How many have you read? (Reading the books on our group bookshelf) Showing 1,301-1,350 of 1,453

[Shaina]

Sara, I have enjoyed most of them. Thanks to this group my introduction to the classics has been a pleasure. I feel like reading many of them all over again however, better sense prevails most often and I decide to reread them a year or two down the line :)

[Natalie]

That is super impressive Shaina!

That’s always the struggle, so many books I want to reread but so many I have yet to read. It’s a happy problem. 😄

[Shaina]

Thank you, Natalie! I like that you used the word "struggle" because it really is one. A happy problem as you say :)

P.S. I am waiting for your insights and comments reg. Decameron ...week 4 I guess. I start Day 9 tomorrow.

[Natalie]

Thanks Shaina!

I actually just barely got back to reading The Decameron. We had some serious family medical stuff going on in the summer and that book was just a little much for me at the time. I'm excited we're doing it as a group read. :D I think they've closed down the comments until October, at least they had last time I checked. I'm starting Day 4 tomorrow. You've done great keeping up with your reading!

[Lori]

I think I am at 64/349 which is 18%.

21 of my total of 64 have been in 2021 since joining this group in January. I'll check the total at the beginning of next year and try to beat it. 🤞

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I'm up to 78 now.

[Natalie]

Nice work Lori and RJ! 👍🏻

[Lynn, New School Classics]

I was browsing through this thread, and I thought I would update these numbers. I am sure my percentage has dropped because this has been the year of reading short stories for the Challenge Buffet and not as many books.

July 2018 67/227 = 29.5% (when I joined the group)
Dec 31, 2019 127/276 = 46.0%
March 30, 2020 = 133/282 = 47.16%
May 31, 2020 139/293 = 47.44%
Sept 12, 2020 148/302 = 49.0%

Sept 15, 2021 the "read" books on our bookshelf are 339 so
158/339 = 46.6% so I am still near that 50% mark that has been my goal for a while. Still hovering near, but it shows that this percentage has not been my main focus this year.

[Luke]

I'm now at 209 read, which is 62% rounded up, through a combination of prioritizing a number of pre-2021 group reads for challenges and having previous reads of mine make it through the 2021 voting process. I've another handful marked out for potential challenge reading, a few of which will probably come in handy for the more genre categories, but the future group vote ones will have to fend for themselves.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Aubrey wrote: "I'm now at 209 read, which is 62% rounded up, through a combination of prioritizing a number of pre-2021 group reads for challenges and having previous reads of mine make it through the 2021 voting..."

Nice job Aubrey! You're right. It does take some planning and effort to stay on top of the books here.

[Sherry]

This is the first time I've seen the list.
I've read 105 of the 334 books.
Very nice list!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Sherry wrote: "This is the first time I've seen the list.
I've read 105 of the 334 books.
Very nice list!"

Nice job Sherry!

[Luke]

Lynn wrote: "Nice job Aubrey! You're right. It does take some planning and effort to stay on top of the books here."

Ha, well, I can't say I'm really making an effort specifically in regards to the group classics. My focus on classics in general just happens to overlap sometimes, especially with works that have been on my TBR for some time. As I tend to focus on those, I inadvertently keep pace, especially if I read something like the complete works of Poe or Shakespeare that bump me up a few notches, as well as provide me with some insurance for probable future group picks.

[J_BlueFlower]

As of now: 208 read and 141 unread = 59.6% read
Just two books away from 60%.

[Luke]

Since I last checked, the group has voted in six more works, four of which I've read, dropping my technical score a micro amount but still keeping it at 62% when rounded to integers. Nice to see my past reading doing work for me whilst I'm happily ensconced in largely 21st century matters.

[Darren]

since my last report 9 months ago (180/327 = 55.0%)

I have read 10 more "catch-ups":
The Portrait of a Lady James, Henry
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) Graves, Robert
War and Peace Tolstoy, Leo
The Awakening Chopin, Kate
Love in the Time of Cholera Garcí­a Márquez, Gabriel
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Wallace, Lew
Paradise Lost Milton, John
To the Lighthouse Woolf, Virginia
A Farewell to Arms Hemingway, Ernest
Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane

plus 28 titles have been added
of which I had already read 10:
The Call of the Wild London, Jack
The Gold Bug Poe, Edgar Allan
The Fall Camus, Albert
Hunger Hamsun, Knut
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Spark, Muriel
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Abbott, Edwin A.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Murakami, Haruki
Père Goriot Balzac, Honoré de
Babette’s Feast Dinesen, Isak
Fathers and Sons Turgenev, Ivan

thus my latest stats are 200/355 = 56.3%

which, is v.close to what I was on 18 months ago (56.6)
so seems like I have plateaued at around this level.

[Darren]

oh, and the Listopia shelf only has 334 entries, so is a bit behind...

[Jeri]

2021 is going to be my year! I am currently reading book #355! It has taken some concentrated effort over a few years but I will be at 100% once I finish "The Princess Bride". Now to maintain that over the coming months.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Darren wrote: "since my last report 9 months ago (180/327 = 55.0%)

I have read 10 more "catch-ups":
The Portrait of a Lady James, Henry
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) Graves, Robert
War and Peace Tolstoy, Leo
The Aw..."

Wow Darren very impressive!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Jeri wrote: "2021 is going to be my year! I am currently reading book #355! It has taken some concentrated effort over a few years but I will be at 100% once I finish "The Princess Bride". Now to maintain that ..."

Oh My Jeri!! Those who reach 100% are few and far between. That is amazing.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Darren wrote: "oh, and the Listopia shelf only has 334 entries, so is a bit behind..."

