack any ambition and have no reading goals for 2025. I read (a book, I guess reading a website online doesn't count) when I have the time and when I'm interested in a book. Why should I make a list prior to that?

Some people's challenges are just to record what they read. You may do whatever you like, of course.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I will also be participating in the year-long read of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time cycle hosted by Neglected Books [here]

Oh, I'm tempted by this. I've been meaning to reread this cycle for years and have had one or two false starts. However, I'm also very wary of overcommitting for next year and I don't see myself in a Zoom discussion, but the structure in itself combined with the resources provided by the site might keep me on track.

So. it's going to be tentative for now, but if by the end of January I've read A Question of Upbringing, I'll commit.

Life is more fun when you're discussing what you read with your spouse, I've found.

Or anyone! And it's not just the fun of the discussion, I also read more attentively when I know I'm going to be discussing it.

[pdurrant]

I have updated the index post of the list thread.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

One thing I plan on doing in 2025 is reading at least one large book.

I have a bunch of big books to read. Right now I am reading Wind and Truth which is over 1300 pages

[HLS]

Originally Posted by Gormagon

I totally lack any ambition and have no reading goals for 2025. I read (a book, I guess reading a website online doesn't count) when I have the time and when I'm interested in a book. Why should I make a list prior to that?

You don't need to. I just update the list as i read throughout the year.

[Indio777]

Please add me. Thank you.
Indio777

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HLS

I have a bunch of big books to read. Right now I am reading Wind and Truth which is over 1300 pages

The ePub only 995 pages once I've deleted all the rubbish and cleaned up the code.

I do plan to reread Mistborn to start over. It's been a while since I read it. Mistborn is 541 pages.

[HLS]

Mistborn is on my TBR list.