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Want to Read More This Year? Join the 2015 Reading Challenge!
Goodbye 2014, and hello 2015! Is "read more books" on your New Year's resolution list? You can create a goal and track your progress with the 2015 Reading Challenge on Goodreads!
Your goal can be as big or small as you choose. Maybe you're aiming to read a book every other month, or maybe you know you can speed through a book a week...it's completely up to you! Pick a number, any number, and you're on your way.
If you're not sure what to read next, we've got you covered. There are lots of ways to find books on Goodreads, and millions of book lovers are sharing their latest discoveries every day. A great way to get started is to rate books you've already read to get recommendations tailored just for you. The more books you rate, the better your recommendations will be!
You can also find inspiration in one of the thousands of reading groups on Goodreads—including many groups that host reading challenges themed to a certain genre, favorite author, or interesting topic. And don't forget you can browse the book-list bonanza of Listopia, cross your fingers and enter a book giveaway, and check out the recently announced winners and runners-up of the Goodreads Choice Awards!
Now in its fifth year, the Goodreads Reading Challenge continues to grow. In 2014, Goodreads members' collective reading goals surpassed 35 million books—what records will 2015 break?
What is your reading goal? Tell us in the comments!
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Ahlem wrote: "It's so silly, but the fact that the little logo is purple this year fills me with joy. It's the little things in life.Anyway, I set myself to read 30 books this year, and apparentl it's an easy t..."
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm a speedreader, and I'm more than a little OCD. Give me a few hours to myself, and it's not that hard to read a couple of books in rapid succession.
I am aiming for 500 cause I read a lot and usually takes 2 days to go through 1 book
In 2013, my goal was 40 books. I just barely made it, thanks to a book that literally took all year to read. (I started it on January 9, and didn't finish reading it until just a few hours before midnight on New Year's Eve.)In 2014, I decided to stick with the same goal -- 40 books. I went on a bit of a reading binge last year. I read 136 books.
I don't think I'm going to be on that much of a reading binge this year. But I am increasing my goal for 2015 -- I'm going for 50 books.
I started my reading for the year right after the stroke of midnight. I'm already in the middle of reading seven different books.
I love reading and since I'm turning 33 this year, I want to read 33 books. Where is the list of generes to read?
Deb wrote: "Reading a "Series" Hmm, interesting. Could someone please tell me a good "series" to read? Not too heavy, something light and enjoyable - if there is such a thing. LOL Thank you."The Stephanie Plum series written by Janet Evanovich is really popular at the library I work at. Every-time I read one of these books I laugh-out-loud!
Misty wrote: "I am aiming for 500 cause I read a lot and usually takes 2 days to go through 1 book"I want to keep tabs on this one. =) Can't wait to see how close you get to your goal or if you meet it. Good luck and Happy 2015 Reading!
Quality over quantity seems to be the theme this year. Couldn't agree more with that idea. Last year I tried for 100 books and had to cheat my way through it with comics (lowered the challenge to 90something in december). This year I'm going with 25 of what I hope to be very good reads. Maybe I'll raise the bar by the middle of 2015, who knows. The motto this year is: no stressful reading; only pleasure in pages.
I just got a thought of something I MIGHT want to try in 2015, which is to read ONE book of a genre that I really haven't tried. For example, romance and YA books are not my thing but maybe I should give it a try. I'll make a list of all the different genres out there and possible books of interest. Hmmm. The thing is I already own so many books that I still haven't read and have a huge wishlist that makes me think this idea would be a waste. Hmmm...........
Well in sixth grade I read 144 chapter books so I'm definitely gonna read more than that this year
Thank you Brenda. I will check out her books. :)
Meadow wrote: "Deb wrote: "Reading a "Series" Hmm, interesting. Could someone please tell me a good "series" to read? Not too heavy, something light and enjoyable - if there is such a thing. LOL Thank you."..."
Hi Meadow - Well, I like to read Memoirs, Chick Lit, Fiction. You know, stuff like that. Thanks. :)
Isabelle wrote: "I plan on ploughing through the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I want to continue broadening my reading tastes this year."
I'm embarrassed to say I haven't read this yet, though I know the storyline well. I wish you well in your reading endeavors this year.
I'm embarrassed to say I haven't read this yet, though I know the storyline well. I wish you well in your reading endeavors this year.
My goal is to complete more series books. There are a lot of books that I have previously read that are part of a series and didn't start the other books because I got sidetracked by other books.
I know I commented but I just want to put my opinion out there. For me I'm just reading the books on both my shelfs at home, bookclub reads and stuff on my goodread shelfs. I don't care how large the books are. The shortest would be just over 200 and the longest would be 400-500 possibly 600, no more than that. Just find books that interest you, not how many pages,don't worry about the genre. Do enjoy the read if you don't make the goal who cares. I've never been able to complete the challenge and I"m fine with that.
