gol-lee that's a lot of pages!

good luck karen

thanks! i am on my way!

Wow!

Geez! Good luck Karen :D

only 199 more to go!

you go girl :)

Good luck!

I'm ahead of you na nana na na :-). I didn't hold back my last couple of reads of 2013 or anything...

only 200?! last time it was way more than that.

I think she meant to type 3 instead of 2! :P

Or another 0 at the end.

hahha noooo - i am going to keep it reasonable this year. i have no problem increasing it as the year goes on if i find myself creeping up to it too quickly, but i would hate myself if i had to decrease it.

Reasonable is a word to define it.. 200 books? You are my hero. Good luck!

I think I'm going to reread some dostoevsky this year. and infinite jest. too bad goodreads doesn't acknowledge this.

just review a different edition - that's what i usually do

I thought I was ambitious!!! GO KAREN ! GO! I had more than I actually reviewed or put under my categories because I had to start over after stalker, so being close to 200 , I said 214 for the year 2014! HA! I will try but you have already read three or 5 by now! The reviews slow me Dow because I like them to look good . Then I tend to enjoy discussions! Happy year of reading my friend- keep me posted!!! Dawn

hey karen, did you have a good holiday season? only 200 this time eh? planning on reading some really big books this year?

yes! it was a fine holiday season! and now it is snowing here, so it is even better!! i have no idea how i read 284 in 2012, but 275 was a close one this year, which i blame on new job. so i am just gonna take it nice and easy with a manageable 200.

i hope everyone makes their challenges in 2014.....

it seems amazing to me that you can read almost a book a day...i think i read a lot and i only got to 144 this year.

by the way, i just sent you a pm...looking forward to hearing from you...when you have time.

yes! i will reply very soon! i am woefully behind on my emailing...

A trained speed reader, or self taught? That's a lot of books to absorb; my brain might explode.

no kind of speed reader at all!! just someone who takes advantage of free time...

All of these comments and you even wite good reviews!!! I think I should change mine . YEAH ! I am . I am not in college anymore. My speed reading is out of practice ! I am chicken!!!! HA! Dawn. :)

How do you become a trained speed reader? Wouldn't one miss the subtleties of the story or the beautiful way it's written??
I find myself rereading pages when the writing is so beautiful ;)

Lori wrote: "How do you become a trained speed reader? Wouldn't one miss the subtleties of the story or the beautiful way it's written??
I find myself rereading pages when the writing is so beautiful ;)"

I was part of a program in my early youth where the school split my class in half and my half was taught how to read via "speed reading" methods and the other half taught normally (this was in 1st Grade). Oddly enough, the speed read half generally were the top half of the class come graduation. Coincidence? I think not. People who can read quickly are not afraid of homework assignments involving reading. My nickel's worth of dimes on that.

Not sure how you get trained once you are older and already know how to read... I know no other way of reading, and yes I must re-read a lot of pages to absorb.

Wow!!! Good luck!!!

hahah i'm trying!

well, a lot of them were just short, so it is less impressive than it looks at first glance. but yeah!! go, me!! woohoo!

YAY KAREN!!! I'm doing well too...I'm at 161!

How feeling now?

hooray for readers! i'm betterish. i have a follow-up appointment tomorrow so i can know officially how i am feeling! but even though i am tired all the time, i think i am on the mend!

that's great news.

did you hear the really bad news about Robin Williams committing suicide? that is so sad.

what?? really?? holy shit. i have been out of the media loop, i guess. shit.

Did you really just up your reading challenge? I'm never going to reach mine and you are now just showing off.

i'm not showing off!! i was only 9 books away from meeting the challenge, and i figured i would read more books before december.

I guess that makes sense, I guess you aren't just trying to make me feel bad about my own slowness in reading this year.

not everything is about you, stahl. i rarely even think about you, so far back there, eating my dust...

karen and greg...roadrunner and wile e. coyote. beep beep!

How is this even possible?

everything is possible

fabulous picture, Karen. where did you find that?

congrats on your next book being #200!! I'm going to make it too, hopefully. I'm at 188.

dunno, "the internet."

i actually have more than the 199 read - i just haven't had the time to do much on here. i have been stalled! but i'll add everything soon.

You make me ashamed of myself.

Get out!

YOU get out!

katey - i don't think you should be ashamed at ALL, unless you were saying you felt ashamed for not reading such intellectual masterpieces as Mounted by a Monster: God Of Wood and Metal Cats and Please, Mr. Panda. because you should totally be ashamed of that.

Can't...stuck on train..

HA!

i'm surprised you are even coming up for air long enough to type that!

Oh, F...air!!

You're right, karen. I don't read NEARLY enough monsterporn. That will have to factor into my goal in the coming year.

it will definitely increase your numbers. and your giggles.