UndergroundMan Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hoping to read as close to 100 as possible. I'd be content with over 75. At least 50 percent by female authors. And five to ten non-fiction included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenhair Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm in for 20. So, we are counting children's books, possibly comics, and jury's still out on re-reads? I won't include my re-reads of Pinkalicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormwood Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 2012 my goal was 45 and I made it on the finish line. This year, with a new baby, I'll settle for 40 books.http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1246197-mikael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I would count whatever you want. If I re-read something I would count that as a book read. However, I try to do as little re-reading as possible generally. Life is short and there are so many books. I don't think I did any last year. At most, in previous years, it has been less than five books.I would count GNs as well. They are books to my mind. Not like you are reading a single comic strip in a paper and pretending it is the length of a book. Like, I wouldn't differentiate between a novel that was 200 pages and one that was 1200 pages. Each of those is a book.Just finished my fifth book of the year month (year). Is it the magic of the Kindle or am I just on fire this year? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Pink of Floyd Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Ha, I was going to say Im aiming for around a dozen books read. Im not a fast reader sadly and its a case of shoehornin in a read when Im able to, which is a shame as I do enjoy reading.12 it is for me though, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Rhinos Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'll go for 52. A book a week sounds reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Womble Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'll go for 52, with at least 13 coming from female authors.I've managed 3 so far, all male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I have no idea how many books I read last year, so I will take a guess and put myself down for 40. I've already read 5, but that's on account of being off work and unable to walk. Lots and lots of time to read. No doubt my consumption will slow down when works starts to get busy again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I've finally decided on "The Reader" as my first book of 2013. It's just about perfect timing as my university finally goes on a winter break. I've only read a couple of chapters so far, but I can tell straight away that it's going to be an effortless read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistlepong Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Finished my seventh.running totals 4-F 3-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 SNAP!I am also seven down: 4F, 3M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Going to finish my sixth book today. And as being well into the seventh, I'm still hoping for seven books read in January. But it won't be as smooth later on, so I'm not changing my goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reposado Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 also finished my seventh today. glad to be a bit ahead of pace as there will certainly be a time when i fall behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opisthokont Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 4 per month sounds like a decent goal. 48, then.I didn't read anywhere near as many last year, but that was mostly because I went long periods without reading anything at all because I didn't feel like reading whatever I had started. To prevent this I have started to read three books in parallel; one novel, one short story collection, and one non-fiction, and I'm planning to continue that pattern all through the year. Hopefully this will mean that I'll always be reading at least one interesting book, and the less interesting ones won't seem so bad when I know that I have something else for the next evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 4 per month sounds like a decent goal. 48, then.I didn't read anywhere near as many last year, but that was mostly because I went long periods without reading anything at all because I didn't feel like reading whatever I had started. To prevent this I have started to read three books in parallel; one novel, one short story collection, and one non-fiction, and I'm planning to continue that pattern all through the year. Hopefully this will mean that I'll always be reading at least one interesting book, and the less interesting ones won't seem so bad when I know that I have something else for the next evening.Thats what I do, but then sometimes it gets out of hand and I find myself trapped in the middle of 23 uninteresting books but unable to start anything new because, really, 23 books. (I set myself a rule quite a while ago now that I have to have finished two books to start a new one, which i've managed to stick to with, er, more than half of the books i've started since, and can proudly report that the currently-reading pile is now down to a mere 16. 15 with the one i'm pretty sure i'll finish tonight, which was blah, but then i'm allowed to start one more so it will be 16 again. Be careful here, is what i'm saying.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 As it happens, I just finished my 7th book today as well. I'm having a very good month, I doubt I'll be able to read as much during the whole year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melonica Stormborn Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I had a good January. Finished 9 (although one of them is a carry over from December) and will finish a 10th tonight. Not changing goals though, because this month was too good to be true, and I've had a couple of short ones for light reading. Time to get serious with longer reads (Wheel of Time 2 onwards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 I had the same problem with not reading because I didn't like my book; I solved it by making myself just abandon books I noticed I wasn't enjoying. It's worked out well for me.This avatar owns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melonica Stormborn Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 This avatar owns :blushing: Thanks, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I had the same problem with not reading because I didn't like my book; I solved it by making myself just abandon books I noticed I wasn't enjoying. It's worked out well for me.I'm getting better at that - the finish a book to start a book thing made me put down a few i'd probably still be listlessly reading a page a week of otherwise. For Jan - 12 books, though I might finish one more today/tommorow, (but several were for the most part read earlier and just finished this month, two were abandoned (at last) and one was very short,) 7 by men, 4 by women, 1 collection of essays.7 fiction (on which only one was by a woman), 5 non fiction,all read in English, only one was translated. 2 were authors i'd read before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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