How many have you read? (Reading the books on our group bookshelf) Showing 951-1,000 of 1,453

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Jan. 1st, 2019 88/247 = 35.6%
Feb 1st, 2019 92/250 = 36.8%

[Darren]

I had been holding steady at 50.0% exactly
but of the 6 titles added in the last 2 months I have already read 2 (Howards End and Eugene Onegin) , I read 1 with the group (Postman Always Rings Twice) and I read one "catch-up" (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)

so I am now on 126/250 = 50.4%

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

There are currently 241 books on the "Read" shelf. As of this month I have read:

1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (but it's been SO long I really need to re-read it)
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (ditto)
4. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
5. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (ditto)
6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
7. Animal Farm by George Orwell
8. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
9. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
10. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
11. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
12. The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
13. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
14. Dracula by Bram Stoker
15. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
16. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
17. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
18. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
19. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
21. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
22. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
23. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
24. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
25. The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
26. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
27. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
28. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
29. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
30. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
31. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
32. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
33. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
35. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
36. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
37. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
38. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
39. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
40. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
41. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
42. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
43. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
44. The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
45. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
46. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
47. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
48. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
49. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
50. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
51. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
52. The Witness for the Prosecution: A Short Story by Agatha Christie
53. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
54. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Currently reading:

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

[Aprilleigh]

12/2018 - 57/240 or 24%
01/2019 - 59/244 or 24%

Again, this only includes books I've read since joining Goodreads that were group reads before or during the month in question.

[Gavin]

Thanks to my classics binge from a couple of years ago.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

189/250 - 75.6%

I have 50 on TBR and 11 that I do not wish to read at all.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

March update

Jan. 1st, 2019 88/247 = 35.6%
Feb 1st, 2019 92/250 = 36.8%
Mar 1st, 2019 94/253 = 37.1%

[Aprilleigh]

12/2018 - 57/240 or 24%
01/2019 - 59/244 or 24%
02/2019 - 62/247 or 25%

Again, this only includes books I've read since joining Goodreads that were group reads before or during the month in question.

[Liesl]

11/3/19 - 70/253 = 27.6%

[Tammy]

141 as of today. I'm up 11 since November. Not bad considering I read 1 book in January!

[Darren]

so 3 more added to shelf for April
1 I've already read (Foundation)
plus I read another catch-up (Bell Jar)
so my percentage continues to e-e-e-edge up

128/253 = 50.6%

[George P.]

I count 139 I've read now- more than a few of them the shorts to be honest. So omitting the April 2019 books, I'm at 55%, roughly the same as my last couple tallys. Looks like I'm about even with Tammy and J Blueflower then.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I’ve checked Invisible Man by Ellison off, but I’ve had to add Joy Luck Club and Foundation, so I’m still holding steady at about five more books to go before I’m 100%

[Karen Michele]

I've managed 3 books from the shelves since I started, so 32 to go. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was one of them. I have a few more on my list for the near future, so I'll continue to play catch-up and participate in new ones that are voted in as much as possible.

[Pink]

Dec 2017 146/205, 71%
Mar 2019 180/253 71%

I’m reading at the same rate we’re adding books to the shelves. At least I’m consistent!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Not me, I swear I just keep getting further behind.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Alright UPDATE 3/19/19
I have joy luck club and foundation on hold at the library-audiobooks long wait
I need to read house of the spirits
I’m currently reading Lonesome Dove
So depending on what wins next month (I think there may be one or two choices I haven’t read) I’m still about what 96%?

[Sue]

Pink wrote: "Dec 2017 146/205, 71%
Mar 2019 180/253 71%

I’m reading at the same rate we’re adding books to the shelves. At least I’m consistent!"

That's great Pink. It gets harder and harder to maintain your percentage the higher it is.

[Sue]

BAM wrote: "Alright UPDATE 3/19/19
I have joy luck club and foundation on hold at the library-audiobooks long wait
I need to read house of the spirits
I’m currently reading Lonesome Dove
So depending on what ..."

Oh Lonesome Dove. I love that book so much. I hope you do too.

[Sue]

I'm ready for my quarterly update

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

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

Jun 2018 105/224 - 47%
Dec 2018 137/244 - 56%

March 2019 149/250 - 60%

I'm very happy with this. Never thought I'd get over 50%

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Sue, 9% to 60% in under three years, that's amazing progress.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Sue wrote: "I'm ready for my quarterly update

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

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

Jun 2018 105/224 - 47%
Dec 2018 137/244 - 56%

March 2019 149/250 - 6..."

Well done!! Right now my goal is to hit 50% and maintain it. I seem to read two group reads per month.

[J_BlueFlower]

Lynn wrote: "Right now my goal is to hit 50% and maintain it. I seem to read two group reads per month. "

Two per month is enough, but it will take some years to get you to 50%.

[Sue]

Thanks Bob and Lynn. I like to show my progress because I'm sure there are some who are starting out with a percentage as low as mine was and think they can't get over 50% with all the new ones being added. That's what I thought.

[MK]

That's wonderful, Sue ! Wow, so impressed :)

[Pamela]

As a new member this month - I've read 96/253 so far, 38%. But of course I will be reading lots more of them in the future :)

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

So far (at 19%) I'm not that drawn in by LD

[Lynn, New School Classics]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Right now my goal is to hit 50% and maintain it. I seem to read two group reads per month. "

Two per month is enough, but it will take some years to get you to 50%."

