Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
A new thread for a new year. You all know the score.
2013 Reading Challenge Thread
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i think i'll go for a mite over 100 books. i must have read round 100 this year: though in 2013 i'll make an effort to actually put the fuckers on the thread
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I've voted 21-50 including the ones I'll listen to
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
er... this is a reading thread, not a listening thread.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
a meaningless distinction in this context
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no it isn't. as i said early on in the first of these threads, while the criteria of what constitutes a book are left up the individual poster, it must be read from cover to cover. i had in mind children's books or graphick novels - but the important thing is the actual reading, reading which is done with the eye and not with the ear. however, when we receive guidance from the other people posting on this thread we'll go with the preponderance of opinion. my vote's for the physical - or e-reader - version though.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Fine. I'll read 200+ as children's books are included
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
fair enough. but don't be in a huff - despite my previous post let's count audiobooks. but you'll have to listen carefully
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Same here, I didn't really have any idea how much I read & always lost track of the what and when.
A couple short of my target, but given a house move and getting stuck into the enormous Game of Thrones series this year I reckon I'll plump for 30 again.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
I've read just over a hundred books in each of the past two years, so I'll go for a hundred in 2013.
At the start of every reading year I tell myself that I'll read more 'serious' books - you know, the one's that are listed in the 'What you are reading thread?'
- but as reading is my primary form of pleasure in my middle age I'm sure it'll be another year of crime fiction, footie books and minor-celebrity autobiographies. 
At the start of every reading year I tell myself that I'll read more 'serious' books - you know, the one's that are listed in the 'What you are reading thread?'
- but as reading is my primary form of pleasure in my middle age I'm sure it'll be another year of crime fiction, footie books and minor-celebrity autobiographies. 
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
Hello thread 
I haven't done this before but I'll give it a go this year.
I reckon I probably read about at least 50 in 2012 so I've voted 21-50 for 2013.
I'm starting another OU module in a few weeks so I won't have chance to read as many novels as I'd like, crime fiction is my weakness too @imposs1904, but I did make a concerted effort to read more serious books last year and I enjoyed most of them a great deal.
I haven't done this before but I'll give it a go this year.
I reckon I probably read about at least 50 in 2012 so I've voted 21-50 for 2013.
I'm starting another OU module in a few weeks so I won't have chance to read as many novels as I'd like, crime fiction is my weakness too @imposs1904, but I did make a concerted effort to read more serious books last year and I enjoyed most of them a great deal.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Nowt wrong with that!I've read just over a hundred books in each of the past two years, so I'll go for a hundred in 2013.
At the start of every reading year I tell myself that I'll read more 'serious' books - you know, the one's that are listed in the 'What you are reading thread?'
I frequently read childrens' books, especially in times of stress. I'm having a Noel Streatfeild period right now.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
So just remind me PM, are we allowed to count kids books .
Manter
Lunch Mob
About I start nightmare international job with far too much time on planes. Those years tend to be about a book a week, but by about July they are mostly shite as my brain has turned to cream cheese. So I have voted 51-100. But please be gentle when I confess some of the pap I read 
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
is this just for fiction?
I mainly read lots of pap - charity shop crime novels
wavers about subscribing to thread due to lack of any serious novels tackled
I mainly read lots of pap - charity shop crime novels
wavers about subscribing to thread due to lack of any serious novels tackled
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
any book counts
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
My list from last year included 3 plays and a load of pap - this thread is not really about what you read i.e subject matter, though it is really interesting to see what other people are reading and it has certainly given me ideas for books to get, but keeping a track of how much you read
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
2012 a slow year for reason or another. Aim to read a few seminal pieces I have put off for sometime, so aiming for quality not quantity. All the same 30 seems reasonable.
braindancer
not for long
Taking part in the reading challenge last year significantly increased my reading - I was 2 short of my target of 30 so I'll aim to beat that this year....
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Join join join join join etc.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Right then - I'll start
1. The Painted Garden. Noel Streatfeild
1. The Painted Garden. Noel Streatfeild
ilovebush&blair
Well-Known Member
I'm going to read lots of fat books this year, so I won't read so many. And I won't have 4 months off work with a slipped disk. So I went for 51-100.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
I know.
'Being and Nothingness' has done for me. Not read half of it yet ( and not understood a twentieth
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