Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
what you have is three books originally published separately in one volume. you work it out.
the grand 2015 reading challenge thread
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
if it's a book then it counts.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Maybe I'll get my hands on that Mr. Men set I've always wanted.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
fair enough.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
tbh Lord Camomile no one cares if you read marcuse or the mr men. you're only competing against yourself, not other people.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
But we'll still judge you anyway.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
if he wants to read children's books it doesn't matter. a good children's book appeals to adults as well.
I read hardly any last year, maybe about a dozen or so, mainly rereads. Fuck it I'll go for 30 
I read more than I expected to this year, so am going to go for about 25.
This will not include books I have to read for work, and I don't normally have time to read other non fiction for pleasure, so it will be mostly fiction.
I've had a kindle for the last few years which has really helped, and putting the app on my phone has helped even more as now I can read even while really squashed into the tube, while cooking, when I wake up for an hour at 4am and don't want to get up or disturb her.
This will not include books I have to read for work, and I don't normally have time to read other non fiction for pleasure, so it will be mostly fiction.
I've had a kindle for the last few years which has really helped, and putting the app on my phone has helped even more as now I can read even while really squashed into the tube, while cooking, when I wake up for an hour at 4am and don't want to get up or disturb her.
Fez909
toilet expert
The only thing I completed last year was a single short story in a short story collection, so I think that counts as another year of zero books read and a massive fail.
So this year I'm going to set myself the target of one book. But I plan to read it twice. Once in English, and then again in Spanish. Need something to aim for to get me back in language learning mode again and this seems like as good a way as any.
So this year I'm going to set myself the target of one book. But I plan to read it twice. Once in English, and then again in Spanish. Need something to aim for to get me back in language learning mode again and this seems like as good a way as any.
so can get into the Christmas book haul 
Nowt wrong with rereads - they can be like meeting an old friend you haven't seen in ages.
Callie
Pivoting
Not joined in before but I do like to read and read East of Eden late this year which really gave me a thirst for more reading though I haven't found anything else I fancy. Will do some research and get a few books in. There is a what are you reading now thread somewhere isn't there?
I'll aim for 1 a month as I'm fairly erratic with reading momentum but that sounds doable while requiring some effort.
I'll aim for 1 a month as I'm fairly erratic with reading momentum but that sounds doable while requiring some effort.
Fez909
toilet expert
Try some more Steinbeck if you're stuck? I absolutely loved In Dubious Battle. Even more than East of Eden, which I'd just read before it.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Me: "Mum, do you want to join in this reading challenge? What target should I put you down for?"
My brother: "57!"
Mum: "No..."
Brother: "Oh come on, you could easily read that many!"
Mum: "No, I was going to say it was too few..."
We have different relationships with books, me and me mam
Apparently 100 is more likely, but she isn't so keen on having to keep track 
My brother: "57!"
Mum: "No..."
Brother: "Oh come on, you could easily read that many!"
Mum: "No, I was going to say it was too few..."
We have different relationships with books, me and me mam
Apparently 100 is more likely, but she isn't so keen on having to keep track 
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I'm gonna aim for one book a week. I'll have plenty of time for reading if I only manage to cut back on watching shit TV on the internet 
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
started strong last year then went on a re-read session and re-reads don't count for me. This year I'll estimate say 30 and as a personal vow- no fiction this year. Unless there's a secret Culture novel that Ian wrote before death (a man can dream)
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Went for 35 last year and managed 44. Just got a 2nd reading chair set up away from the front room & telly so looking forward to reading without eastenders/Disney kids blaring in my ear 
Going for 45 this year.
Love this thread, always some inspiration for new authors to check and without it I'd never remember everything I've read and enjoyed.
Going for 45 this year. Love this thread, always some inspiration for new authors to check and without it I'd never remember everything I've read and enjoyed.
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
01 Nikola Mihov: Forget Your Past: Communist-Era Monuments in Bulgaria
02 Bohumil Hrabal: Closely Observed Trains
02 Bohumil Hrabal: Closely Observed Trains
1. Rare Earth by Paul Mason - thought I had read it but must not have finished it before. It's great once the protagonist stops being a Mary Sue which is earlier than you expect
Manter
Lunch Mob
1. Leaving Berlin, Joseph Kanon. A bit of an antihero protagonist, in some ways, like many of his are. Decent, tense story about a Jewish German returning to Berlin during the airdrop to spy for the Americans- who, predictably, have promised him something they have no intention of delivering
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
I'm starting the year reading Das Kapital (along with Harvey's guide) I'll give a number once I (hopefully) get through that.
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