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 There is a new thread rule, which is to bring it up to date with the rest of the Book Barn. Do not just post a list of the books you read this month, you will be probated. Say what you liked/disliked/your favorite Rocket Racoon quoteIt's never too late to join in. Make a post with your goal and reach it by December.Congratulations to everyone who reached their goals in 2013. Have a list! Mr. Squishy - 40 6/30 screenwritersblues - 30 6/30 Stupid_Sexy_Flander - 75 7/4 Russ L - 40 9/2 Hansen85 - 52 9/16 Talas - 75 9/20 Whalley - 52 9/29 Siminu - 52 9/30 Walh Hara - 52 9/30 shooz - 52 10/1 jammu - 52 10/3 8one6 - 55 10/13 Guy A. Person - 60 10/23 glowing-fish - 120 10/26 ZakAce - 39 10/30 guppy - 50 10/31 Loten - 30 10/31 Dienes - 52 11/19 ltr - 52 11/20 thespaceinvader - 52 11/24 Hasseltkoffie - 55 11/28 Clayton Bigsby - 60 11/28 Fellwenner - 52 11/30 Ursus Veritas - 30 12/1 AreYouStillThere - 75 12/3 Decius - 52 12/4 Spadoink - 52 12/6 Hannibal Rex - 36 12/7 Poutling - 103 12/10 dorijan - 30 12/12 TrixRabbi - 20 12/14 Florida Betty - 100 12/16 Tiggum - 52 12/18 Meander - 70 12/21 Corrode - 52 12/22 One - 60 12/24 The Berzerker - 52 12/26 Prolonged Shame - 120 12/27 ToxicFrog - 52 12/27 Doguts - 12 12/29 Blind Sally - 52 12/29 ProfessorProf - 52 12/29 Burning Rain - 52 12/30 Antti - 52 12/30 Minimaul - 6 12/30 Mahler - 40 12/30 Metrilenkki - 52 12/31 Chamberk - 100 12/31 Entenzahn - 20 12/31 Tacohead - 16 12/31 Autumncomet - 26 12/31 The Clowning - 40 12/31 No More Days - 40 12/31 Radio! - 100 12/31 Joose Caboose - 15 12/31 What's this all about? We make reading goals, then keep track of the books we read. Not much to it. Here's my Goodreads, feel free to post yours! They have a great tool to help you keep track of what you're reading, too. MOD EDIT: Good luck to everyone on your challenges! Just a reminder that the forum rule against posting only book titles with no other explanation or discussion applies in this thread also. If you're posting book titles, post something about why you want to read them or what you thought of them. AreYouStillThere fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Mar 9, 2014 |
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Decided I'm not going to be posting people's goals this year, it was a lot of extra work and I don't think anyone really cared. For myself, my goal is the same as last year - 75 books. I'm starting a REAL JOB this month so this might be difficult for me. AreYouStillThere fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Thanks for starting this thread again! I reached my goal of 60 books in 2013 but am taking it a bit easier this year, so my goal will be a cliched 52 books. Here's my Goodreads profile, feel free to add me. January - 10/52 1. More Than This, by Patrick Ness. 4/5. 2. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store, by Robin Sloan. 3/5 3. Butcher's Crossing, by John Williams. 4.5/5 4. Anthropology of an American Girl, by Hillary Thayer Hamann. 2/5 5. Look at the Birdie, by Kurt Vonnegut. 4/5 6 - 10. Sweet Tooth vols 2-6, by Jeff Lemire. 4.5/5 February - 17/52 11. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt. 4/5 12. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte. 4/5 13. Rose Under Fire, by Elizabeth Wein. 3/5 14. Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. 4/5 15. Pines, by Blake Crouch. 3/5 16. A Special Providence, by Richard Yates. 3.5/5 17. Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell. 4/5 March - 22/52 18. De Donkere Kamer van Damocles, by Willem Frederik Hermans. 4/5 19. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, by Philip K Dick. 4/5 20. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. 4/5 21. The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt. 3.5/5 22. Shovel Ready, by Adam Sternbergh. 3/5 April - 30/52 23. A Country Doctor's Notebook, by Mikhail Bulgakov. 4/5 24. I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, by William Gay. 4/5 25. Wool, by Hugh Howey. 3.5/5 26. The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K Dick. 3/5 27-29. The Walking Dead, Vols 18-20, by Robert Kirkman. 5/5 30. Blindness, by Jose Saramago. 4.5/5 May - 35/52 31. We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver. 4.5/5 32. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde. 3/5 33. The Complete Horowitz Horror, by Anthony Horowitz. 4/5 34. Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell. 5/5 35. How to Archer. 3/5 June - 43/52 36. A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness. 4/5 37. Twilight Zone, anthology edited by Carol Serling. 3/5 38. Fables: Legends in Exile, by Bill Willingham. 4/5 39. The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham. 3/5 40. Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, edited by John Joseph Adams. 4/5. 41. Young Hearts Crying, by Richard Yates. 4/5 42. Fables: Animal Farm, by Bill Willingham. 4/5 43. Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky. 4/5 July - 48/52 44. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. 45. The Postman, by David Brin. 3/5 46. Ubik, by Philip K Dick. 4/5 47. The Underwater Welder, by Jeff Lemire. 5/5 48. Horns, by Joe Hill. 3/5 August - 55/52 49. Wild Fell, by Michael Rowe. 3/5 50. Schrodinger's Telephone, by Marion Stein. 3/5 51. The Walking Dead Vol 21, by Robert Kirkman. 4/5 52. The Anatomy of Motive, by John Douglas. 4/5 53 and 54. Y: The Last Man volumes 1 and 2, by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra. 4/5 55. The Giver, by Lois Lowry. 3/5 Reached my original goal in August, and have raised it to 70 books. September - 67/70 56 - 60. Y: The Last Man volumes 3 - 7, by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra. 4/5 61. Shift, by Hugh Howey. 