Rorshach Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Last year was a good one, generally. I got stuck towards the end, so I missed my second update and ended up with 60. I'd say that's respectable! I'll go for that this year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted01 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'm not sure how to count Dangerous Women. Goodreads will of course count it as one book, but it's going to take me a while to finish all the stories in it. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'm not sure how to count Dangerous Women. Goodreads will of course count it as one book, but it's going to take me a while to finish all the stories in it. Hmm. I didn't know this existed, I think I will check it out. As a short story collection, long or not, I'm personally inclined to count it as a single book. I don't count War & Peace multiple times just because it's long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted01 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 You make a good point. Think I'll just count it as one book, especially as I'll get confused if I start disagreeing with Goodreads :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biter Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Since I reached my goal of 26 books last year, I'll set the same goal for 2014 (let's disregard that I originally had a lesser goal for 2013). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojzelote Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 30 books. Last year I read 34, but some of them were rather short-ish, so 30 is still a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatúrinbor Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yeah, those shirt-ish short-ish books are kind of a problem. I am at 11/50 already thanks to a few of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ductastic Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I've challenged myself to read 25 books this year (including 5 classics), and since I'll read all these books in English (non-native speaker) it's a good number to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertrude Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 OK, I sucked at this last year since I don't update my goodreads count or keep track myself and I tend to re-read a lot. I want to read new things this year. I think I made my count last year, but who the hell knows. Put me down for 25 new books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatúrinbor Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I didn't know this existed, I think I will check it out. As a short story collection, long or not, I'm personally inclined to count it as a single book. I don't count War & Peace multiple times just because it's long. What about books like Of Mice and Men? It's only a hundred pages but I don't see any other way of counting it than one book. Or a novella like The Emperor's Soul by Sanderson, it's 175 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojzelote Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 What about books like Of Mice and Men? It's only a hundred pages but I don't see any other way of counting it than one book. Or a novella like The Emperor's Soul by Sanderson, it's 175 pages. I'm not Inigima, but personally I see no reason why you couldn't count it as a book. It's not a part of a larger work, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter's Knight Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Books read: 8/60 The Complete Adrien English Mysteries ( Fatal Shadows, A Dangerous Thing, The Hell You Say, Death of a Pirate King, The Dark Tide)Five books that follow the delicate Adrien as he juggles murders, an overprotective mother and a growing attraction to homophobic LAPD Detective Jake all while trying to run a bookstore. While the mysteries are decent and Adrien is a likeable narrator, the real selling point for me was Jake's character development. This has to be the first time I've seen the Asshole Boyfriend trope used right.Deadly Mystery Series (Deadly Nightshade and Deadly Mistake)The mysteries are decent but the narration has two modes: dull and dick-obsessed. The book seems to hit you over the head with it's puerile obsession. I shan't be continuing the series.The Lion of Kent: Smut, picked up because Amazon was selling it for 99pShort, quick roll in the hay. A small book about the romance between a squaire and his liege lord, set during the latter years of the reign of Henry IV. Not terrible.With exam week done and no classes till Tuesday, I hope to finish something more challenging this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 What about books like Of Mice and Men? It's only a hundred pages but I don't see any other way of counting it than one book. Or a novella like The Emperor's Soul by Sanderson, it's 175 pages. I think that it's entirely up to you what you do. And length does not equal reading time, or time spent on the book. For example, I've burned through most Wheel of time-books in a couple of days. Might have missed some interesting subtexts and whatnot, but for me, they're fast, entertaining reads. And somewhere around 800 pages. Conversely, I read a couple of very short novels/long novellas (110 pages total) by a Norwegian authour last year. They took me a week, even though I greatly enjoyed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I did not meet my goal of fifteen for last year but...I set my goal this year to be 20 because I have a sweet Kindle and no real excuse to not read, especially with my library card. So far I am 1.5 books complete. (The. 5 is a book I started Dec 30 and finished on the 1st of Jan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfella Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 You finished it this year? It counts. It wasn't helping you toward last year's goal anyway. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 What about books like Of Mice and Men? It's only a hundred pages but I don't see any other way of counting it than one book. Or a novella like The Emperor's Soul by Sanderson, it's 175 pages. I would personally definitely count novellas. Again, I cannot make these decisions for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night'sQueen Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'm going to try for 26. ETA: Not counting business books and other non-fiction that is diet, health or pop psych. I want to focus on 26 good works of fiction, history or biography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 24. Working over 100 hours the first week of the year (currently on hour of 18 of work Today as well) has prevented me from reading anything thus far this year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'm gonna target 15, more than one a month, so ambitious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 36 books including 18 print titles. I listen too much and don't read enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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