Nora Roberts Groupies discussion
Archive
>
Weekly topic for discussion - Do you have reading goals?
date
newest »
newest »
Mod
Mod
So that's 52 books a year. Do you complete the annual GR challenge for tracking?
Mod
I joined the Goodreads Challenge, and also like to see my progress as the year goes on. My goal has needed to be extended though, started out with a goal of 50 and have it at 200 now with 192 read. I don't set what books I will read for a specific period of time, tend to keep a lot of books that interest me on my Kindle so I have a selection to choose from.Finish one book look through what books I have and pick the next.
I use the Goodreads Yearly Challenge to set my yearly goal for the overall number of books I plan to read that year. And at any given time, I'm usually involved in 2 or 3 group challenges in which I set goals based on that particular challenge. I'm always involved in monthly buddy reads & multiple Monthly Reads in various groups as well. As the number of books I read weekly & monthly have greatly increased, as has my time involved in reading "with" others, I have found it necessary to make a monthly "calendar" of books to read to make sure I read books I've committed to reading on time. I also need the calendar to keep me on schedule with book reviews & blog tours. In between all of that, I randomly choose books from my TBR list or when I have time, a book that has just been recommended to me.
I use the Goodreads Challenge. The past three or four years I've set a goal of 100 books/year. The previous years I exceeded my goal by 3-6 books. This year I am in danger of not meeting my goal. I'm only on book 91, only two books ahead of my goal, and only about five weeks left in the year. I also sometimes set mini-goals, such as reading 10-12 classics a year (14 read this year, so another goal exceeded), or so many by one author, catching up on books borrowed from friends/family, etc.
I have the yearly challenge. I would love to do 100-200 a year but it's hard with nursing school so I just set myself at 50 and if I get close to that with time left, I'll add another 10 books to my goal. Gonna see if I can do 60 by end of December.
This was my first year of setting reading goals. I have always just read what I wanted to and how much I wanted to. This yr in January I set a goal of reading 75 books during the year and reading the In Death series back to back. I have accomplished my goal if 75 books and upped it to 85. I sort of accomplished my. 2nd goal. I re- read the entire ID series but not back to back . I read about the first 10-12 back to back then had to take a break . As much as I love them the cases and suspects started to get mixed up, so I read 2 ID books then read something else until I finished the series.
I've never set actual goals or used the Goodreads challenge. Half the time I forget to post what I've read on my profile. But I would imagine I read more than 100 books per year. I easily read 2 books per week. Of course many of those are NR rereads. I also read a lot this year because I was pretty sick and was on medical leave for a month. I read a great deal then because it's all I could do. I need to make a conscious effort to keep up with the books I read in 2014 so I can get an idea for what type goals I should set.
Mod
I'd like to think I'll read at least 100 next year. Reading is my escape and I don't let a day pass by without taking that time. Reading is what keeps me somewhat sane!!! LOL
While I was still working it was impossible to read the number of books I am currently reading. I also camp primitively, no TV, or outside influences; I'm alone with my dog until weekends when others are camping. I try to be active but am limited due to spinal cord injuries, I don't even have electricity lol, a generator allows me to charge my wheelchair and a marine battery to keep my phone and Kindle charged. This year I camped from April through the end of October and I read a lot of books. Now that I am back home for the winter life is interfering with my reading a bit. I found Goodreads at the end of 2012, so setting a reading goal for the year was hard, newly unemployed gave me the time to rekindle my passion for reading.
Mod
I think my job is why I read so much. It takes my mind off work. I definitely couldnt do the primitive camping either so I'm impressed! I like to camp in hotel rooms! Lol!
The most recent goal I had when it came to reading was to read all 3 Hunger Games book by the time Catching Fire came out, which I did successfully. :D Other than that, no. But I am kind of curious to see how many books I read in a year because atm the moment I've been downloading free books of off my Kindle whenever I need a book to read. So I constantly have a book on hand. ;)
Mod
How many are you reading a week or month?
Mod
Mod
Mod
Jonetta, oh I have to think about that! I download a lot of free books on my kindle, so I go through them in no time. I bet I read at least 10 books, if not more in a month.
Talya wrote: "In 2014 I'll make it a goal to sign up for the challenge for sure."Me too. ;)
Mod
I used to participate in all sorts of challenges but gave myself a break on those this year. I was starting to feel kind of overwhelmed with them and reading is my fun.
Mod
I set a yearly goal using the Goodreads challenge feature, based on what I read the previous year. I even go so far as to create more detailed goals by creating a monthly reading plan. There are other reading challenges I participate in to help me meet or surpass my goals.
So what do you do? Do you develop a plan or do you pick your next book using some other approach?