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#916 |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Southeast Michigan, USA
Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)
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I have read 85 books this year and I *might* finish one more. My best read year was 94 books, so I'm a bit short of that. However, I'm easily satisfied and I'm happy with where I'm ending the year.
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#917 |
languorous autodidact ✦
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Karma: 44667380
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: smiling with the rising sun
Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage
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My 2014 challenge is going right down to the wire. I finished Tess of the d'Urbervilles today (great book) which finished out my English classics subgoal and I've already met my main page count goal but I still have two outstanding subgoals with one book left for each. I started To Kill a Mockingbird (club nominee subgoal) a few days ago and At Swim-Two-Birds (Irish subgoal) today and need to finish both of them by the 31st. I hope I will make it but it's going to be veeery close.
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#918 | |
Grand Sorcerer
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Karma: 67780237
Join Date: Jul 2011
Device: none
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Congratulations on finishing most of your challenges and the actual important one: keep track of what you read. |
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#919 |
Wizard
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Karma: 73864785
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDXish
Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices
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I finished Hogfather yesterday and started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix today which I won't be able to finish this year, so I have wrapped up my 2014 lists and added a couple summary stat images to my post.
2014 was another good year for reading! Of course any year where I can read for pleasure is a good year. Happy New Year everyone! And good luck in 2015! |
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#920 |
Wizard
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Karma: 38840460
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Minneapolis
Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos
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I decided to knock a couple of books off my goal for the year to make up for all the time I couldn't read due to surgery/meds. So, that goal.. I made. I don't feel guilty about it either as my original goal had been 110 books and I raised it to 120 at the beginning of May - just before I found out that I needed surgery and stuff.
Currently listening to (still) Fellowship of the Ring and reading Cover Her Face By P D James (who passed away very recently). I should finish both by tomorrow night, so they will finish out my year. My primary goal for 2015 isn't just finishing books and magazines, but finishing books and magazines that I already own and stop buying new stuff until I get a bit caught up. It seems every time I get one acquisitive habit under control, a new one pops up but I will persevere! Last edited by Tarana; 12-30-2014 at 01:10 PM. |
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#921 |
eBook Enthusiast
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Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
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Just managed to complete my new edition of "The Pickwick Papers" and upload it to the MR library in time for the New Year, so that means I finish the year on 149 books: 129 read for pleasure, 20 created for the MR library.
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#922 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Karma: 67780237
Join Date: Jul 2011
Device: none
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^I appreciate all your hard work for the library and the work of all the other contributors.
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#923 |
eBook Enthusiast
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Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
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#924 |
Series Addict
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Karma: 167189477
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Florida, USA
Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)
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#925 |
Hiding with an ereader
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Karma: 3987376
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Kitchener Ontario
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS 950, Ipad 2, PRS 350
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This was the first year I've ever set a goal. My goal was 75 and I just finished my 88th book so it was a success and fun just to keep track.
Happy New year all! |
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Series Addict
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Karma: 167189477
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Florida, USA
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#927 | |
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Karma: 8064562
Join Date: Aug 2009
Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3 KB, iPad2
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The other thing that would be cool to know is how many books I've read in my lifetime. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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Having this record is the great thing for me about the annual challenges. Now having five years of records, I can estimate that I've read at least 6,000 books so far. With a bit of luck, I have another 6,000 to look forward to! |
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#929 | |
o saeclum infacetum
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Karma: 224581300
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
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I add books to my list at Goodreads as I think of them, but I generally keep it to significant titles and not all of them and I have little if any sense of dates. |
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Wizard
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Karma: 9918418
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Here on the perimeter, there are no stars
Device: Kobo H2O, iPad mini 3, Kindle Touch
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I'm writing under a pseudonym now, and in the 21st century that means making a whole online persona...with her own reading and reviewing habits. Sure, it's all one set of eyes and one wallet at the end of the day, but there's some stuff I review and some stuff he does. (Yes, that's deliberate pronoun vagueness.) That affects "my" visible stats somewhat, in addition to the gut-punch of a hit caused by the actual writing. All told, right now I'm at 114 works complete out of a projected 150, and that still feels pretty damn good, because it comes with about 115K words written...and more planned. |
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