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Striving for Check/Book Balance [2013 Challenge]
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Here we go ... New year, new reads! :)
2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 233
Purchased & Read: 84
Owned & Read: (67, not incl borrows & freebies) 149
~ Borrowed & Read: 15
~ Freebie & Read: 67
Scale Status: 49/37/25Purchased & Read 2013: 49
Purchased & Read 2012: 37
Owned & Read: 25
Check/Balance Challenge1.1.13-12.31.13
Total: 92
Purchased & Read: 28
Owned & Read: 40
Borrowed & Read: 12
Given & Read: 33
Scale:
21/28\12/30
Stats:90 Books read in 2013
59 Books purchased in 2013
13 Purchased & Read
12 Owned & Read
43 Free & Read
16 Borrowed & Read
Last year's stats:
(view spoiler)
Owned & Read (12)
Purchased & Read (13)
Freebie & Read (44)
Borrowed & Read (16)
Me of course!Once again I don't care about freebie ebooks. Also going to keep track of my print TBR again since I am purging unread books.
Purchased 6 & Read: #
Owned & Read: # 18
Borrowed & Read# 23
Scale Status:
Print TBR 1/1/13: 787 2/1/13: 781 3/15/13 751
I'm in again. I squeaked out a win with a 32/37 bought vs owned last year, so hopefully the owned comes out on top again this year.2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 81
Purchased & Read: 42
Owned & Read: 39
Scale Status: 42\39
I'm in again. I haven't actually finished these books yet, but I'm working on it.2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: #
Purchased & Read: #
Owned & Read: #
Borrowed & Read: #
Freebies: #
Scale Status: #|#
Good luck and happy reading, ladies!
Still haven't finished updating 2012, but definitely in again! Good so far, all owned or library books (and have only bought, well, bought for me~not counting kids' books~two this year!). BUT, the year is still very, very young!**will post list here later!
I haven't finished updating 2012 either. I need to come up with a quicker/easier way to track 2013 reads when I don't have time to do regular updates. I'll most likely be creating several 2013 shelves to denote whether bought/read or owned/read. That way when I need to do updates I can quickly tell which falls into which category.I always say I'd like to read what I already own, but I always end up buying more. If I can keep a balance between the two, even if by a little, I consider it a huge accomplishment.
I was hoping you'd set up this challenge again. I totally failed at it last year but I own so many more books now I think I should be able to do well this year. I'll have to post my template later though cuz I'm on my phone right now.
Welcome, Julianne :)
Ahh...nice idea about the shelves...I'm in the same (update) boat!
2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance ChallengeTotal books read: 66
Purchased/Received 2013 & Read: 22
Owned & Read: 23
(|) Scale Status: 22\23
**Borrowed & Read (these will not be in the scale status, but are in the total)
Judithe wrote: "Ahh...nice idea about the shelves...I'm in the same (update) boat!"I did create those shelves. I think/hope it'll help when updating in spurts, as I tend to do. I've got: 2013 bought/read; borrowed/read; freebie/read; owned/read. So far, I'm off to a good start - all owned/read.
2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance ChallengeTotal books read: 2
Purchased & Read: #
Owned & Read: 2
Borrowed and Read: #
Scale Status: 0\2
Steph, I was planning to include my borrowed in the scale with the "owned and read" because they to me they count as money I didn't have to spend. Is that ok?
I'm going to do this too. I just need to find a way to control the Purchased and not read pile. I tend to pick up a lot at garage sales, library sales and thrift stores and they just keep mutiplying.
Julianne wrote: "Steph, I was planning to include my borrowed in the scale with the "owned and read" because they to me they count as money I didn't have to spend. Is that ok?"Absolutely! I will do something similar and break out my owned & read into categories that include freebie/read and borrowed/read. Up to you, whichever works best - go for it!
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "I'm going to do this too. I just need to find a way to control the Purchased and not read pile. I tend to pick up a lot at garage sales, library sales and thrift stores and they just keep mutiplying."
LOL! They do have a tendency to multiply like bunnies. :D You could break our your 'purchased/TBR' shelves to list where you purchased them from.