I used to try to keep up the Listopia shelf, but since each individual can only vote on 100 and there were too many that would fall off the list if I moved my vote to a new one, I sort of walked away from the list. If anyone new would list to take an interest in it, I know that many of us are maxed out on out votes.

[J_BlueFlower]

Lynn wrote: "I used to try to keep up the Listopia shelf, but since each individual can only vote on 100 and there were to..."

Here is a link to the list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

I removed my votes for well established books and voted in the newer ones. The list is now at 344 books. Quite a few shorter than the official 355.

[J_BlueFlower]

Comparing the list above and our shelf I noticed The Gold Bug + The Sphinx + William Wilson on our shelf. We only read the title story: The Gold-Bug. It would be better to link to that only.

[Michaela]

About 106/355, so not quite 30%.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I used to try to keep up the Listopia shelf, but since each individual can only vote on 100 and there were to..."

Here is a link to the list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9......"

Thank you J_Blueflower!!

I also added some to the list. We now have 354 on Listopia and 355 on the Group Bookshelf. There always seems to be one last elusive one I can't find, LOL !

[Darren]

I couldn't see The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie on the Listopia, so I added it, so hopefully we're up to date now...

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Darren wrote: "I couldn't see The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie on the Listopia, so I added it, so hopefully we're up to date now..."

Thank you!

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

It’s getting difficult to keep up my 100% lately. I always accept the challenge though. I believe I am all caught up again, but I’m thinking there may be one book I still need to read.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

BAM wrote: "It’s getting difficult to keep up my 100% lately. I always accept the challenge though. I believe I am all caught up again, but I’m thinking there may be one book I still need to read."

I don't know how you do it. I always think of you during challenges.

[Natalie]

Upped a little bit!

166/355 = 47%

[Greg]

I've read 208/355 = 58%, though some of the ones that I read very long ago I don't remember well anymore.

[Pamela]

Currently read 192/355 so 54%.

[Pat]

When I joined this group a year ago, I had read 129/315 (40.95%) books. As of today, that total is now 197/355 (55.49%).

[Natalie]

Wow! That’s a huge jump Pat, way to go!

[Pat]

Thanks, Natalie. It took some concerted focus, but this group is so enthusiastic about the books here that it was encouragement to keep picking up the next group read and books off the shelf.

[Robin P]

I am now at 207.

[Laurie]

My annual check in. For the bookshelf as of December 2021 and I am not including the four new books which will be read next month, I have read 232/354=65.5%. This is approximately the same percentage I have every year so I continue to maintain my same level.

[CindySR]

I've only read 30 of the 358, but there are many I would want-to-read. Which is why I have joined this group and why I am excited about the challenges!

[Joseph]

126 out of 358 (35%) as of 12/31/20201

-- 116 as of 12/31/2020
-- 100 as of 12/31/2019
-- 81 of as of 12/31/2018
-- 71 as of 12/31/2017
-- 54 as of 3/6/17

[Lynn, New School Classics]

I am using 359 for the number of books on the bookshelf. The long read for Quarter 1 was not on the shelf yet so the number of books in January would actually be 359; sorry folks.

July 2018 67/227 = 29.5% (when I joined the group)
Jan. 1st, 2019 88/247 = 35.6%
Dec 31, 2019 127/276 = 46.0%
Dec 30, 2020 153/319 = 48%
Dec. 31, 2021 167/359 = 46.5%

This seems to be were I stay. I have said for a couple of years that my goal is to be near 50%. Perhaps it will go up a bit in 2021.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

I have now read 285/359 for 79.4%
That is down from 82% in July, so we are adding book titles quicker than I am reading them. That's okay...anything over 75% is gravy.

[J_BlueFlower]

Just gravy.... right...

My old stats:
June 2017 81 out of 186 = 43.54 %
Dec 2017 93 out of 205 = 45.3%
June 2018 109 out of 222 = 49.1%
Dec 2018 128 out of 244 = 52.5%
June 2019 143 out of 263 = 54.4%
Dec 2019 159 read and 123 unread out of 282. = 56.4%
June 2020 175 read and 130 unread out of 305 = 57.4%
Sept 2021 208 read and 141 unread = 59.6% read (2 books away from 60%)

Now:
Jan 2022 212 read and 150 unread = 58.6% (5 books away from 60%)

[Lori]

Sep 12, 2021 - 64/349 which is 18%.

Jan 12, 2022 - 71/358 which is 19%.

Not terrible for a 1% increase in 6 months. I read 21 of the shelf last year which was my first year as a member of the group. My goal is to try to beat that number this year.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

The 21 read last year number is awesome, Lori. My percentage is high, but that is because I had already read so many of them long before joining the group. I see very little growth, but you are going to see scads.

[Lori]

Thanks, Sara! I’m eager to see how the year progresses!

[Laurie]

Lori, it is very impressive to have read 21 books from the group shelves in one year. Plus your 1% increase was actually accomplished in just 4 months so well done. I hope you enjoy your reading this year.

[Luke]

As expected, I've dropped a tad (214/362 -> 59%), but I have at least eight list works incorporated into this year's challenges, two of which I successfully nominated last month. If the works I'm going to be reading anyway keep on winning, I just might do something absurd like keep pace for once.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Always helps when the books you want to read coincide with those selected. Hope your reading year is a good one, whether the stats improve or not!

[Natalie]

186/365 - 51%

I've really been enjoying the classics this year! :)

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Ugh still at 100% y'all are picking some great books you have lots to look forward to