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How many of our Club Books have you read?
Valerie wrote: "I count the same way, Kim.If I push hard, I might be able to join you at 150 mark by the end of the year, Sarah."
I think last year one of us was at 94 and the other at 95 :)
Interesting, Trike. Let's see, percentages... this is quick and dirty not sure if I got the 2012 count exactly, butThen: 18/125 = 14.4%
Now: 65/213 = 30.5%
Wow, that's a bigger change than I thought!
Counting only those I'm 100% sure I've read from cover to cover, I've read 32 (#33 in progress, barely started). Since joining the club in March this year I've read 6 so far, so that puts me at 26 before joining.
It's probably never going to happen but my ultimate goal: read at least 70% of the list. I still have a long way to go!
So, looking back, I realize that I was going by the year I started, not my actual start. And, I may also be tracking percentages in a dorky little spreadsheet.Joined in September of 2013:
Then: 15/145 = 10.34%
Now: 115/213 = 53.99%
Kim wrote: "I count previously read books when looking at how many on the group shelf, I just don't count them towards the challenge unless I happened to read them within the same year."Same here.
Edit: I mean for this year's challenge specifically.
Edit edit: I just noticed that The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan is on the list, and I'm currently reading his Theft of Swords, which is an omnibus of the first two Riyria Revelations novels (Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha). So that one will count, too. I wonder how I should count that towards the challenge? I suppose rate Crown Conspiracy separately so it shows up n the list for future counts.
Rating omnibus editions is always a pain. I generally split them into their individual books. Once upon a time GR was going to make a better way of doing it. It never happened.
Trike, I'm doing that later this year and I'm planning on just marking Theft of Swords as though it were the bookshelf book. That was my compromise anyway :)
Of course, when there's a Fantasy sequel nom theme you could try to get the other half of Theft of Swords on there :)
Thank you Richard, Michael and all the other helpful people. :)
I've read about 25 of 215 on the shelf . Now some it's been about 40 years since I read them. Should read them again when I get the chance.
New here! Hi! I've read 28 and have another dozen I still haven't gotten around to reading yet. The list is a nice mix of titles.
Hi there! Just joined the group. Her is my status:Read 34
DNF 2
To-read 14 (that's the current plan, anyway)
Ordered 2
Ordered: these two are Locus Award Winners. That's one challenge I set myself, i.e. Read all of those. Might take me the rest of my life, though.... ;-)
I see how it goes, I might add your list to my perpetual reading challenges.
I'm at 144 off the shelf. I can't wait to hit 150 :)
I am working on 128. I need to work to catch up with Sarah Anne.However, I am thrilled that I have finished every BOM for this year to date AND I am only 7 away from having read all of the Bookshelf Read picks for this year (well, 8 if you count The Speed of Dark which has been added as a side, side read for Sept)
That's a great record, Valerie. And a lot of reading :)
Great for both of you! I am glad I got a head start although I mentioned to Sarah Anne recently that I am hitting a wall. I find myself scrounging the bottom of the barrel so to speak because I have been cherry picking the good ones the last three years.Our group chooses amazing books but we don't choose wisely all the time. Hoping to hit 90% next year some time.
I think my next goal will be to cherry pick the best UF since two of my favorite series/serials are that genre. Hoping Blackbirds will win next month and kick that off.
I want Blackbirds and Broken Monsters to BOTH win :)
Sarah Anne wrote: "I want Blackbirds and Broken Monsters to BOTH win :)"Me, too!
Which are your favorite UF series, Hank?
Rivers of London and Dresden in the order of whichever book I read last which right now is Foxglove Summer.Both of these have been purely audio "reads" and sometimes I wonder if that has some effect on how much I like them. Actually in the Rivers of London case I don't wonder, the match of Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Aaronovitch has made that series greater than the parts, I can't recommend them enough.
Valerie wrote: "Which are your favorite UF series, Hank?"Yeah, I totally know you were talking to Hank but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Mike Carey's Felix Castor series. Totally my favorite and I've read them all at least five times.
