Keely’s Comments (group member since Aug 30, 2013)

Keely’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I finished two books of my list this week bringing me up to a total of 6 so far.
was one of the oldest book on my TBR. For me, it was worth the wait as I probably appreciated it more now than I would have back in 2012.
was a book I had physically owned for at least 10 years, but somehow didn't make it onto my TBR list until 2019. So in a way it counts as one of the oldest off my list.

26 pages
180 pages
250 pages

Current Total: 175,260

Laurie wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Hi, I would like to join this challenge. :)
My goal is to read at least 20 books from my TBR shelf. I'm not keeping a strict tab on the year I shelved in general, but I definitely wa..."

I agree. I have some series that I've been putting off because if I read the first one, chances are it will add many more to my list.

I finished book 4 off my list yesterday. which I found to be a good read. My friend gave it to me a few years ago, but it seems she didn't actually read it. It had some sensitive topics in it so the book wouldn't be for everyone, but it was a good mystery with some interesting plot twists.

278 pages
180 pages
208 pages
123 pages
507 pages
464 pages

Current Total: 118,563

Vicki Willis wrote: "Laurie wrote: "Vicki Willis wrote: "I finished number 2 which was one of the oldest on my list. I am focusing on those I own that I added in 2014.
It was bad. 2 stars bad and that is being generous..."

I did the same thing when I got my kindle. I hope to get a few of them read this year too. I know it won't be many, but some is better than none.

I wore a corset while at uni once. I wanted to see how it made me look. I felt like I looked good while wearing it, but I had to get help to get it on and off and I can't tell you the relief you feel when it is undone. It was way too much hassle and restricting. I like to be comfortable and then I will enjoy myself more which is why I won't wear heels to an occassion.

More on the topic of this book, I haven't actually started it yet. I have a copy now, but I decided to hold off until UNO has started so that on the offchance that I finish it during the challenge, it will count towards my teams progress. I doubt that will happen, but you have made the book sound interesting so far so I might get carried away.

So far this year my TBR is only grown as I've been going through all my books and I've added some that I somehow missed when I first got them. I should finish one or two for this challenge by the end of the month and then hopefully from next month my list will start going down again.

135 pages
96 pages

Current Total: 49,229

Sammy wrote: "Books 8, 9 & 10 done!

All were pretty good, but turned out to be one of those read-in-one-sitting kind of books. Didn't know what it was about before I started, ..."

I read that for an assignment in English Lit in sixth form years ago and I remember finding it hard to put down. I'm considering re-reading it again as I don't remember the details and I seem to remember enjoying it.

124 pages
145 pages
224 pages

Current Total: 27,532

I finished 2 off my list last night. and . I did, however, add the rest of the books for Tokyo Ghoul onto my TBR... but I should finish the series this year so hopefully not much harm done there.

So far I have done my usual thing where I start several books and then read whichever one I'm most in the mood for at the time. As a result, I have yet to finish anything that would count towards my list (I finished one which I thought was on my TBR, but it was not).
I should finish Winnie-the-Pooh either tonight or tomorrow and then hopefully my next one won't be too long after.

Well done everyone who has made progress already!

I haven't got a copy yet, but I will probably buy one on kindle or use an Audible credit. Maybe both.

I haven't see the film of this book or anything so I know next to nothing about the book going in.

503 pages
32 pages
33 pages
28 pages
272 pages
80 pages
34 pages
24 pages
32 pages
32 pages
32 pages
32 pages
1,392 pages
191 pages
32 pages
156 pages
400 pages
119 pages
272 pages

Current Total: 1,536,542

I finished my last book, bringing my total for this challenge to 87. 109% with the newest goal. If I had stuck to my original goal of 30, I'd be at 290%.

I finished 3 series, several classics and many audiobooks.

See you all next year where I will read more series, more classics and probably more audiobooks (although I do want to finish more of those physical books I have next year).

Eldarwen wrote: "(Next year I'm definitely reducing my overall GR goal in favour of bigger books.) "

Yes, I plan to do the same too. This year I challenged myself to 365 books, but at points I fell around 10 books behind schedule. I'm on track to finish still but it meant I read lots of really short books to get back on track.
Next year my goal will be much lower, at least initially, so I can tackle some of those longer books that have been waiting for me to read them.

Congrats to everyone who has finished for this year!

I still have 2 books I would like to finish, one physical and one audiobook.
I also made the mistake of added some new books to my TBR so now it's back above 800. I was so happy to have it under 800 but at least it is still 100 less than at the beginning of this year.

I only managed 10 from my list (out of 30) but I did get lots of others off my TBR.
A lot of the books it generated were newer whereas I tend to lean towards trying to read the older books on my TBR which are mostly classics.

Hopefully I’ll do better next year with this challenge though.

I just had a quick look through my TBR list and I have about 50 books on there that are under 100 pages (mostly free kindle books) so I might try and read those next year. I plan to read a few longer books next year too, so that should make quite a nice balance.