Poll

Last year, I wanted to read more and discover new authors because I had a hard time to find new books (I don't have this problem anymore), so now I just continue with the discovery because there's always new interesting stuff out there :)

It's definitely a combination of reasons for me, but it's mostly just to push myself to read more. My TBR is around 1600, so I have plenty on my list already so I don't need the challenge to help find new books, that's for sure!

How about all of the above?

I try to fill most of it from my tbr but enjoy looking for a few that will stretch me. I like the "puzzle" aspect, too. But mostly I love this group!

I would choose most of those answers. Finding new authors and stretching myself, but mostly I enjoy discussing books with others.

I originally put to discover new books, but immediately went back and changed my answer to just "read more." The reason for that is because I wouldn't necessarily define the books I'm reading as new discoveries, even though they are new to me. My TBR list is getting very out-of-hand (about 900 books now), and I've found the challenges a bit help in motivating me to read and to try different books. I've actually added more than I've removed by doing challenges.

I enjoy discussing books, but the discussion is not an essential part for me. I wouldn't necessarily say that I try to stretch myself too much, although I've definitely had several book choices that I probably wouldn't have known about or tried otherwise.

I voted for read more, but I think that's more of my secondary reason. My primary reason is the challenge element of it, the puzzle element of it, as Marta said. The list is a thing to be conquered, and I like conquering it.

It's a combo- I voted for read more, but my other reason is to give me a challenge and focus in my reading. Versus just reading whatever I feel like next, this seems to challenge me more to think about what is next. And a big side benefit is I have been discovering new books.

Thanks to this group and last year's, I'm on a good trend to read more, so I think that even if I didn't participate I would continue to read as much.

I voted for prioritizing my TBR, because the challenge helps me to chose books I would normally be less inclined to, even though I want to read them, like chunky classics.

I like a few topic for which I have to hunt for a specific books, but I wouldn't want more than 5 in the challenge, as my TBR grows rapidly enough already!

I voted for prioritise my tbr list , but really by doing that I will read more. My list does have a variety of books on it ,so the challenge means it brings certain books to my attention. I also have to say like others I do enjoy the challenge and puzzle element .
I like to see what others think of a book I've read or intend to read but I don't think their opinions alter my opinion very much,but sometimes they point out something I may have missed, which is interesting.
I found last year ,doing the Popsugar list that I felt I was more reading by the yard, but this year , doing ATY challenge,I have enjoyed my reading a whole lot more.

All of the above, for me its all of them,this year its just about reading and having fun doing so, and next year it'll be the same, it almost drive me crazy worring about how many books was on my TBR, and that's not good,because I have mild depression and anxiety. So this year I'm not even worring about how books are on my TBR.

For me, it certainly wasn't reading more. But, in the beginning, it was to read out of my comfort zone. It has since turned into reading new to me authors. Out of 87 books so far this year I have read 58 "new to me" authors. I had no idea! I have found a few I will likely never read again. I have found more that I will definitely be waiting for the "next book" while catching up on any I have missed (Abigail Santamaria, Colleen J. Shogan, Dan Pope, Aline Ohanesian,Celeste Ng, Catherine Lowell - oh, I'll stop - I could go on and on. One for whom I was heartbroken to have found died much, much too young (Marsha Mehran). And another who I will only be able to do audio, but oh, what a wonderful, mind boggling, experience (Haruki Murakami.

I'm just joining this challenge. I took the Goodreads 2016 reading challenge to read more, which worked quite well, but now I want to vary my reading more. So for me it is a combination of discovery and moving out of my comfort zone.