The 2022 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread - Page 9

pdurrant · 12-08-2022, 09:21 AM

Soon!

Tarana · 12-08-2022, 07:14 PM

Oops, already answered.

pdurrant · 12-09-2022, 05:05 AM

The new list thread is up. Claim your spot!

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=350812

Paperbackstash · 12-09-2022, 11:31 AM

Done, thank you. I'm going to try some different types of goals this year, need to think of them. And maybe not so much detailed tracking on thread.

HLS · 12-10-2022, 09:45 AM

I am reading Fairytale by Stephen King and The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Trumblay. i may have misspelled his name.

First 50% of Fairytale was super good. Great character development but when it comes to the rest of the story it gets boring and poops out. I find myself skipping over pages or paragraphs to speed up the process. There is NOTHING scary about this book. its like he is struggling for material to write about. Now The Pallbearer's Club is interesting. I am only 15% in but so far its about a kid that starts a school club to help out a local funeral home. Mainly to help provide services for the homeless that otherwise would have noone to pay their respects and visit a service. I am sure there will be a paranormal twist at one point eventually.

HLS · 12-10-2022, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The new list thread is up. Claim your spot!

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=350812

I claimed

astrangerhere · 12-14-2022, 09:43 AM

Length Goals:

Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75)
Total Pages: 15,000
E-TBR Reduction: 25
Read from Print-TBR: 10

Substantive Goals:

Read at least 51% non-American authors
Read more female/nonbinary authors than male
Read at least 52 short stories
Read each Poem of the Week (52) posted by The Guardian - ABANDONED
Read at least 10 books across all our collections that are selected by my wife. It's a great way to read things I would not ordinarily do, and I almost always end up enjoying them.

Cumulative Totals - Through mid-December:

Total Books: 73 - 146% of goal, 97% of stretch goal - GOAL MET!
Total Pages: 20147 - 134% of goal - GOAL MET!
Gender Goal: 43% Female, 5% Nonbinary, 51% Male - OFF TARGET - trending in the right direction now at least.
Country of Origin Goal: 49% USA, 51% out of US - GOAL MET!
E-TBR Reduction: + - 37 - 148% of goal GOAL MET!
Read from Print TBR: - 31 - 310% of goal GOAL MET!
Short Stories: 16 - 29% of goal - OFF TARGET
Poems 5 - 9 % of goal - ABANDONED
Books Recommended by my wife: 12 - 120% of goal GOAL MET!

Paperbackstash · 12-16-2022, 07:33 PM

Generalized Goals

Hmm, looks like I mainly did author-centric goals last year, and the goal to clean out storage space with books in the "book closet" and not main library

Failed there in the closet goal.

For authors

Did well on these -
Erle Stanley Gardner
Stephen King
Nelson DeMille
Lincoln Childs
Michael Connelly

Not so much on the other list, reading was all over the place. In 2023 won't have as many author orientated goals as clearly that doesn't work well for me lol

Spoiler:

bookaho!ic · 12-29-2022, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HLS

I am reading Fairytale by Stephen King and The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Trumblay. i may have misspelled his name.

First 50% of Fairytale was super good. Great character development but when it comes to the rest of the story it gets boring and poops out. I find myself skipping over pages or paragraphs to speed up the process. There is NOTHING scary about this book. its like he is struggling for material to write about. Now The Pallbearer's Club is interesting. I am only 15% in but so far its about a kid that starts a school club to help out a local funeral home. Mainly to help provide services for the homeless that otherwise would have noone to pay their respects and visit a service. I am sure there will be a paranormal twist at one point eventually.

its on my wish list however whilst i love Mr King

i did not get on with Talisman and therefore Black House and the DT series doesnt interest me so not sure if i will bother with Fairytale

pdurrant · 12-31-2022, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

No books bought yet in December, so there are 709 on my TBR pile.

At the start of the year, I set my goal as "to buy fewer books than I read. And so end up with fewer unread books."

I started 2022 with 756 books on my TBR pile.
I end 2022 with 703 books on my TBR pile.

But is this just because I'd discarded books from the pile? No! I did actually buy fewer books than I read. I read 121 and I only bought 84.

(I did discard some, and I also got some freebies.)

Goal met!

I shall probably set the same goal for next year.

DrNefario · 12-31-2022, 11:30 AM

Assuming I don't buy anything for the rest of the day, I have narrowly met my main goal of reading twice as many books as I buy. It's been a big December to get back on track, and I only just squeaked it (31 bought, 63 read). I've been behind since I bought a storybundle in February.

