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Shelleyrae at Book'd Out has
completed her goal of reading 250 books for the 2012 Reading Challenge!
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Inspired Kathy
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Jan 01, 2012 08:11pm
Good luck! 250 was my goal last year... I only hit 126. This year I'm aiming for 150.
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Inspired Kathy wrote: "Good luck! 250 was my goal last year... I only hit 126. This year I'm aiming for 150."Thanks Kathy - I failed miserably last year - I aimed for 365 but only read 245 so I decided to be more realistic this year!
Good luck to you!
Wow, kudos to both of you...I was only able to get to 65 this past year but I have two very young kids that take up a great deal of my time so maybe as they get older I will be able to read more!
I read way more now that my kids are older. I have 5 kids ages 6 to 17 and I read tons now. When they were little I was too tired most of the time.
Inspired Kathy wrote: "I read way more now that my kids are older. I have 5 kids ages 6 to 17 and I read tons now. When they were little I was too tired most of the time."LOl See when my kids were little they never slept so most of the time I was awake nursing or rocking with a book in one hand - otherwise I would have gone insane LOL
Yeah, that nursing time was KEY to reading and when I only had one child I read ALL THE TIME. Now that there are two both under three, I am usually able to get in 20-30 pages per night and that's it. More on the weekends, but it never feels like enough!
I don't know how you do it. Last year I hit 157 or 158 but most of that was when my toddler was a nightmare to get to sleep, would take 2 hrs most nights but I could sit and read by torch light. Not so easy to find the time now.
TC wrote: "I don't know how you do it. Last year I hit 157 or 158 but most of that was when my toddler was a nightmare to get to sleep, would take 2 hrs most nights but I could sit and read by torch light. No..."I am glad I read fast lol
I'm not sure how many i actually read last year - this is the first time i'm doing this so i thought i'd start with 100 since i've got a full year of study on this year (studing to be a librarian!) but very impressed with 250!
Bec wrote: "I'm not sure how many i actually read last year - this is the first time i'm doing this so i thought i'd start with 100 since i've got a full year of study on this year (studing to be a librarian!)..."I'm hoping to do the Library Certificate 3 next year if I can find the money for the course
Shelleyrae wrote: "Bec wrote: "I'm not sure how many i actually read last year - this is the first time i'm doing this so i thought i'd start with 100 since i've got a full year of study on this year (studing to be a..."I'm doing the Advance Diploma with Ballarat Uni/Tafe its off campus with one weekend class per module- gotta finish it this year cause they are getting rid of the advance - hoping to get a job in a library soon - had a few interviews - been something i've wanted to do since i was a kid but yeah the fees are a killer - especially when you cant get austudy
Bec wrote: "Shelleyrae wrote: "Bec wrote: "I'm not sure how many i actually read last year - this is the first time i'm doing this so i thought i'd start with 100 since i've got a full year of study on this ye..."Ive got some volunteer work lined up this year at my local libraries - hoping it will give me a leg up :) I can't afford to do another degree, I still haven't paid off my first one LOL
Fantastic! Achieving goals is always a wonderful thing. October 2004 - into 2005 I read 365 books. I do not know if I ever got them all recorded here at Goodreads. Not a goal I would set for myself in 2013. At the moment I do not know if I could do 8 books to create a 2012 challenge!
Lauredhel wrote: "261 and I'm on 259! It's hard not to get competitive... :) Congrats."LOl Laurel :) Ok how about page count :) According to my stats I'm at roughly 80594 plus a few thousand since some of the ebooks I have read are listed with 0 pages.
Seriously though - congrats!
