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Read a total of 7 books in March, which is a great improvement from my one in February! I'm hoping to finish one more book before midnight! :DGreat reading, everyone!
I ended up with 24 books in March (with 7696 pages!). It's a record for me! w00t!
I read 5 books in the month of March
I managed to get 6 books in for March!
Great reading, yall!Congrats, Jennifer! :)
I read 25 books for March!! I am hoping to increase that for April!
I read 17 books in March!! I'm doing great. =)
I only read 6 books for March.
All these books read makes me feel sad. I just don't have the time. :(
All these books read makes me feel sad. I just don't have the time. :(
It's okay, Olivia! Every book read is another towards our goal. I only read 7 in March; nothing to feel sad about!
Zakiya wrote: "Shay wrote: "I only read 33 books in March. I doubt I'll get another one finished by the end of today."You only read 33??? That's great!!! LOL :D"
I know, 33 books seems like a lot. But according to the GR challenge tracker thing, I'm like 6 books behind on my yearly goal.
I have read 13 books from Jan through March 2012. Yea, I don't read quickly at all.
Shay wrote: "Zakiya wrote: "Shay wrote: "I only read 33 books in March. I doubt I'll get another one finished by the end of today."You only read 33??? That's great!!! LOL :D"
I know, 33 books seems like a lo..."
Really? Wow. What's your year goal, though?
My 2012 reading goal is 400 books. 80 of them chunky reads (500+ pages). I'm behind about 3-4 books on the chunky reads, too. Plus I have a bunch of other goals- read a certain amount of non-fiction, presidential biographies, etc.
Shay I don't think that you have anything to worry about... You still do awesome no matter what you think :) Plus aren't you always wanting to read a little less :) Or maybe it was stuff with more substance. But at least you are enjoying them more.
★Meghan★ wrote: "Shay I don't think that you have anything to worry about... You still do awesome no matter what you think :) Plus aren't you always wanting to read a little less :) Or maybe it was stuff with more..."400 is less for me. I think because of the chunky books and non-fiction. When I read mostly fluffy type books I read 700+ books a year. (That's only 2 a day, really)
Haha I love that Shay! That is only 2 a day, really?!?!?!?!?! Haha I cannot do that!
★Meghan★ wrote: "Haha I love that Shay! That is only 2 a day, really?!?!?!?!?! Haha I cannot do that!"The more you read, the faster you read. I am getting faster at reading non-fiction. But, I think I'm about as high has I can go on "light" fiction type books. I can read a 300-ish page book in 1 1/2 -2 hours of so- depending on font, typeface, etc. Say, 150-170 pages per hour.
Shay wrote: "★Meghan★ wrote: "Haha I love that Shay! That is only 2 a day, really?!?!?!?!?! Haha I cannot do that!"The more you read, the faster you read. I am getting faster at reading non-fiction. But, I ..."
I can't read a book in a few hours..it takes me longer..but when I got back to reading regular books again last week after my short break of just reading all graphic novels, I think I'm reading faster than before cause I read 4 books last week..
Shay wrote: "My 2012 reading goal is 400 books. 80 of them chunky reads (500+ pages). I'm behind about 3-4 books on the chunky reads, too. Plus I have a bunch of other goals- read a certain amount of non-fictio..."Ohh. Gotcha; well, I'm with Meghan: you have nothing to worry about!
Frankly, if I ever read a 300-pg book in 2 hours, everyone on GRs will know. :)
Zakiya wrote: "Shay wrote: "My 2012 reading goal is 400 books. 80 of them chunky reads (500+ pages). I'm behind about 3-4 books on the chunky reads, too. Plus I have a bunch of other goals- read a certain amount ..."You're young though, Zakiya. If you keep reading, you'll probably find as you get older that you read faster. At this point, I've been reading adult fiction for about 35 years. Since I was 6 or 7- just before I turned 7 was when I read my first epic- Centennial by James A. Michener. He remains one of my favorite authors and I still have the copy of Centennial that I read 35 years ago.
Wow! That's some serious dedication. Do you have a lot of freetime usually??And yeah. That's one of my "when I'm older" goals.
I get up about 2-4 hours before everyone else. So, between that and reading a little during the day and before bedtime is a good 3-5 hours of reading. A little more on the weekends, I guess, because I don't work a lot, if at all on the weekend. So, that's easily 2 or more books a day. I read a lot when I was in school because I pretty much read all day during school unless one of my teachers had work to do during class.
Evil Twin One (Ange) wrote: "Shay wrote: "The more you read, the faster you read. I am getting faster at reading non-fiction. But, I think I'm about as high has I can go on "light" fiction type books. I can read a 300-ish page..."I read about 40 pages or so in a hour. I'm a slow reader i guess...
I can get about 60 to 70 pages into an hour depending on how tired I am. I work a lot of stupid hours and supervise up to 60 people at a time so the weeks that I can get a lot of books read are really good weeks.When I was in school I wouldn't really read a lot. This was mostly because I had a lot of classes where we had work to do. In both high school and college. But I was a bit of a music nerd in high school so there was no time to read in band or choir and I was always more of a math girl in high school. I was the one in high school that got Math Senior and Band Senior of the year. Yes I know. I was a dork :)
Shay wrote: "I get up about 2-4 hours before everyone else. So, between that and reading a little during the day and before bedtime is a good 3-5 hours of reading. A little more on the weekends, I guess, becaus..."Yeah. My English teacher doesn't really give us a lot of work, and when she does I get it done pretty fast because it's super easy. Therefore, I usually read or work on homework during her class.
I'm not really sure how many pages I can get in an hour. On my Kindle, it depends on what I'm reading; the same goes for actual books, including whether the book is really interesting or not.
Meghan-- You weren't a dork at all!! Just outstanding! :D
Sorry - I totally forgot to post my book count for March! I read 7 books.
I want to contribute my reading. Since January I read 15 books.After school gets out, I will be reading mass quantities of books. :)
I just joined.Read 2 in Jan
3 in Feb
5 in March
As I am sure that I will not finish the next book in my pile before tomorrow night, I will wrap up April with 7 books.
Great reading, ladies!!! I have nine books right now, but I might finish up with ten!
April totals:7
9
10
12
2
8
35
29
19
8
Sorry this is a bit late. Havent been on lately.March: 1
April: 1
I really need to get out of this funk!
I read 19 books in April
I've read 13 books this April.
I'm very proud:
A. It's an improvement from 7.
B. 13 is my top all time books read in a month.
C. I've been very busy whilst reading all these books.
SO I hope I can read a few more next month!
I'm very proud:
A. It's an improvement from 7.
B. 13 is my top all time books read in a month.
C. I've been very busy whilst reading all these books.
SO I hope I can read a few more next month!
1 book for April. Every book counts, right? ;)Crossing my fingers and toes for more reading time in May.
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