Challenge: 50 Books discussion
nearly half way through 2009 how many you read so far
I only just joined this group but I am doing quite well or so I thought until I saw how many some of u guys have read. I have read 11 so far this year.
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how do u do that with all the covers it's so cute.
Dawn,To add the cover of a book to your post, just go to the add book/author link above the comment box and click where it says 'cover' instead of 'link' at the bottom of the pop-up, then search for the book you want and click 'add' next to the correct book.
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So, I just joined the group because I think this is an exciting challenge: to read 50 books in a year's time. Besides, I've already read a grip ton of books this year anyhow. I'll have to collect myself and check to see precisely how many books I've read so far!
just finished 21.
and started number 22.
Reading numbers 32 and 33 right now!!
So, I'm only on #14, but I know I can pick it up... just got a ton of books for cheap, and I intend to devour them all!
I say its just a personal challenge. As long as I read more books than I did last year, or before I was tracking them like this, then I've won. Just keep at it. I'll be able to read TONS of books this summer with just summer classes and then my reading will drop down again in the fall. Don't give up!
I'm on number 25 and hope to finish it today. Given my plans for today, though, I suspect I'll be finishing it tomorrow instead. Oh well. Gives me longer to savor the story.
Yay... so I've gone through and written down all of the books I'm positive that I've read so far since January:Andrews, Julie- Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Austen, Jane- Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane- Sense and Sensibility
Austen, Jane- Mansfield Park
Austen, Jane- Northanger Abbey
Austen, Jane- Persuasion
Gregory, Philippa- The Other Queen
Lewis, Beverly- The Postcard
Lewis, Beverly- The Crossroad
Lewis, Beverly- Sanctuary
Oke, Jeanette- When Calls the Heart
Oke, Jeanette- When Comes the Spring
Oke, Jeanette- When Breaks the Dawn
Oke, Jeanette- When Hope Springs New
Oke, Jeanette- Spring's Gentle Promis
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32 down...but its summer and I have lots more reading time now.
I just finished my 40th book. I like how everyone has a picture of their book covers, how did you do that?
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Almost halfway there. Tigana slowed me down. I should be able to catch up over the second half of the year.
Although I am planning on finishing up "The Childe Cycle" books by Gordon Dickson and Final Encyclopedia is 696 pages. That one will slow me down also.
Although, I am expecting three Torchwood novels from Amazon.com and one Doctor Who novel from Bookmooch.com. They are like snacks. I will get through them in less than a day each.
So I am on pace to make it to 50 this year.
I've got my 50. New goal is 100 for the year--a goal I would never have contemplated at the beginning of the year! Book clubs and library books that have to be read by a due date really push a girl along!
I've got my 50. New goal is 100 for the year--a goal I would never have contemplated at the beginning of the year! Book clubs and library books that have to be read by a due date really push a girl along!
i just joined this site last month and i already read 17 books im averaging 9 a month... im hoping to read 50 books or better before ths year is over...
DAM WHAT DO YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE THAT MUCH TIME TO READ 9 BOOKS A MONTH.
lol i werk 3 days a week and i can read at my job... and when im home i read some more lol... i have no life... i werk ...read... and read some more ...Dawn wrote: "DAM WHAT DO YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE THAT MUCH TIME TO READ 9 BOOKS A MONTH."
that you have so much free time to read. I am lucky if I get an hour a day.
Twenty so far...more than last year all ready. Between school and being a Mom, this is quite an accomplishment!1.
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Okay... book #15 down, #16 will be done by tonightGiffin,Emily: Something Borrowed
Reading #29. I seem to spend more time on GR than actually reading. OOPS. But this site is just so Great! :D
I am on 25 and 26. I agree with Lola4...some books should count as 2!!!
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Just started the challenge, I'm on books one and two right now, but I'm a quick reader.
only nine completed, I've been in a rut latelyA Farewell to ArmsHamletThe StrangerAs I Lay DyingConsider the Lobster And Other EssaysRichard Nixon A PsychobiographyThe Little PrinceOn the RoadA Doll's House
half way through One Hundred Years of Solitude and still reading, read parts of Light in August and The Crying of Lot 49 but I'm finishing them at another time
Wow, I am really far behind! I am only on #8, but I am just getting back into my love for reading. Last year I only read 9, so I have almost beat that already. I wont make it to fifty, but I am hoping I can make it to 20!1.
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Wow. You guys are good! I just got to half...
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Book #16 done...Essex, Karen: Leonardo's Swans
... on #17, but it's kind of slow going...
Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Grey
... has anybody else had difficulty with Wilde's writing style in Dorian? I breezed thru "The Importance of Being Ernest", but this has been, well, DULL! I wouldn't finish it, but I'm still trying to push myself thru it so I can make my 50 by December.
It picks up and gets better. The ending is great! I really ended up liking it, even though it took me a while to get into it.
24, but I took an almost 8 week break and had to slow down on personal reading to finish a semester of English classes and get through a lay-off scare at work.
Tori wrote: "I am working on #31 which is the The Bell Jar and will be reading a lot of chic-lit this summer. It's what summers are for! Hope everyone else is doing well.Here are the other books:[bookcover..."
Your list looks like what I would like to read.
Hey, I read
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake and
If You Take a Mouse to School to my nieces yesterday. Can I add them to my list? (Hehehehe)
Thanks, Michelle! I hate starting a book and dropping it in the middle- especially since I'm trying to read 50 by December. It's starting to pick up a bit, but man... did you struggle with Lord Henry's constant ramblings?
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