Challenge Corner discussion

Do you have any reading goals for the year? If so, feel free to share them and track your progress here!

One of my reading goals this year is to read one book from The Wheel of Time series each month. So I'll track my progress here and let you guys see how I do. :)

Complete!
Complete! 2/12/16
Complete! 3/18/16
Complete! 4/3/16
Complete! 6/8/16
Complete! 6/28/16
Complete! 7/21/16
Complete! 8/24/16
Complete! 9/18/16
Complete! 10/19/16
Complete! 11/28/16
Complete! 12/26/16

The Rest of the series (may or may not get to them in 2016):




If I have time to get to the rest of the series this year I might try and work them in.

My main goal is to read 110 books.

That's a good goal! I want to read 50 (at least). I don't plan to read as much as I did last year.

My goal this year is to read 250 books. Which is a big jump from last year which was a 100. I plan to read more manga this year though. ^-^

January: (24)
February: (15)
March: (26)
April: (15)
May: (41)
June: (28)
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:

Nice goal! How many did you end up reading last year?

Courtney wrote: "Nice goal! How many did you end up reading last year?"

132 although Goodreads shows only 131 because I accidentally deleted a review of a book I'd read. :(

I hate when I do that! Plus I wish you could keep all the dates you read a book. So rereads would show...I don't think you can.

Courtney wrote: "I hate when I do that! Plus I wish you could keep all the dates you read a book. So rereads would show...I don't think you can."

They have an option in settings for a 'read count' so that would at least show you how many times you've read the book. After that you would probably have to manually look to see when you last read it. >.>

Yeah, I think I've used the read count before. I usually just add the reread date to my review. That way I'll know.

Courtney wrote: "Yeah, I think I've used the read count before. I usually just add the reread date to my review. That way I'll know."

Smart idea! I re-read a lot but I usually know when I've last read it. ^-^

So I have a few goals this year:

1) Read at least 30 books.
2) Start and finish 5 series.
3) Read 5 new authors for me.
4) Finish all my unfinished books (the ones I still have interest in finishing that is).

I'm sure I'll have more in the future, but that's it for now.

Those are some great goals, Maya!

Thank you Courtney! :)
I'm already halfway through one of them :)

Nice start. It's always good to feel like you're ahead. :)

My main goal for this year is 200 as I read 199 last year.

I am already behind though :( I seriously need to up my game!

January: (2)

February: (11)

March:(1)

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

I'm doing really well on my reading total. I've mostly stayed ahead except for in February. ^-^

Glad to hear it! It's nice to stay ahead for those times when things have to slow down. Then you don't have to feel like you have to catch back up.

Courtney wrote: "Glad to hear it! It's nice to stay ahead for those times when things have to slow down. Then you don't have to feel like you have to catch back up."

Exactly! I switch between easier and harder teams in another group so that I can catch up and relax between. I find I can't read any manga when I'm participating in the hard challenges so I have to catch up and read more during the easy challenges since that's what's bolstering my reading goal. :/

Bookbuyer wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Glad to hear it! It's nice to stay ahead for those times when things have to slow down. Then you don't have to feel like you have to catch back up."

Exactly! I switch between easi..."

Maybe we should host just a manga/graphic novel/poetry challenge in this group.

Courtney wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Glad to hear it! It's nice to stay ahead for those times when things have to slow down. Then you don't have to feel like you have to catch back up."

Exactly! I s..."

I would definitely participate in that! I read a lot of manga when I have the time to. ^-^

I'll put some thought into it. :D

Courtney wrote: "I'll put some thought into it. :D"

Maybe it could be one of the non-competitive challenges? Since we don't know how many people would participate?

Good idea! I'll add in a thread for it now.

Courtney wrote: "Good idea! I'll add in a thread for it now."

YAY! :)

I am so behind on my reading! I need to catch up, but will most likely catch up in May and June.

Jackie wrote: "I am so behind on my reading! I need to catch up, but will most likely catch up in May and June."

I'm sure you will Jackie! ^-^

It's hard to be a student and read. I couldn't do it when I was in school. I was lucky if I read four books a semester. Not including those I took for my literature courses.

That's exactly how I feel. It's hard to accept though because I see other bloggers who are students and manage to read a ton of books in a month, let alone a semester.

I don't have any idea how they do it. Maybe it's my time management skills, not sure.

I don't either. Oh well, I'll do what I can.

I feel that it's more important to read when/what you can than to focus too much on numbers anyway. I've become much more relaxed in my reading this year. Last year was just out of hand.

I read a lot in High School (a book or two a day) but I did that at the expense of my school work. :/

High School was not fun. I didn't go to College/University since I din't graduate from High School. :(

I was home schooled, so we did things a bit differently anyway. I did go to college and barely read while I was in school. I would read over summer/Christmas break.

It's good to know I'm not alone. I guess I just feel that way cause a lot of bloggers read insane amounts and still have time to keep up with two/three posts a week. I did the same thing in high school, but I can't let my college work suffer.

Trust me, I know what you mean. It's hard to see how much everyone else is reading and wonder what you're doing differently. Some people are just crazy fast readers too.

Courtney wrote: "Trust me, I know what you mean. It's hard to see how much everyone else is reading and wonder what you're doing differently. Some people are just crazy fast readers too."

I used to consider myself a fast reader. But after joining Goodreads I've realized I'm ore of an average reader. O.o I still read a lot. I just don't read fast. :/

Bookbuyer wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Trust me, I know what you mean. It's hard to see how much everyone else is reading and wonder what you're doing differently. Some people are just crazy fast readers too."

I used t..."

I know. Some people read crazy fast. I like to take things slow though. Last year I started speed reading a lot, but I wasn't enjoying what I was reading nearly as much.

Honestly, that's why I had to stop blogging for a while. I just wasn't enjoying anything I read and blogging itself was feeling more like a chore than a hobby/passion.

I hate when blogging feels like that. I hate when anything feels like that. I just want to enjoy what I'm doing. So I'm working on that. :)

Exactly. I want to do the same thing.

I am currently 5 books ahead of schedule! :D

Yay! It's always nice to be ahead. :)

Nice job.

I'm almost halfway done my challenge for the year!!! :D

I'm considering changing my goal to 300. :/

Good job.:) If you think you can do it, go for it, but since you're halfway to your original goal, I think you can.

Jackie wrote: "Good job.:) If you think you can do it, go for it, but since you're halfway to your original goal, I think you can."

I'm going to wait till June to fully decide. If I'm still quite ahead I will probably change it. :D

How are you doing on your Wheel of Time series Courtney? :)

Only about 100 pages left of book five! Then I'll start book 6 (which is super long). I've had a lot of headaches in the past month, so haven't read as much.

Courtney wrote: "Only about 100 pages left of book five! Then I'll start book 6 (which is super long). I've had a lot of headaches in the past month, so haven't read as much."

A 1/3 or so of a book behind is really good! :D Especially if you've had headaches. Those are the worse! :(


I finally decided to increase my reading goal challenge to 300 and I'm doing quite good so far. Only a few books behind. :)