I have the same goal again next year, but this time I'll try to avoid bundles when I only really want one book.

Tarana · 12-31-2022, 01:18 PM

End of year summation of goals. My primary goal was to read 24,000 pages and reduce my buying. Failed both BUT I was only 1,500 pages short of my reading goal. I really need to work on buying less. Otherwise, despite failure, I feel pleased that most of what I read was very good to excellent.

CAFlanny · 12-31-2022, 02:01 PM

I didn't reach my goal of 100 books read, but I did take 61 books off of my TBR pile.

I only bought 10 books this year and read 6 of them. One was a DNF. Definitely an improvement on the spending.

Paperbackstash · 01-03-2023, 06:11 PM

Now that the year is fully over, rest of my the yearly update. I just eeked by with my Goodreads goal of 200 finished the last day of the year, had to slip in a quick children's book which was actually adorable and makes me want to check out the rest of the series. Somehow five books didn't make their way over to my personal spreadsheet so a small difference, but I don't feel like hunting through all that and figuring it out, it doesn't matter enough for the effort. One goal I have in 2023 is to update more regularly like I used to.

For me year the reading year was very mixed, first full year into a new position and ups and downs. Did finally get into more regular audiobook patterns as well to help make up some of the difference.

Out of books read:

Spoiler:

fduniho · 01-24-2023, 02:05 PM

My goal was to read at least 52 books, and I exceeded it by only one book, because I was reading some long books.

12-14-2022, 09:43 AM	#127
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,658 Karma: 66000000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Length Goals: Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75) Total Pages: 15,000 E-TBR Reduction: 25 Read from Print-TBR: 10 Substantive Goals: Read at least 51% non-American authors Read more female/nonbinary authors than male Read at least 52 short stories Read each Poem of the Week (52) posted by The Guardian - ABANDONED Read at least 10 books across all our collections that are selected by my wife. It's a great way to read things I would not ordinarily do, and I almost always end up enjoying them. Cumulative Totals - Through mid-December: Total Books: 73 - 146% of goal, 97% of stretch goal - GOAL MET! Total Pages: 20147 - 134% of goal - GOAL MET! Gender Goal: 43% Female, 5% Nonbinary, 51% Male - OFF TARGET - trending in the right direction now at least. Country of Origin Goal: 49% USA, 51% out of US - GOAL MET! E-TBR Reduction: + - 37 - 148% of goal GOAL MET! Read from Print TBR: - 31 - 310% of goal GOAL MET! Short Stories: 16 - 29% of goal - OFF TARGET Poems 5 - 9 % of goal - ABANDONED Books Recommended by my wife: 12 - 120% of goal GOAL MET!

12-16-2022, 07:33 PM	#128
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,597 Karma: 20086276 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3, 4, 5, Fire HD 2012, Fire HD 8 (8th Gen)	Generalized Goals Hmm, looks like I mainly did author-centric goals last year, and the goal to clean out storage space with books in the "book closet" and not main library Failed there in the closet goal. For authors Did well on these - Erle Stanley Gardner Stephen King Nelson DeMille Lincoln Childs Michael Connelly Not so much on the other list, reading was all over the place. In 2023 won't have as many author orientated goals as clearly that doesn't work well for me lol Spoiler: Jonathan Kellerman Ronald Kelly Robin Cook Michael Crichton Lisa Gardner Simon Clark Ramsey Campbell Stuart Woods Jack Ketchum F. Paul Wilson Robert McCammon John D. MacDonald Dean Koontz Agatha Christie Harlan Coben Lee Child Mary Higgins Clark Paul Cleave Paul Tremberly Patricia Cornwell Catherine Coulter Sue Grafton Heather Graham Tami Hoag Lisa Jackson J.A. Jance Iris Johansen Faye Kellerman Karin Slaughter

