Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion

I've surprisingly read 39 books out of 55 already - putting me 38% ahead. I guess I'll have to change my goal at some point. I've found I'm reading more with the Kindle and also being in discussions like this or various Goodreads or Amazon 'book clubs' What does everyone else think??

i usually do both reading in a book and in kindle to catch my goal i think im still on 10%..i read 3 books last month..and now starting with 2 books at the same time..wish me luck.. :)

I'm at 23 of 50.

You have read 74 books toward your goal of 125 books.

74 of 125 (59%)

I can almost feel the Amazon gift cards this will earn me! ;)

I succumbed and put my reading goal to 30 books.
I am 6% (1 book) behind - I blame it on A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings :P

Seriously though, I'm not obsessing about it. It's just a number that can be changed at will, so it's not much of a challenge really ;-)

Erin wrote: "You have read 74 books toward your goal of 125 books.

74 of 125 (59%)

I can almost feel the Amazon gift cards this will earn me! ;)"

you earn amazon gift cards for completing your challenge? This is the first I've heard of it.

I'm at 31 out of 52 books, 11153 pages, 60%, 12 books ahead of schedule.

I'm 27 of 50 and 8 books ahead and I am half-way throw the book I am reading now.

32 books toward my goal of 55 books(58%)- 10 books (18%) ahead of schedule!

You have read 72 books toward your goal of 104 books.
72 of 104 (69%)
Awesome, you're 31 books (29%) ahead of schedule!

I am new to Goodreads. Never knew about this online place until about 2 weeks ago. LOVE IT!!! I set my goal at 50. I may up it though depending on where I am at by the end of summer. I have 20 books read so far. According to goodreads I am one book behind.

34/52, 12374 pages, 23% ahead of schedule.

I haven't worked out the number of pages or words but I have now read 128/150 64 (42%) ahead. I will have to increase my goal soon but I don't want to bite off more than I can chew and swallow. During the college and NFL season my reading time is drastically limited.

You have read 35 books toward your goal of 55 books.
35 of 55 (64%)
Awesome, you're 12 books (21%) ahead of schedule!

35/52, 12711 pages and 23% ahead of schedule.

7 books/5 % behind on my challenge. :(

I am new to Goodreads so this is my first reading challenge. So far I have read 24 of the 50 I pledged for this year. I am 3 books ahead.

Veronika wrote: "Erin wrote: "You have read 74 books toward your goal of 125 books.

74 of 125 (59%)

I can almost feel the Amazon gift cards this will earn me! ;)"

you earn amazon gift cards for completing your ..."


I am so happy to hear about this!!!!!! YAY!!!!

Thom wrote: "I haven't worked out the number of pages or words but I have now read 128/150 64 (42%) ahead. I will have to increase my goal soon but I don't want to bite off more than I can chew and swallow. Dur..."

WOW!!!!! 128 books so far is awsome!!!!

American football season hasn't started yet so I have lots of time to read. I am now at 139/175. I will probably have to increase the goal again but I hesitate in being too presumptuous.

So far I'm at 36/52 books, 13277 pages and 24% ahead of schedule!

I've read 160 books toward my goal of 365 books. 160 of 365 (44%)
At my current pace, I'm 6 books (2%) behind.

Been burning through books and now I realize that the point is to take it all in... I choose some 'heavy' authors & had better take a little more time and understand what it is they are talking about! I think I'm still doing alright for my goal (40 books), but... maybe I'm going for quantity over quality... Just sayin'!

It is easy to get caught up in the quantity of books over quality. I am glad that I kept my goal at 50. I love to read for a number of reasons. One of them is because I truly love the stories I read and I get lost in the story and characters. Then there are the spiritual books that I read which helps me to grow. I cannot achieve these things if I am burning through books just to reach a high goal. I do not ever want reading to become work.

Xenia wrote: "Veronika wrote: "Erin wrote: "You have read 74 books toward your goal of 125 books.