2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance ChallengeTotal books read: 4
Scale Status (P|O&B): 0\4
Purchased & Read: 0
Owned & Read:
Scale Status (P|O): 0\3
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Borrowed & Read:
Purchased & Not Yet Read
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Year Begining TBR Total: 845
Current TBR Pile Total: 845
My first monthly update, not a bad start.January 2013
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013
Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
Total books read in 2013: #23
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):0\23
Purchased & Read 2013 : 0
(44 pg)Total Owned & Read : 23
Owned & Read : 13
Borrowed & Read: 8
eFreebies & Read: 2
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
I need to update my list, but I created sep shelves to quickly see how I'm doing. So far, not bad. Trying to read some of these freebies I keep accumulating.2013ck-borrowed-read (1)
2013ck-bought-read (2)
2013ck-freebie-read (10)
2013ck-owned-read (11)
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
February 2013
Total books read in 2013: #44
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):1\43
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 1
Total Owned & Read : 23 + 20
Owned & Read : 13 + 7
Borrowed & Read: 8 + 7
eFreebies & Read: 2 + 6
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
March 2013
Total books read in 2013: #60
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):2\58
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 1 + 1
Total Owned & Read : 43 + 15
Owned & Read : 20 + 8
Borrowed & Read: 15 + 1
eFreebies & Read: 8 + 6
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
April 2013
Total books read in 2013: #83
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):8\75
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 2 + 6
Total Owned & Read : 58 + 17
Owned & Read : 28 + 8
Borrowed & Read: 16 + 6
eFreebies & Read: 14 + 3
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
May 2013
Total books read in 2013: #99
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):14\85
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 8 + 6
Total Owned & Read : 75 + 10
Owned & Read : 36 + 3
Borrowed & Read: 22 + 2
eFreebies & Read: 17 + 5
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
June 2013
Total books read in 2013: #112
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):18\94
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 14 + 4
Total Owned & Read : 85 + 9
Owned & Read : 39 + 1
Borrowed & Read: 24 + 7
eFreebies & Read: 22 + 1
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
July 2013
Total books read in 2013: #132
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):26\106
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
May (16: 6 bought, 10 owned)
June (13: 4 bought, 9 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 18 + 8
Total Owned & Read : 94 + 12
Owned & Read : 40 + 7
Borrowed & Read : 31 + 4
eFreebies & Read: 23 + 1
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
So far this year I've read 59 books. 19 of them are Purchased/Received this year, 20 I already owned, and the rest have been borrowed. At least the own side is winning :)
Yay Zakiya!
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
August 2013
Total books read in 2013: #148
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):31\117
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
May (16: 6 bought, 10 owned)
June (13: 4 bought, 9 owned)
July (20: 8 bought, 12 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 26 + 5
Total Owned & Read : 106 + 11
Owned & Read : 47 + 4
Borrowed & Read : 35 + 4
eFreebies & Read: 24 + 3
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
September 2013
Total books read in 2013: #166
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):39\127
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
May (16: 6 bought, 10 owned)
June (13: 4 bought, 9 owned)
July (20: 8 bought, 12 owned)
August (16: 5 bought, 11 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 31 + 8
Total Owned & Read : 117 + 10
Owned & Read : 51 + 2
Borrowed & Read : 39 + 5
eFreebies & Read: 27 + 3
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
October 2013
Total books read in 2013: #175
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):40\135
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
May (16: 6 bought, 10 owned)
June (13: 4 bought, 9 owned)
July (20: 8 bought, 12 owned)
August (16: 5 bought, 11 owned)
September (16: 8 bought, 10 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 39 + 1
Total Owned & Read : 127 + 8
Owned & Read : 53 + 3
Borrowed & Read : 44 + 5
eFreebies & Read: 30 + 0
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
I haven't updated in a long time: SOS Page 1
Once again I don't care about freebie ebooks. Also going to keep track of my print TBR again since I am purging unread books.
2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: #112
Purchased 34 & Read: 7
Owned & Read: # 76
Borrowed & Read# 85
Scale Status: 32\168
Print TBR
1/1/13: 787
2/1/13: 781
3/15/13 751
5/15/13: 707
6/12/13 692
7/23/13 698
8/12/13 677
10/4/13 658
11/5/13 645
Glad to see you back Mary ;)
I'm amazed Mary, my TBR pile never goes down.