01-03-2023, 06:11 PM	#134
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,597 Karma: 20086276 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3, 4, 5, Fire HD 2012, Fire HD 8 (8th Gen)	Now that the year is fully over, rest of my the yearly update. I just eeked by with my Goodreads goal of 200 finished the last day of the year, had to slip in a quick children's book which was actually adorable and makes me want to check out the rest of the series. Somehow five books didn't make their way over to my personal spreadsheet so a small difference, but I don't feel like hunting through all that and figuring it out, it doesn't matter enough for the effort. One goal I have in 2023 is to update more regularly like I used to. For me year the reading year was very mixed, first full year into a new position and ups and downs. Did finally get into more regular audiobook patterns as well to help make up some of the difference. Out of books read: Spoiler: 15% Audio, 64% E-books, 2% Hardback, 16% Mass Market Paperback, 3% Trade Paperback. Biggest month of reading December, lowest February. 90% Adult, 7% YA, 2% Middle Grade, 1% Kids. 78% Contemporary, 10% Historical, 4% Future, 8% "Retro". 30% of the reads were Re-Reads. 52% of the books read were purchased, 48% from free sources or subscription services Out of free sources, 22% is library, 64% Kindle Unlimited, 6% Scribd, 4% Audible Premium Plus plan, 1 free loan and 4% other sources 31% of books read were self-published. For Paranormal, main "creatures" over 10% - 25% Shapeshifter, 20% Magic User, 10% Serial Killer, 8% random monster, 11% Ghost Sources of Stores for purchased - 50% Amazon, 14% Audible, 2% BooksAMillion, 10% Used bookstore random, 8% Thrift books Genres: Romance 29%; Mystery 31%; Action/Adventure 3%; Drama and General Fiction 6%; Fairy Tales 1%; High Fantasy 3%; Horror 11%; Nonfiction 2%; Science Fiction 2%; Urban Fantasy 16% Location (from when known) - 73% United States, 14% United Kingdom, 1% each for Australia, France, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Turkey, Ocean, 2% Ireland, 4% Fantasy world, 2% Space Setting I miss a lot of the states the US is set when reading, but from the ones I can figure, the top ones were 28% in California, 12% Massachusetts, 11% New York, 4% Ohio, 14% Washington Author Gender: 37% Male, 63% Female, 1% Both Protagonist Gender: 31% Multiple POV Ensemble, 37% Male, 33% Female Not much diversity - 67% listed as zero. 16% marked as 5 star, 49% 4 and 4.5 stars, 29% 3 and 3.5 stars, 6% 2 stars, 1% 1 star. Good on ratings at least!

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12-08-2022, 09:21 AM	#121
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,580 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Soon!

12-08-2022, 07:14 PM	#122
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,983 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Oops, already answered.

12-09-2022, 05:05 AM	#123
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,580 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	The new list thread is up. Claim your spot! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=350812

12-09-2022, 11:31 AM	#124
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,597 Karma: 20086276 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3, 4, 5, Fire HD 2012, Fire HD 8 (8th Gen)	Done, thank you. I'm going to try some different types of goals this year, need to think of them. And maybe not so much detailed tracking on thread.

12-10-2022, 09:45 AM	#125
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,054 Karma: 15107670 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	I am reading Fairytale by Stephen King and The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Trumblay. i may have misspelled his name. First 50% of Fairytale was super good. Great character development but when it comes to the rest of the story it gets boring and poops out. I find myself skipping over pages or paragraphs to speed up the process. There is NOTHING scary about this book. its like he is struggling for material to write about. Now The Pallbearer's Club is interesting. I am only 15% in but so far its about a kid that starts a school club to help out a local funeral home. Mainly to help provide services for the homeless that otherwise would have noone to pay their respects and visit a service. I am sure there will be a paranormal twist at one point eventually.

12-31-2022, 11:30 AM	#131
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,106 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Assuming I don't buy anything for the rest of the day, I have narrowly met my main goal of reading twice as many books as I buy. It's been a big December to get back on track, and I only just squeaked it (31 bought, 63 read). I've been behind since I bought a storybundle in February. I have the same goal again next year, but this time I'll try to avoid bundles when I only really want one book.

12-31-2022, 01:18 PM	#132
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,983 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	End of year summation of goals. My primary goal was to read 24,000 pages and reduce my buying. Failed both BUT I was only 1,500 pages short of my reading goal. I really need to work on buying less. Otherwise, despite failure, I feel pleased that most of what I read was very good to excellent.

12-31-2022, 02:01 PM	#133
CAFlanny Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 2332848 Join Date: May 2021 Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kobo Libra H20, Meebook P78 Pro, Kindles	I didn't reach my goal of 100 books read, but I did take 61 books off of my TBR pile. I only bought 10 books this year and read 6 of them. One was a DNF. Definitely an improvement on the spending.

01-24-2023, 02:05 PM	#135
fduniho Addict Posts: 200 Karma: 9146378 Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: New York State, USA Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad	My goal was to read at least 52 books, and I exceeded it by only one book, because I was reading some long books.