Yes, but that is alright. Also, every so often the group votes on something I have already read, so I get to cheat a little!!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Pamela wrote: "As a new member this month - I've read 96/253 so far, 38%. But of course I will be reading lots more of them in the future :)"

That's excellent Pamela. What a great start!!

[Sara, Old School Classics]

WOW, Sue, what marvelous progress. I am in a holding pattern, like Pink, I mostly maintain in the 70 percentile.

[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%.
Dec 2017 93 out of 205 = 45.3%
Feb 2018 96 out of 208 = 46.1%
April 2018 100 out of 214 = 46.7%
June 2018 109 out of 222 = 49.1%
Aug 2018 112 out of 230 = 48.7%
Oct 2018 120 out of 237 = 50.6%
Dec 2018 128 out of 244 = 52.5%
Feb 2019 134 out of 250 = 53.6%
April 2019 137 out of 256 = 53.5%

April is a rare month for me. I have read three already and will read the last two with the group.

[Sue]

Sara wrote: "WOW, Sue, what marvelous progress. I am in a holding pattern, like Pink, I mostly maintain in the 70 percentile."

70% is great! I think it's hard to get past that, especially if there are some you don't want to read.

[Luke]

I'm at 145/252 (the shelf has 253, and I'm not sure what's missing), which is 58%. That's lower than previous iterations, but I decided to not try to guess what bits and bobs of Sherlock Holmes/Poe I've read, so until I read something along the lines of complete works for either of them, I won't be counting those. Reading Foundation will raise my score, which will also go up if Kindred and Night are chosen in the polls.

[Sue]

Aubrey wrote: "I'm at 145/252 (the shelf has 253, and I'm not sure what's missing), which is 58%. That's lower than previous iterations, but I decided to not try to guess what bits and bobs of Sherlock Holmes/Poe..."

That's great Aubrey. I did my total before any of the April books were added and it was at 250, so I think it's one of the April books.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Jan. 1st, 2019 88/247 = 35.6%
Feb 1st, 2019 92/250 = 36.8%
Mar 1st, 2019 94/253 = 37.1%
April 1st, 2019 97/256 = 37.9%

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Everyone is doing so well! I finished Foundation last nights and enjoyed it much more than I thought I would . Next month I need to read The Professor and Kindred. I made sure I own both of them so I'm set, but it may be a bit before I get to them. I'm still waiting on Joy Luck from the library.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Its April again. I'm barely treading water, and it's not looking good. I dropped from 37 unread books to 44 unread books. It's funny I dropped down 7 books but the percentage stayed about the same.

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
April 5, 2019 - 212/256 = 82.8%, 44 books unread

I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never read the whole shelf. Even if I wanted to read all of our selections, which I don't, I don't see how I can ever keep pace with all of our new selections and hope to read any other non-group books.

My Unread Group Books

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Finished Joy Luck Club.
I have Kindred, The Professor, and House of the Spirits to go. But I have a feeling June may surprise me with its winning selections.

[Sue]

Lynn wrote: "Jan. 1st, 2019 88/247 = 35.6%
Feb 1st, 2019 92/250 = 36.8%
Mar 1st, 2019 94/253 = 37.1%
April 1st, 2019 97/256 = 37.9%"

You started out with a good percentage Lynn so it's great that you've been able to go up by 2% in just 4 months!

[Sue]

Bob wrote: "Its April again. I'm barely treading water, and it's not looking good. I dropped from 37 unread books to 44 unread books. It's funny I dropped down 7 books but the percentage stayed about the same...."

Very impressive Bob. I like the idea of keeping a list of unread ones. I started creating shelves of unread in the various categories but didn't finish or keep up on it

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Sue wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Jan. 1st, 2019 88/247 = 35.6%
Feb 1st, 2019 92/250 = 36.8%
Mar 1st, 2019 94/253 = 37.1%
April 1st, 2019 97/256 = 37.9%"

You started out with a good percentage Lynn so it's great that..."

Thanks!!

[Renee]

Bob wrote: "Its April again. I'm barely treading water, and it's not looking good. I dropped from 37 unread books to 44 unread books. It's funny I dropped down 7 books but the percentage stayed about the same...."

82.8% is amazing! Especially if there are quite a few books you don't want to read. I know what you mean about keeping up. This group reads so many books a month it's hard to keep up, or in my case even catch up to the bookshelf. And adding in books that aren't on the shelf makes me fall behind even more.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Woo hoo! I just added book #100 from the Group shelf. It was a nice round number, so I wanted to brag.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

That's wonderful news! 100 is something to definitely brag about

[Pink]

Well done Lynn!

[MK]

Lynn wrote: "Woo hoo! I just added book #100 from the Group shelf. It was a nice round number, so I wanted to brag."

Woooooo !
*twirls Lynn around in celebration*

^5! That's a milestone to brag about, for sure. Congrats :D

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Thanks everyone.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Remember, you can vote for your favorite group books. It doesn't hurt and only takes a minute or two.

Link to our Group Listopia Bookshelf

[Pamela]

Just realised that Foundation was my 100th book from the Group Shelf, so I've hit a milestone too!

[MK]

wooohoooo, Pamela !!
Congrats on a big milestone :D