3/5 62. Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer. 4/5 63 - 65. Y: The Last Man volumes 8 - 10, by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra. 4/5 66. Kingdom Come, by JG Ballard. 3/5 67. Authority, by Jeff VanderMeer. 3/5 October and November - 75/70 68. The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. 3/5 69. Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer. 3/5 70. Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman. 3/5 71. Rat Queens, vol 1, by Kurtis J Wiebe. 5/5 72. The Farm, by Tom Rob Smith. 3/5 73. Yes Please, by Amy Poehler. 4/5 74. The Walking Dead, vol 22, by Robert Kirkman. 5/5 75. The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. 4/5 December - 78/70 76. Feed, by MT Anderson. 4/5 77. Het Behouden Huis, by WF Hermans. 4/5 78. You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, by Tom Gauld. 4/5 elbow fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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Jan 2, 2014 02:40
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Going for 150 again.  Goodreads
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Jan 2, 2014 02:45
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Seeing as my final total of books in 2013 was 52, that will be the initial number of books for 2014. I've also finished my first book for 2014. #1: Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell. Yeah, I know I started reading it at the end of last year. I finished it this year, so it counts. (Not sure if I will read any GRRM this year).
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Jan 2, 2014 02:48
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Well I managed 30 books last year but this year is shaping up to be much, much busier so I'll aim for a slightly more reasonable 25 Books in 2014. Here's my Goodreads.
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Jan 2, 2014 03:00
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Since I slowed down and only finished half of last year's goal of 52, I'm making this year's goal 30 books. Here's my Goodreads profile.
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Jan 2, 2014 03:13
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I'm not in the OP but I did hit my goal of 52 books for 2013, I think I hit it on 12/26. This year I am going for 60 books but we'll see how that goes.
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Jan 2, 2014 03:20
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I didn't have an official goal for last year, but I got through 67. This year I'm going to try for 75. Here I am on Goodreads.
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Jan 2, 2014 03:31
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Going for 45 this year. Slightly more achievable than last year's aim of 52, but still a bit of an effort.
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Bring on 39 (halfway between 26 and 52, hyuk)! Goodreads e: oh, let's do 52 what the hell DannyTanner fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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Jan 2, 2014 03:46
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30 again. But I will keep going again if I hit it early.
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Jan 2, 2014 03:47
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Downsizing to 60 this year. Schedule has really picked up and I don't think I'll be able to read as much as the last couple of years. Last year, I also found that I was avoiding longer books to keep up with my goal and I really want to avoid doing that. I'd also like to put a secondary goal of reading at least 3 non fiction books. I'll up my total if I find that I'm going too quickly. Edited to add in goodreads profile. Poutling fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Jan 2, 2014 |
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Jan 2, 2014 03:59
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Well I missed my goal last year, but I think that was partly burn out. Oh well. I am going to start at 75 for this year and adjust as necessary! My GoodReads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/StrongMouse
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Jan 2, 2014 03:59
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Since I read digitally and I was never a fan of reading goals that was a book count I'm going to go ahead and pledge to read 25000 pages as measured by Calibre. Should equate to about 60ish books or something. EDIT: Goodreads Cerepol fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Jan 2, 2014 |
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Jan 2, 2014 04:08
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Finished with a final tally of 57 out of a goal of 52 - amazing since I was encouraged to set a reading goal by a friend, as something "me focused" while dealing with my Mom's terminal cancer. Going to aim for 60 this year. My Goodreads.
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Jan 2, 2014 04:11
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I'm starting grad school in a couple of weeks, so I'm guessing my reading time is going to be limited. That said, I'm going to set a goal of 52 books; hopefully I can sneak enough time each week to finish a single book.
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Jan 2, 2014 04:23
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Was fun last year, going for 52 again this year. Though I'm almost through all the Dresden Files books so how am I going to pad my completed books number now?
