Almost There!

[K.M.]

We're almost to the end of the year! How is everyone doing on the challenge? I have to admit (with some irony) that this is going to be the first year in recent memory I don't crack 100. Whoops. But I know most of you have done amazingly!

Don't forget there will be some awesome prizes in January for those of you crack 100! There's still time for that final push.

[Mikayla]

I just reached 157 so I'm pretty happy with how this year has turned out! =D

[Helen]

I've read 99 books, but two don't count towards the challenge, so I've still got 3 to go. It's going to be tight, but I'm not giving up. I have four books part read, so it is still do-able.

[Olivia]

I'm close to 170. It's actually a low for me from the past few years, but I don't spend as much time reading now :))

[Jessica]

Not gonna make it. I am at 80 books right now. Oh sdll! Maybe next year!

[Hannah]

It was a good year for me...I'm on track to hit 250 by year's end. I'm at 235 right now.

[Alayna]

I just hit 100 today, and I still have 2 more books I want to read. 102 isn't bad for me, especially when I'm working and in my first semester of college.

[Rick]

Not gonna make it. I'll be in the 70's, but there were just too many interruptions this year to make the kind of progress I wanted. I will say I am grateful for the ones I did read and many of them were of the best quality.

[Susan]

I am at 118/120 (my goal). There are still 14 days to read this year!

[Amber]

Made it and more. 110 and still reading.

[Lucy]

I'm at 169/175! I originally planned to read 200 but things got so crazy this year that I actually took it down to 175.

[Benjamin]

I'm at 77/100!

[Joanne]

I'm at 98 qualifying books, with 4 half-read on my nightstand, so I just have to sit down and finish them. That's the most grown-up books I've read in the last 14 years. How cool is that? This challenge also helped me crush my goal of 200 picture books, currently 281. Thanks for the motivation, K. M.

[Candace]

I think I will make it to 45 this year :) A lot less than I hoped, but there is always next year! And this challenge helped me finally get some of those to-read books off my list!

[Benjamin]

Stay strong!!

[Benjamin]

I just realized that I only have 13 books to go rather than 20! I had 7 books that didn't have a finished date on them so they weren't marked as done (strange). Woohoo!! One more step closer to the finish line. Er, 13 I should say...

[Wombat]

131 and counting :)
(although 1 I couldn't stomach and skimmed through most of the last third... )

[Benjamin]

Kenny wrote: "131 and counting :)
(although 1 I couldn't stomach and skimmed through most of the last third... )"

Wow, great job!

[Helen]

Update: I made it! With a week to spare too. Gotta admit I'm feeling pretty proud of myself right now.

[Benjamin]

I'm closing in on the finish line! 92 down, 8 to go. Wahoo!!!

[Karen]

I am reading book 100. Happy and relieved; it was a close call.

[Christine]

I've read the books, just need to load them all on Goodreads!! I didn't realize how much I LOVE reading!!!

[Benjamin]

I only have 5 more books to go! Woohoo!!