My Kindle library keeps going up and up but they don't take up physical space so I don't care so much about that. It's the print books that are stressing me out.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
November 2013
Total books read in 2013: #186
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):45\141
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
May (16: 6 bought, 10 owned)
June (13: 4 bought, 9 owned)
July (20: 8 bought, 12 owned)
August (16: 5 bought, 11 owned)
September (16: 8 bought, 10 owned)
October (9: 1 bought, 8 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 40 + 5
Total Owned & Read : 135 + 6
Owned & Read : 56 + 3
Borrowed & Read : 49 + 3
eFreebies & Read: 30 + 0
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
Striving for Check/Book Balance 2013Duration: Jan 1st- Dec 31st 2013
Decemberber 2013
Total books read in 2013: #204
Yearly Scale Status (Acquired vs Owned):50\154
Jan (23: 0 bought, 23 owned)
Feb (21: 1 bought, 20 owned)
March (16: 1 bought, 15 owned)
April (23: 6 bought, 17 owned)
May (16: 6 bought, 10 owned)
June (13: 4 bought, 9 owned)
July (20: 8 bought, 12 owned)
August (16: 5 bought, 11 owned)
September (16: 8 bought, 10 owned)
October (9: 1 bought, 8 owned)
November (11: 5 bought, 6 owned)
Purchased & Read 2013 : 45 + 5
Total Owned & Read : 141 + 13
Owned & Read : 59 + 11
Borrowed & Read : 52 + 1
eFreebies & Read: 30 + 1
*Note to self: Shorts must add up to at least 200 pages to count as one book.
This challenge seemed to have seen less activity than last year. I don't know why because it reminds me to start with older books rather than only get new ones. I'm pretty glad to have managed 200 book equivalent this time around.
You done good Val!!!!
My scale tipped on the wrong side this year (but only by 3)
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "This challenge seemed to have seen less activity than last year. I don't know why because it reminds me to start with older books rather than only get new ones. I'm pretty glad to have managed 200 ..."I think challenges were you edit instead adding new, can sometimes get lost and people will forget/never find them without seeing updates in the daily/weekly update email.
I started to do this one in 2013, but I forgot to update my list for a while and then was lost trying to catch up, so I let it drop. I think I did really well with print books of reading ones I already owned or borrowed from the library, but I developed an audible addiction that had be buying a lot of audiobooks. Maybe it's good I didn't keep track in 2013. ;)
One last update. I think I missed a few books but this should be close. Made a lot of progress in reducing my print books. gSOS Page 1
Once again I don't care about freebie ebooks. Also going to keep track of my print TBR again since I am purging unread books.
2013 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: #112
Purchased 37 & Read: 7
Owned & Read: # 85
Borrowed & Read# 90
Scale Status: 37\182
Print TBR
1/1/13: 787
2/1/13: 781
3/15/13 751
5/15/13: 707
6/12/13 692
7/23/13 698
8/12/13 677
10/4/13 658
11/5/13 645
12/31/13 633
Very disciplined Mary, great going!!
Scale Status: 49/37/25Purchased & Read 2013: 49
Purchased & Read 2012: 37
Owned & Read: 25
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Think you can 'balance' your book purchases with the money saved from reading books in your existing TBR stack?
No math needed. Instead, let's tally the number of books we read this year ~ Books purchased & read v. Books owned & read in 2013. *Feel free to break up your owned into groups including library borrows and eFreebies. Or, throw those into a separate category for add'l tracking.
How will your scales compare to those in 2012?
Goal: By the end of 2013, your 'owned/read' stack should be larger or equal to your 'purchased/read' stack. If so, challenge completed successfully. If not, well, there's always next year! ;)
Note: For this challenge, "owned" books include those purchased no later than 31 Dec 2012. If you pre-ordered AND paid for a book prior to the end of year, but received it (by post) after 1/1/2013, it counts as 'owned', not 'purchased' in 2013.
Additionally, members are welcome to include ANY books (even those outside of the PNR/UF genre), if they'd like to get an accurate total for the year; that is totally up to each participant. Therefore, all formats are allowed; re-reads are allowed (and count as an 'owned' read).
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2013
Post Layout: In an attempt to keep things organized for my OCDemoness, let's all follow the same layout for our master post. Please cut & paste the template below and update it throughout the year.
Members who join are welcome (and encouraged) to post as many daily/monthly/quarterly updates they'd like to share how they are doing throughout the year. Feel free to share those updates in any format you'd like, just remember to update your master list periodically as well.
For those adventurous types: If you'd make the challenge more challenging, you can guesstimate how many books you'll read (buy v. own) and/or set a goal for yourself. If you do, please mention it in your master post.