My 2013 Challenge - Page 3

jgaiser · 11-25-2012, 07:39 PM

No public goals for me this next year. I've set goals both of the past two years and it's put too much pressure on me to just reach a number and not just read what I want. I do have a few books I read this next year and I'll just work on those, alone with the fun stuff.

jbcohen · 11-26-2012, 02:54 PM

Are you saying jg that you have both a public and private goals?

jgaiser · 11-26-2012, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

Are you saying jg that you have both a public and private goals?

Sure. I've a list of books I'd like to read in 2013. I'm just not stress if they don't get done. And public challenges do stess me.

ficbot · 11-27-2012, 09:03 AM

My goal is to spend more time reading quality books and less time working as an unpaid copy-editor for big publishing. Every book I read this year from them had errors and then I had to go back and strip them and correct them afterward. I am over that! Unless it is a book I really and truly want to read and keep, I will be getting it from the library and deleting it as soon as I get to the third typo. So, my plan for 2013:

- Go through my existing backlog of purchased but not yet read books and separate off the ones which need fixing. Only read those all the way through if I run out of other stuff to read.

- Alternate the rest of my reading between indie books, classics, and other books from 'safe' sources who I know produce readable copy. I plan to explore the Harvard Classics as well and am working on a spreadsheet which sorts them all into chronological order.

dreams · 11-27-2012, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BenBanned

<nip>
Read this one for yourself:
As Man Thinketh
Its only 30 pages which is good because youll want to read it again, and again.

That looks interesting, thank you for the suggestion.

It is also found here in our Patricia Clark Memorial Library > Mobi/PRC and ePub

mizzlia · 11-27-2012, 10:38 PM

I hope to read more in 2013 sometimes i just didnt feel like reading i read 25 to 30 books this year. Next year i want to read more without putting a number on it i have about 150 books still to be read maybe il read them all by next year although i know that list will get longer

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11-25-2012, 07:39 PM	#31
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,281 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	No public goals for me this next year. I've set goals both of the past two years and it's put too much pressure on me to just reach a number and not just read what I want. I do have a few books I read this next year and I'll just work on those, alone with the fun stuff.

11-26-2012, 02:54 PM	#32
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	Are you saying jg that you have both a public and private goals?

11-27-2012, 09:03 AM	#34
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	My goal is to spend more time reading quality books and less time working as an unpaid copy-editor for big publishing. Every book I read this year from them had errors and then I had to go back and strip them and correct them afterward. I am over that! Unless it is a book I really and truly want to read and keep, I will be getting it from the library and deleting it as soon as I get to the third typo. So, my plan for 2013: - Go through my existing backlog of purchased but not yet read books and separate off the ones which need fixing. Only read those all the way through if I run out of other stuff to read. - Alternate the rest of my reading between indie books, classics, and other books from 'safe' sources who I know produce readable copy. I plan to explore the Harvard Classics as well and am working on a spreadsheet which sorts them all into chronological order.

11-27-2012, 10:38 PM	#36
mizzlia Member Posts: 19 Karma: 501384 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: nook tablet 8gb, samsung galaxy tab 10.1 wifi 32gb	I hope to read more in 2013 sometimes i just didnt feel like reading i read 25 to 30 books this year. Next year i want to read more without putting a number on it i have about 150 books still to be read maybe il read them all by next year although i know that list will get longer

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