How many have you read? (Reading the books on our group bookshelf) Showing 651-700 of 1,453

[Rosemarie]

Thank you!

[J_BlueFlower]

June 2017 81 out of 186 = 43.54 %
Aug 2017 86 out of 192 = 43.54 %
Oct 2017 88 out of 198. = 44.4%.
Nov 2017 92 out of 201 = 45.7%
Dec 2017 93 out of 205 = 45.3%
Feb 2018 96 out of 208 = 46.1% slowly, slowly,....

[Luke]

I'm at 124 out of 208 (59.6%) with 15 (7.21%) on the to read list. The increase is mainly because there's a lot of tiny works and/or separate editions that didn't show up on my first glance through, as well as the fact that I've already read 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler'. One of these days I'm going to have to crack open my complete works of Poe and finish off the lot. That'll help with making certain I've actually read all the bits and bobs, as I seem to remember doing.

[J_BlueFlower]

Aubrey wrote: "One of these days I'm going to have to crack open my complete works of Poe and finish off the lot."

I want to read his complete tales and stories in English. Many years ago when I "discovered" Poe I read all that was translated into Danish. I hope there are some I havn't read yet. Will you read the play too?

[Luke]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I want to read his complete tales and stories in English. Many years ago when I "..."

If my edition has it, sure. It's called The Complete Tales and Poems, so whether that includes plays remains to be seen.

[Melanti]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "Aubrey wrote: "One of these days I'm going to have to crack open my complete works of Poe and finish off the lot."

I want to read his complete tales and stories in English. Many years ago when I "..."

I've been working my way through the Complete works for a couple of years. I'm still only at 3 of 5 volumes read.

I know my editions had excerpts from the play in the poetry section but it doesn't have the full text.

[Kathleen]

Liza wrote: "36/208 = 17% ahaha that's embarrassing"

Not embarrassing at all, Liza--just lots of good reading ahead for you!

[sora]

I have read 69 books of your list; I am new here and have not uploaded them in my reads yet. I have read most of them many years ago. I like you bookshelves collection. I will read them all except some I don't wish to read like Moby-Dick because I just can't stand the hunting scenes. I had tried to read it some years ago and couldn't. The same happened with the Jack London's White fang. Maybe I will try again in the future.

[Sara, New School Classics]

Liza wrote: "36/208 = 17% ahaha that's embarrassing"

Everybody had only read 36 at some point, Liza. I think that still puts you ahead of most of the population. Hopefully this group will help you get around to some of the ones you have missed.

[Melanti]

Sara wrote: "Liza wrote: "36/208 = 17% ahaha that's embarrassing"

Everybody had only read 36 at some point, Liza. I think that still puts you ahead of most of the population. Hopefully this group will help you..."
Yep, I agree! We all started somewhere!

I would have had a similar number if I'd tallied my numbers when I first joined Goodreads.

[J_BlueFlower]

June 2017 81 out of 186 = 43.54 %
Aug 2017 86 out of 192 = 43.54 %
Oct 2017 88 out of 198. = 44.4%.
Nov 2017 92 out of 201 = 45.7%
Dec 2017 93 out of 205 = 45.3%
Feb 2018 96 out of 208 = 46.1%
March 2018 98 out of 211 = 46.4% (including Ulysses!)

[Christine]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "March 2018 98 out of 211 = 46.4% (including Ulysses!) "

Congrats! I admire your accomplishment!

[Sara, New School Classics]

Hey, Blueflower, I would tip my hat to you if all you had done was read Ulysses! Way to go.

[Melanti]

Congrats, indeed! The (Including Ulysses!) should probably count for an extra 1 or 2% all by itself!

[katie]

Oh, wow! I've already read some of the books that were just added, so I'm doing even better than I thought! Thank you, Melanti, for updating the list. Still shooting for 50% this year, I think I can do it!