I was overly ambitious last year, though I still made my goal. I got into book slumps and got really behind, would blow through some manga or picture books to catch up, then slump again. One of the times I had caught up, my mom gave me a box full of picture/kid's books, so I ended up *really* ahead. I actually had to increase my goal a couple of times. But before that I was really stressing out. So I'm going back to a more manageable goal. If I get close to my goal early on, then I can always add a little more. :) Last year I read 300 (Actually 301, but the last one was a re-read and didn't count...) This year I'm going back to 200. And I'll probably go through a couple long-ish manga series this month, like last year.
Deb wrote: "Meadow wrote: "Deb wrote: "Reading a "Series" Hmm, interesting. Could someone please tell me a good "series" to read? Not too heavy, something light and enjoyable - if there is such a thing. LO..."Well, I will second the recommendation for the Stephanie Plum series. They are light and funny. The womens murder club books by james patterson are good also. They are mysyery. If you don't mind YA, the percy jackson series, heros of olympus, red prymid series by rick riordan are light easy reads.
I read a lot but haven't any idea how many books I read last year. I am going to read 50 books this year and record them. Fun idea!
Mitali wrote: "This year, my goal is to read fewer books. I don't mean that I want to read less, but that I want to concentrate on reading more pages rather than more books. In 2014, my goal was to read a book a ..."I agree with the sentiment, but I can honestly say War and Peace stole 3 months of my life I will never get back. You put it down for a reason. Walk away as it is SO not worth it.
Amber wrote: "i'm not rushing into books or anything this year even with my number high i'm going to try an read as much as I can an enjoy each book as I go including Beautiful Creatures,The Mortal Instruments,T..."I love your reading list!!! among my favorite and to read books also! Hope you enjoy them and finish your readings.
HAPPY READINGS!
I am setting the same goal that I had for 2014... 25 books... keeping it real. I just read what I love... some stories are more engaging than others, and love long books as well as short ones... so I am not really concerned about page number or being classics or new releases... I just enjoy reading.
I am doing a slightly different challenge this year. Because I have a daughter, job, wife, and 3 other additional interests (Chess, Bridge, and Fantasy Sports, all of which I play in competitive, organized events), and because what I read tends to be a mix of Novels and Novellas, rather than basing what I read on my goal of a book count and the time remaining for the rest of the year, my goal is a page count. Legal stuff, like copyright info, and lists of other books by the author won't count. "Part 1" pages will. Advertising in the back or about the author pages won't. So, for example, my first book of the year, "Tumor Fruit", starts on page 9 and goes to page 291, so this will count at 283 pages.My goal for 2015 will be 7500 pages.
My goal last year was to read 50 books but I definitely beat that with 77 books! I think for 2015 I'm going to attempt to read 70 books to see if i am able to keep up with my reading this year!
I'll be reading 52 books this year averaging 1 book/week. Good luck to everyone..feel free to add me so we can push each other as well as recommend books.
Isabelle wrote: "I plan on ploughing through the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I want to continue broadening my reading tastes this year."Me too…
Hmmm...Interesting...I see this is set up strictly by book, not page count. Guess I'll set it at 36 (3 per month), but who knows? Depends really on length of the books I read this year.
I would love to read more Fantasy this year, I planned on doing that last year, but it seems that Ill be doing that this year instead. I'll try to focus more on shorter books, but im sure there will be a couple long ones as well.Im just looking forward to reading more!
I plan to read 400 books this year. Don't ask me how I am going to manage that with a hectic school and work schedule, but it will be done!
Íris wrote: "I also loved the purple logo!I started off with 80 books, which would be a record to me, since I read 54 books last year (I only started taking it seriously in May).
If I still see it's too much f..."
I also started in May.My goal was 60 but I came up short. I want to set my goal back to 60 and try not to fall into a reading slum. I also want to read more stand alone books while I work towards being able yo find or putchase all the books in a series. Purple is my favorite color so looks like this year will be my year!
Mitali wrote: "This year, my goal is to read fewer books. I don't mean that I want to read less, but that I want to concentrate on reading more pages rather than more books. In 2014, my goal was to read a book a ..."I have a question. These are books that we actually read, right? Not audio on the way home from work? I don't think I could read 100 books in a year! Maybe 30.
i picked 36 because i read fast but i dont want to read to fast, i want to enjoy the books. i give myself two weeks and less to finish a book. which is a lot of time. I want also want to read different kinds of types of books.
Autumn wrote: "i picked 36 because i read fast but i dont want to read to fast, i want to enjoy the books. i give myself two weeks and less to finish a book. which is a lot of time. I want also want to read diffe..."I agree, I want to enjoy the books too and also remember what I've read. If I try to read too fast, I'm just looking through the words and not thinking about what I've read. Thanks, Autumn! What kind of books do you read?