74 of 125 (59%)

I can almost feel the Amazon gift cards this will earn me! ;)"

you earn amazon gift cards for..."

I suspect Erin is getting gift cards from friends or family because with over 200,000 participants it seems unlikely they are giving out gift cards. We didn't get any last year. LOL

I'm at 55/115 books (48%) and 2% ahead of my goal.

You have read 40 books toward your goal of 55 books.
40 of 55 (73%) Awesome, you're 14 books (25%) ahead of schedule!

i'm 24 books behind schedule! stinker

my original goal was 55 books but since I was already at 52 I decided it was time to up it to 100. So now I feel like I'm starting over, but at least I'm 6% ahead at 54 books..... I've still got a lot of reading to do though ........ :)

Karen M wrote: "I suspect Erin is getting gift cards from friends or family because with over 200,000 participants it seems unlikely they are giving out gift cards. We didn't get any last year. LOL"



You know something that does make sense now that I think about it. How could amazon afford to give every single person who makes their goal a gift card. Oh well.....it was a nice thought while it lasted.

Hey Thom...I know the feeling about watching certain sports that cut into my reading time too. The NBA season is over, so I will be able to read more until the college and NFL season starts. As men, we have it so rough!! :) Happy Reading Thom!!

I am barely on target. I really want that 60!

I did terribly last year but didnt read much and didnt start the goal until the end of the summer. Barely got to 50

This year have been reading a lot, and set it for 100, and almost at 70 finished.

Originally I stated that I would set my goal @ 200 but, I downgraded to 150. I started of a little slow this year but, so far I have read about 111 books towards my goal.

I have read 40 books towards my goal of 65. I'm 8 books ahead!

So far I'm at 39/52 books, 14291 pages and 25% ahead of schedule!

I am finally 1 book ahead. Have another fun read that I am starting, so now I need to get some reading on!!

I've currently read 180 books toward my goal of 365 books, almost halfway there (49%)! But still 4 books (1%) behind.

I finished a 4th book toward 75.

yeah, I'm a slow reader

I've read 6 of 20 so far I hope I get to my target, didn't get any reading done last year :)

I've read 64 of 115 books (56%) and 5% ahead of my goal.

You have read 56 books toward your goal of 104 books.




56 of 104 (54%)

Great work, you're 4 books (3%) ahead.

Xenia wrote: "It is easy to get caught up in the quantity of books over quality. I am glad that I kept my goal at 50. I love to read for a number of reasons. One of them is because I truly love the stories I ..."

Hey Xenia, I will have to agree with you on everything you just said about reading. I want the quality and not always the quantity. :)

Lawrence wrote: "I want the quality and not always the quantity. :) "

Too true. That's something I raised in the suggestions group, wondering if we could have an enlarged challenge section where you could choose to set a number of books and/or add a list of books you wanted to read that year. You would then have a formal part of the site for that rather than joining groups where you say you want to do that (and that statement becomes buried in a swarm of other people's challenges).

It didn't get much interest, just people telling me that I could do it in their challenge group, go-on, join us, go-on...! No thanks!

I originally thought about setting myself an ironic target of 5000, but ended up putting one up at 30 - mainly because it's fairly realistic (I'm a little ahead of the pace of that) and an easy way of getting a reminder of the books I've read this year.

I'd be much more interested in setting myself books to read by the end of the year but will have to set up a bookshelf for that myself.

So far, I've read 10 of 30. (I'm 5 books behind.) I'm determined to make it, so I know I will, eventually.

Still behind in July but not as bad as it has been.

You have read 74 books toward your goal of 150 books.
74 of 150 (49%)

At your current pace, you're 4 books (3%) behind.

I started out with a goal of 55 books and reached that last month so I raised it to 100.

I'm at 41/52 books, 15071 pages and I'm 14 books (27%) ahead of schedule :)

I have read 66 books toward your goal of 115 books. 17,323 pages and 7 (5%) ahead of schedule. :)