Sarah Anne wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Which are your favorite UF series, Hank?"Yeah, I totally know you were talking to Hank but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Mike Carey's Felix Castor series. Totally my favorite and..."
Bam! off to the races. I opened a separate UF thread so we don't get this one too off topic
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Adding Sphere gave me another automatic addition to the list.I'll never read all of them because of the sequels and other books authors that didn't make the C-beams glitter for me. But I still have a number of classics I missed along the way as well as others that look interesting.
42 out of the top 100 56 out of the 214 currently in Listopia
Hank wrote: "Both of these have been purely audio "reads" and sometimes I wonder if that has some effect on how much I like them. Actually in the Rivers of London case I don't wonder, the match of Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Aaronovitch has made that series greater than the parts, I can't recommend them enough. ."Completely agree on that. The narration on Rivers of London really enhances the story.
Ok, I'm new in this group, and I've read 19. Their is a good quantity of books in this list I will soon be reading.
Trike wrote: "I'm at 10/12 of my 2016 challenge so it's looking good that I'll complete that.Progress!"
Congrats :)
I just finished my 150th!!!!! I was really hoping to hit that mark this year so I'm very excited :)
Impressive....most impressive (in a Darth Vader voice)
I'm new to the group. I've only read 11 books
Thanks guys!Brianna, that's actually where I was when I first started.
Sarah Anne wrote: "I just finished my 150th!!!!! I was really hoping to hit that mark this year so I'm very excited :)"Okay, now you're just trying to make me look bad. I thought we were friends.
Brianna wrote: "I'm new to the group. I've only read 11 books"Gotta start somewhere. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. A third aphorism here.
Also: we're all really, really old.
Trike wrote: "Sarah Anne wrote: "I just finished my 150th!!!!! I was really hoping to hit that mark this year so I'm very excited :)"Okay, now you're just trying to make me look bad. I thought we were friends."
We are? If I had known that I wouldn't have tried so hard to kick your ass ;)
Sarah Anne wrote: "Trike wrote: "Sarah Anne wrote: "I just finished my 150th!!!!! I was really hoping to hit that mark this year so I'm very excited :)"Okay, now you're just trying to make me look bad. I thought we were friends.
We are? If I had known that I wouldn't have tried so hard to kick your ass ;) ..."
You're breaking my heart! /padme
Congrats, Sarah! I am trying so hard to catch up to you. Right now I am working on 133/134.
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I think I'm on 26 now, so probably by the time I retire in 40-50 years I'll have read 150 of the books on our list. And if not, then I'll know what to do with myself in retirement!
I started reading with the group back in Sept. 2013 and had a whopping 15 of the group books read at that time.
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Not in the same league as our super readers, and I've been here for almost ever, but still doing a little celebrating in finally breaking the 100 barrier. Now up to a massive 101.
Richard wrote: "Not in the same league as our super readers, and I've been here for almost ever, but still doing a little celebrating in finally breaking the 100 barrier. Now up to a massive 101."
Congrats!
Okay, let's settle down, people. This isn't a competition....unless I start winning. Then you will bow before Zod!
Trike wrote: "Okay, let's settle down, people. This isn't a competition....unless I start winning. Then you will bow before Zod!"
You're on ;)
Richard wrote: "Not in the same league as our super readers, and I've been here for almost ever, but still doing a little celebrating in finally breaking the 100 barrier. Now up to a massive 101."
Congrats. That is a nice milestone.
It is :) Mile markers are the best. 100 books off of the bookshelf is not an easy thing to do.
Thanks for the congrats. Don't think I'll ever get much past 50% as I really struggle with the Fantasy titles. Still trying though, currently reading Uprooted which should help. Us mere mortals will just have to watch in awe as Super Sarah Anne and General Trike slug it out.
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If I push hard, I might be able to join you at 150 mark by the end of the year, Sarah.