12/2017 - 89/208 = 42.78%
3/2018 - 98/214 = 45.79%

[Melanti]

Just added the missing books to the list. They should be way back at the end until someone votes them up.

[Marina]

97 out of 214. Not bad. Some more I did not finish (some were saved for later, some others just ditched), one I'm currently reading, some more are on my TBR/wishlist.

[Darren]

5 more for me so far in 2018
making 88/214 = 41%
percentage creeping up, and on course for 100 this year...

[Sara, New School Classics]

Bravo, Darren. I don't seem to be tackling this list right now, but I hope to get to at least some of them before the end of the year.

[Luke]

My count's raised to 130, partially inadvertently due to already read The Art of War being added to the group shelves.

[Kathleen]

I moved up to 86, so 40%, with 6 more coming up that will help me inch ever so slowly to my goal of 50%. :-)

[J_BlueFlower]

Finished Faust. My catching-up book number 100.

[J_BlueFlower]

June 2017 81 out of 186 = 43.54 %
Aug 2017 86 out of 192 = 43.54 %
Oct 2017 88 out of 198. = 44.4%.
Nov 2017 92 out of 201 = 45.7%
Dec 2017 93 out of 205 = 45.3%
Feb 2018 96 out of 208 = 46.1%
March 2018 98 out of 211 = 46.4%
April 2018 100 out of 214 = 46.7% (101 of 218 including May-books)

With a gain of 0.3% per month it will take 11 months before I hit 50%.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Its April again. I've had a good year advancing on the group bookshelf.

December 4, 2012 - 21/47 = 45%, 26 books unread
April 24, 2014 - 45/84 = 54%, 39 books unread
April 6, 2015 - 66/105 = 63%, 39 books unread
April 4, 2016 - 100/142 = 70%, 42 books unread
April 13, 2017 - 134/180 = 74%, 46 books unread
April 9, 2018 - 180/217 = 82.9%, 37 books unread

My Unread Group Books

[Sara, New School Classics]

You are making great progress! We share some unread books, Bob. Maybe we will get some of them on the reread selections before the end of the year.

[Gabrielle]

I just checked the bookshelf, and I read 51 out of 208. But I realize that I read many of them when I wasn't yet on Goodreads ... I mean, when Goddreads didn't even exist, neither computers should I say! :D
51 is very few, but I read more 19th French authors, even if there are some on the Catching up bookshelf.

[Rosemarie]

I am including the to- read books.
My total is 170 out of 217, which is about 78%.

[Piyangie]

I have read 59 so far.

[Katy, Old School Classics]

Bob wrote: "Its April again. I've had a good year advancing on the group bookshelf..."

I am impressed Bob.

[siriusedward]

79+4/216 .

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

If I counted correctly I’ve read 157?! But my copies aren’t your copies?that still counts right?

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Pink wrote: "Duane wrote: "Thanks Pink. I read 100+ books a year so they add up quickly. I can't seem to get over the hump on Hitchhikers Guide and Catch 22. And Rob Roy and Clockwork Orange may never make it."..."

Hitchhiker ‘s is a fantastic audiobook! Stephen Frye narrates

[J_BlueFlower]

I can understand why people cannot read Hitchhikers Guide. It is a strange nerdy humour. If you don't get most of the jokes the story will just be random nonsense.

Catch 22: I gave up after about 50 pages. About the third or fourth time the story has a catch 22-situation. The rest seemed to be just more of the same.

[J_BlueFlower]

BAM wrote: "If I counted correctly I’ve read 157?! But my copies aren’t your copies?that still counts right?"

If you look at the group list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
it should tell you the number (at least on the first page) independent of edition.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "BAM wrote: "If I counted correctly I’ve read 157?! But my copies aren’t your copies?that still counts right?"

If you look at the group list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9......"