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Jan 2, 2014 04:25
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Since I was unable to meet my goal last year, I'm setting it at 20 again this year. I'm also going to try and include 5 non-fiction books in that goal. My Goodreads
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Jan 2, 2014 04:29
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I just got back into reading last year after almost a decade of not reading anything beyond what was mandated by my job or education, so I'm keeping it modest at 12 books for the year. Here's my next question. I'm in the middle of a book. Does it count for this year if I started it 2013, but finished it in 2014?
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Jan 2, 2014 04:35
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I read 54 last year, so I'll set my goal at 52 again this year. One a week seems reasonable. I'm also going to add some extra conditions this year though. Firstly, at least 20 of the 52 must be by female authors since it was only 17/54 last year. At least ten of them must be non-fiction since I only read five of those in 2013. And finally, no more than five books from any one series can count, because otherwise I'm likely to read too many Poirot books. I will be counting books that I've already started reading though, as long as I finish them this year. Here's my Goodreads for anyone who's interested in seeing my reviews or whatever.
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Jan 2, 2014 04:35
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Aiming for 26 books which will ideally include 6 non-fiction. I'm actually more concerned about the non-fiction part of that goal, which is why I'm setting it.
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Jan 2, 2014 04:36
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Three years down, three goals missed. Why set another goal? Years ago, I remember this bit going around the internet about Peanuts as written by Charles Bukowski. In the final bit, Charlie Branaski is asked why he keeps on trying when he constantly fails. His reply? “I guess someone needs to be lousy at everything. Otherwise you’d get no perspective.” I'm in for 18 books. Here's my Goodreads profile. Enjoy your perspective.
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Jan 2, 2014 04:57
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Fremry posted:
From everything I have seen, and from what I do, it is your goal. You decide what counts and what doesn't. I am personally going to have the book I am finishing up that I started last year count, because I am going by when I finish. Good luck with your goal!
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Jan 2, 2014 05:16
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I missed my 2013 goal, which was 26 books and no rereads, by quite a bit. I ended up with 17. However, I enjoyed having the some sort of target to shoot for, so I'm going for it again. A bit easier this year, I'll shoot for 24 books (2 per month, rather than one every two weeks), and rereads count, because there are quite a few things I want to revisit.
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Jan 2, 2014 05:20
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Upping my ante this year to 26. One book every two weeks.
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Jan 2, 2014 05:21
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Last year I set a target for 52 and beat it handily. This year, I'm going to be conservative and up it only to 64 - I got a lot of reading done on the bus last year, which I won't be doing nearly as much of in 2014.
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Jan 2, 2014 05:21
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Strong Mouse posted:From everything I have seen, and from what I do, it is your goal. You decide what counts and what doesn't. I am personally going to have the book I am finishing up that I started last year count, because I am going by when I finish. Thanks. I'm going to count it because I'm pretty much exactly half way through it.
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Jan 2, 2014 05:24
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52 books this year. Gonna finish reading all of Philip k Dick's books and make a good dent in the Discworld series.
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Jan 2, 2014 05:32
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https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7147930-daniel -- did 30 last year , going for 40 this year.
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Jan 2, 2014 05:38
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I haven't really done a reading challenge before, so I guess I'll go for 52 - hopefully I can read at least one book a week. My Goodreads account.
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Jan 2, 2014 06:32
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Gonna do 30 this year.  I'm going to try to get through as much of my free Kindle book backlog as possible, so lots of classics and things I should have read earlier. Goodreads
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Jan 2, 2014 06:33
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Put me down for 52 again. I am not afraid! Goodreads
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Jan 2, 2014 06:55
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I aimed to read 35 books last year but actually managed to read 43. I'll try to round it out to 45 for 2014. I guess I should throw out my goodreads as well. Feel free to add me! I usually review what I read, although nothing terribly in-depth. Shelve your poo poo, goons 
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Jan 2, 2014 06:59
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Locking in for 15,000 pages this year. I don't want another year where I'm afraid to read any long books.
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Jan 2, 2014 07:01
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Well, last year my goal was 40 but I impressed myself by managing 53. I was thinking about splitting the difference and going for 47 this year, but at the same time I want to make a point of getting through a fair few of the larger volumes on my bought-but-unread pile (and there are quite a lot). As such, I think I'm going to say 40 again. Tl;dr version - my target is 40.
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Jan 2, 2014 07:02
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I'm in like Flynn. I barely made my goal last year, so I'm keep it at 52 books and try to finish it sooner. I think I might like to refine what I read this year to make it more challenging, but I'm going to have to think on how I want to play that out.
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Jan 2, 2014 07:23
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I tried doing 52 books last year, but I only did any substantial reading in the Summer, so I gave up. Ended up doing 35, which surprised me! That's a pretty good number for someone who didn't read for months on end. So I guess I'll try 52 this year? I just bought a Kindle! So I think I can do it! My goodreads. I only add real-life people, but feel free to laugh at my bad reviews full of bad opinions.
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Jan 2, 2014 08:44
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I failed last year, but I shall try again! 30 books for me this year.
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Put me down for 65 this year. I think I can do it as long as I don't take weeks off at a time like last year. GR profile.
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