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I'm gonna give it a go at 7537/75 (04-22-2012)
I'm going to try for 52 for 2012, as well. I've already made a list and populated it with titles I plan to read over the course of the year. I had seen Ciska's post about her 2012 reading challenge yesterday or the day before and it sounded like a really swell idea, so I took some time to build my own list.For my list, I decided I wanted to read at least one full series from a single author, at least five different books from at least five different genres, complete five reading challenges from groups here on Goodreads and then fill in the rest with books I have waiting in my library.
Progress: 9/52
See my "Read In 2012" shelf here
I've just joined the group & would to join this challenge. I am on my 99th book this year so I am going to set next years goal at 1250/125
Don't forget to post your personal list in the personal lists topic Matt. Am curious what you will pick to read
I will! I had actually tried to do that yesterday and messed it all up and lost what I had typed. I had created the list in Evernote so I could keep track of it and edit from any of my neat little electronic devices or my computer and had copied and pasted it into one of these comment boxes here and had to go through and reformat so it looked nice once I posted. I suppose I had pressed a button I shouldn't have and ended up clearing the comment box with all my reformatting edits. :\I'll try to get it posted later this evening after I get home from work.
Sam wrote: "I've just joined the group & would to join this challenge. I am on my 99th book this year so I am going to set next years goal at 1250/125"
Maybe one day I'll have the kind of time to read that many books in a year. As it is, between work and anything that needs accomplished in my personal time, time I can spend reading is somewhat scarce. I thought 50 books in a year would be pushing the limits for me. I can't imagine trying to fit 100/125 in.
Matt wrote: "Sam wrote: "I've just joined the group & would to join this challenge. I am on my 99th book this year so I am going to set next years goal at 1250/125"
Maybe one day I'll have the kind of time t..."
I'm just a quick reader plus I've found since joining challenges on here I'm reading more & not watching so much TV.
Sam wrote: "I'm just a quick reader plus I've found since joining challenges on here I'm reading more & not watching so much TV."You must! That's a few books per week. I wish I had the time to read like that. There are so many books I want to read and not enough time to read them. Good luck on your challenge. I hope you can get all 125!
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2012 Personal Challenge : 49/50
Personal Reading Challenge Goal 2012: 75 BooksCurrently: 1/75
I'm going to try for 52 books as wellcurrently: 0/52
I am challenging myself to 208 books. Progress: 100/208
Post #2 can be found at Post #172
♥ = 350+ page books
✩ = 500+ page books
◈ = 750+ page books
☑ = 1,000+ page books
(Idea borrowed from Shay. ☺)
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Personal Reading Challenge 2012Goal:50
Progress: 0/50
I originally said 50 but the number scared me and I lowered it to 36 but hope to pass this!GoodReads Reading Challenge @ Coffee & Books/Fiction Fanatics/Misc Reads/GoodReads
Duration 2012
Books read: 27/36
1.The Hunger Games 10.01
2.Catching Fire 12.01
3.Mockingjay 14.01
4.Death of a Murderer 16.01 - dropped
5.Harry Potter: The Prequel 18.01
6.This Brilliant Darkness 19.01
7.Water for Elephants 26.01
8.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 02.02
9.The Night Circus 16.02
10.Uglies 23.02
11.Before I Go to Sleep 02.03
12. 1Q84, #1 20.03
13. Pretties 22.03
14. A Game of Thrones 19.04
15. A Good Man 23.04
16. The Secret 24.04
17. Numbers 07.05
18. Specials 15.05
19. Batman: The Killing Joke 18.05
20. Channel Zero 19.05
21. Intuition 20.05
22. Intangible 20.05
23. Pandora Hearts, #1 20.05
24. A Blood Seduction 29.05
25. Dragon Age: The Silent Grove 01.06
26. House of Night #1 03.06
27. Divergent 06.06
Sounds good to me, Lauren. That's a book a week with two weeks of cushion in case something comes up.
Matt wrote: "Sounds good to me, Lauren. That's a book a week with two weeks of cushion in case something comes up."Let's hope for the best! I originally had 50 for this year but I did English at the start of the year and that took up so much time so I halved in March knowing I wouldn't be able to put the time in! (Next year I'll also have 5 month long summer break!)
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I'm going with 50.
I joined GR in April and have managed to read 51 books since then, so I'm going to set my goal at 65 for 2012.47/65
I'm joining and challenging myself to 75 books in 2012!Finished: 11/75
January:
1. Vision in White 1/3/12
2. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 1/15/12
3. The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror 1/15/12
4. Fallen 1/22/12
5. Christmas at Timberwoods 1/26/12
6. Matched 1/28/12
7. The Notebook 1/29/12
February:
8. Shiver 2/3/12
9. Twenties Girl 2/5/12
10. Feed 2/11/12
11. The Wedding 2/13/12
I'm not going to set a high goal. I'm going to be a bit realistic and say: 30! (It is because I only read during summer time, otherwise I'm just busy studying)
My goal is 40. I think that's doable.
I would like to see myself do 100, but to be realistic I'm going to go with 50. If I hit that I'll just change it!
I will join, and I am going to go for a goal of 100. If I find a job soon, that will be very tough to accomplish, but we'll see what happens.11/100
1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
3. Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
4. Soul Harvest by Tim LaHaye
5. Paper Angels by Jimmy Wayne
6. Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
8. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
9. Midnight Star by Catherine Coulter
10. One Day by David Nicholls
11. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Updating mine to 100. Off to a slow start, but school is done for the summer today, so I plan on making up for lost time. 24/100
Unfortunately my job takes up a lot of my time, so I'm going to try 35. If I pass it this year, then I'll raise the bar next year! I'm thinking of doing what another poster said about a personal reading list. That sounds challenging. Good luck everyone!
I am going to try for 100 but may revise this at some point if necessary.
Goal: 50 Progress: /50
I would actually like to update my goal to 67 =)
For 2011, I went with 30, so this time my goal is going to be 50 books for 2012. :)Progress: 0/50
I was just wondering, are we including short stories? Because I read about 3 a week of those for my English classes in school. That would make a major impact on my numbers.
I do think they count, technically they are a sort of book.
Well, if that is true, then I am going to go ahead and bounce mine up to 100.
I just checked a Christmas Carol is a short story officially and it counts ;) so goo luck with reaching 100
I'm going to go with I'm also committing myself to some pretty long books this year (thanks to everyone telling me I need to get moving on Game of Thrones). I LOVE the idea of keeping a book list. I'll create a shelf on my iBooks and store the 2012 stories that I've read.
UPDATE 4/6/12 - Added an additional 20, as I'm adding audiobooks into the mix. I spend about 35 minutes uninterupted each way to and from work (70 min total) so that adds up pretty quickly. We'll see how it goes! PLUS - I'm going on an amazing trip to Europe this summer. While I want to take in the sights (of course), the flight will give me some GREAT reading time! :)
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So for the 2012 Personal Challenge, we would like challenge our members with posting their amount of books they would like to finish by the end of 2012 year!
Add it up to the official GoodReads challenge as well!
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