Mercurialgem wrote: "I just got a thought of something I MIGHT want to try in 2015, which is to read ONE book of a genre that I really haven't tried. For example, romance and YA books are not my thing but maybe I shoul..."You made me smile because I have the same problem. I tell myself that I can't get any new books until I read what I have. I may be dead by then!
Mitali wrote: "This year, my goal is to read fewer books. I don't mean that I want to read less, but that I want to concentrate on reading more pages rather than more books. In 2014, my goal was to read a book a ..."
I think just like you, I like to read longer books for 2015, and some book series.
I think just like you, I like to read longer books for 2015, and some book series.
Claire wrote: "I only joined 2014's challenge in October, so I am glad to have the whole year this time! I am aiming to read 35 books this year, although I am hoping to exceed this amount.
If anyone has any su..."
Great historical fiction - Drood by Dan Simmons, Hild by Nicola Griffith (came out in 2014, sequel IS being written), AND to meet the demands of both fantasy and historical fiction - The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston. There are currently 3 books that she has out in the vein of fantasy mixed w/historical fiction. All written with a beautiful selection of vocabulary and completely different settings & feelings.
I have reviews for all books I recommended except Drood because I read it before I started using Goodreads. Hope they help!
Good luck on your challenge!!
2014, was the year I got back to reading Arabic books again,which I am so happy to read. Also, it is the year that I got back to proper reading. i managed to read 20 books (19 Arabic and only 1 English)- all novels.This year I am planning to keep the same number, with more variation and depth in the books' themes and also longer in pages
I post reviews for all books after I read them, and sometimes I recommend the books that I enjoy the most
Looking forward to achieving this year's target inshallah
I created a group (2015 Reading Challenge) and it has a different topic every week for the entire year. So everyone in my group should have at least 52 books in their challenge! Right now my goal is set at 55, but I'll probably up it to 60 or 70!! :)
Mitali wrote: "This year, my goal is to read fewer books. I don't mean that I want to read less, but that I want to concentrate on reading more pages rather than more books. In 2014, my goal was to read a book a ..."You should check out the page count challenge that I'm hosting. It focuses just on the number of pages read in a year instead of amount of books. http://www.avanticiera.com/2014/12/20...
Carrie wrote: "I agree with the sentiment, but I can honestly say War and Peace stole 3 months of my life I will never get back. You put it down for a reason. Walk away as it is SO not worth it."Actually, I mostly liked what I read in War and Peace (I read about 1/3rd of it). Some of the battle descriptions and military strategy sessions were very dull, but the rest of stuff was quite interesting, IMO. I put it down mainly because it was taking so long to read that I was falling behind on my reading challenge.
Well..First of all.. Happy new year to all!!!In my case, I am more or less sure that I wont be able to read as much as I did in the past two years (31 and 40 books). I do like reading a lot. I enrolled for Masters in 2012, and that did actually jump start my reading habit, which was dormant for.. well.. around 12 years!!
Now, I can't even believe that I wasted 12 years of my life without reading even a single proper book! But, this year, I am about to get depressed, since I wont be getting much time for reading. The reason is a happy one though (I got a new JOB!!).
Nevertheless, i am taking up the challenge with a lesser number, ie. 20 books. (I don't want to mess up the challenge by setting higher numbers)
And also I've taken up a resolution to keep on finding time whenever possible, so that I can read to my maximum limit.
Love GOODREADS!! and hope that all be able to finish their challenges!!
This is my first year joining in the challenge and I'm aiming to read 20 books. I'm hoping to reach my goal and if time permits exceed my target...
I have set a target of 60 books and I love the idea of reading 60 new books that transport me to a new place. I don't have a plan on what I read just to be as adventurous as possible. xx
Farahlin wrote: "This is my first year joining in the challenge and I'm aiming to read 20 books. I'm hoping to reach my goal and if time permits exceed my target..."Welcome to GOODREADS!
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This year I will try my very damn best to minimize the books I will read, because I need to concentrate on the incoming board exam. Sometimes I question myself why I'd taken so damn hard course lol. Well next year I will read with a vengeance ;)
Mitali wrote: "This year, my goal is to read fewer books. I don't mean that I want to read less, but that I want to concentrate on reading more pages rather than more books. In 2014, my goal was to read a book a ..."That's interesting, because it's a totally valid point about reading pages versus books. I wonder if a page count goal could be in the Challenge's future?
This year I am going for the same amount of books last year but with my Mum in the summer really ill then passing away I fell away from my reading. So I am determined to stick to the same figure. Just like to say to my friends good luck with your reading challenges and a Happy New Year may you have a good year of reading. :)
Well what kind of genre do you like to read?