Then yes that’s correct! 157

[Melanti]

April 2014 - 41/84 = 49%, 43 books unread
April 2015 - 71/105 = 67%, 34 books unread
April 2016 - 104/142 = 73%, 38 books unread
April 2017 - 141/180 = 78%, 39 books unread
April 2018 - 176/217 = 81.1%, 41 books unread.

I haven't done nearly as badly as I was expecting!

I thought I'd be a lot further behind since I haven't been reading much and the group has picked several books by authors I dislike over the last year. But I've just a couple more unread books than last year, and that's just as easily explained by the fact that I haven't read a single one of next month's selections yet.

[Pink]

And you're over that magical 80%, well done!

[Sara, New School Classics]

80% is awesome. I also have a number of books on the list that I do not intend to read--not fond of the authors or subject matter. I need to check my stats, since I have read a few off the list already this year, but I think it would be static since I have also not read with the group reads lately.

[Melanti]

Pink wrote: "And you're over that magical 80%, well done!"

Even better, I'm to the point where merely adding on a new month's selections doesn't drop me below 80%, even if I've not yet read a single one! Yay! (It's a completely arbitrary goal post, I admit.)

Sara wrote: "I also have a number of books on the list that I do not intend to read--not fond of the authors or subject matter. ..."

I think I'm up to the point where about half of the books I have left are by authors I dislike, or books I attempted to read and just couldn't get into.

[Sara, New School Classics]

You are exactly where I hope to get eventually, Melanti. Kudos to you!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I also have unread books I don’t plan of reading. Maybe we should start a list of the group books people don’t plan on ever reading, at least not in this lifetime.

[[deleted user]]

86 out of 217 so far but 10 of them I haven't rated on GR as it was 20 or so years ago that I read them. I plan to reread them and I'm not sure my feelings will be the same as when I was a teenager.

[Luke]

Bob wrote: "I also have unread books I don’t plan of reading. Maybe we should start a list of the group books people don’t plan on ever reading, at least not in this lifetime."

Ha. My list would go on for days.

[Sara, New School Classics]

lol. I would like to see that list, Bob. It would be interesting to see if we are all avoiding the same books.

Lori...I do find that I often re-read books from my early life and either loved it then but can't find the spark now or realize how differently I understand it now that I am older.

[Tammy]

I started at 80 books when I joined in October '17 and now I'm at 96. I have 15 more that are on my Personal Challenge list for 2018, so I'm moving right along!

Bob...do the Never Ever List. That would be funny.

[[deleted user]]

I must say I'm a bit worried about some of the ones I loved. I reread Little Women/Good Wives and although this was a great favourite when I was young and I read it more than once unfortunately, now I am older I found a bit too preachy and saccharine for my tastes. It has somewhat spoiled the warm memories and good feelings I had about it.

[Melanti]

Lori wrote: "I must say I'm a bit worried about some of the ones I loved. I reread Little Women/Good Wives and although this was a great favourite when I was young and I read it more than once unfortunately, no..."

Re-reading childhood favorites has been a risky proposition in my experience. There's been a couple that I've seriously regretted re-reading.

[Sara, New School Classics]

I've had the same experience. Anne of Green Gables was that way for me. I still liked it, but it wasn't what I had remembered and I felt I had destroyed something precious.

[Luffy Sempai]

Lori wrote: "I must say I'm a bit worried about some of the ones I loved. I reread Little Women/Good Wives and although this was a great favourite when I was young and I read it more than once unfortunately, no..."

Years of reading (maybe, I'm generalizing here) of dedicated thrillers will do that.

[Sue]

I have not read anything for three months (including the book I nominated that won for March)! How pathetic! Working seven days a week left my eyes too tired for reading. Lucky for me, I was still able to increased my # and percentage due to the books I read in Jan and those picked as group reads that I've already read.

June 2016 14/148 - 9%
Dec 2016 44/168 - 26%

June 2017 64/183 - 35%
Dec 2017 85/201 - 42%

Apr 2018 95/217 - 44%