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 Post subject: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 22nd, '16, 20:11    
Sanssouci

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The 2017 Reading Challenge

If you have a reading goal for 2017, feel free to talk about it and keep track of it here!

The Goal:

The goal can be anything you want: 1 book in 2017, 10 books in 2017, 25 books in 2017, 50 books in 2017, 100 books in 2017, reading a certain series in 2017, reading a certain number of pages in 2017, reading the same book 50 times in 2017, etc. Your goal is whatever you want and whatever is challenging yet still fun for you. It's a personal challenge, not a contest. So you set your goal and go at your own pace.

The Books:

You can count or not count any books you want. If you want to count audio books, then do it. If not, then don't. If you want to count manga, then do it. If not, then don't. If you want to count magazines, then do it. If not, then don't. If you want to count books for school, then do it. If not, then don't. It's all up to you!

The Rules:

1. Follow KofK's rules.

2. Don't make fun of anyone for having a different goal than you. We all have different obligations, and priorities, and free time, etc, so all of our reading goals are going to be different, and that's ok. One person might easily finish a 500 page book in a few days, while someone else might struggle to finish 500 pages in a few months, and that's ok. We're not racing, rushing, or competing. We're motivating, encouraging, and having fun.

3. If you want to talk about something that happened in a book, put it in a spoiler.

Who Can Join:
Anyone! Just jump in say what your goal is!

Deadline for joining:
Feel free to join in any time before 2018!

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 22nd, '16, 20:15    
Sanssouci

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My goal is to read at least 30 books in 2017.

26/50
Spoiler
1. Fall On Your Knees
2. Angela's Ashes
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
4. New Moon
5. The Cricket in Times Square
6. Eclipse (Twilight, #3)
7. The Spook's Tale: And Other Horrors (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles)
8. A Coven of Witches (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles #6.5)
9. The Ghost Prison
10. Spring: Sink or Swim (comic)
11. Grimalkin the Witch Assassin (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #9)
12. Stitching Snow
13. Kobato., Vol. 01 (Kobato., #1)
14. Willow
15. The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1)
16. Wayside School Is Falling Down (Wayside School #2)
17. The Spook's Blood (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #10)
18. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
19. The Buccaneers
20. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2)
21. Slither (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #11)
22. The Cold Dish
23. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
24. Perfect
25. Adult Onset
26. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel
I also have some mini goals to read:

At least 10 books that I own but have not read before.

5/10
Spoiler
1. Angela's Ashes
2. New Moon
3. Eclipse
4. Spring: Sink or Swim (comic)
5. Kobato., Vol. 01 (Kobato., #1)
At least 10 books that I have already read before.

5/10
Spoiler
1. Fall On Your Knees
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
3. The Cricket in Times Square
4. Willow
5. Wayside School Is Falling Down (Wayside School #2)
At least 10 books from the library.

10/10
Spoiler
1. The Spook's Tale: And Other Horrors
2. A Coven of Witches (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles #6.5)
3. The Ghost Prison
4. Grimalkin the Witch Assassin (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #9)
5. Stitching Snow
6. The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1)
7. The Spook's Blood (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #10)
8. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
9. The Buccaneers
10. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2)

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 23rd, '16, 05:47    
Akili Li

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My goal for 2017 is actually the same as for 2016 because I failed that. Still trying to work my way through Cantar del mio Cid in the original language.
On the other hand, I had a great year in 2016 for plain old reading random other things, and got a few more stanzas translated of El Cid, so progress is progress, right?
This year, though. This year, MORE progress. This year, maybe ALL the progress?
We'll see.



Do you know a few specific books you want to do for 2017 yet, Sanssouci?

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 23rd, '16, 16:20    
Sanssouci

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Akili Li wrote: Do you know a few specific books you want to do for 2017 yet, Sanssouci?
Not really, I'm mostly winging it! I started re-reading Fall On Your Knees, but I probably won't finish it until after the 1st, so I'll probably be counting it as one of my 2017 books I have already read.

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 23rd, '16, 16:59    
TSheena

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I'm going for 10 books again in 2017. I didn't make it this year :mcsweat: I had trouble sitting down to read, and I've been having trouble getting through the maze runner because the phasing and the language just irks me a little.

So 10 it is. I got 4 books last year and read most in the last 3 months haha.

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 23rd, '16, 20:11    
Sanssouci

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I didn't make my 2016 goal either.

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jan 1st, '17, 19:21    
LittleJulez

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I am glad I found this :D I wanted to make a reading challenge for me anyway, so I can keep track of it here! :) That's awesome :)

I cannot really tell how much I read annually.. So I will start "easy" with 25 books. I have to read a lot for university, so I will count that in. But only those for my literature classes, not scientific literature (as I have to write my thesis next semester it would feel like cheating to count those in xD Maybe I will count them separately).

So: 25 books in 2017.

- Includes the Narnia-series. (Finished the first one one week ago already)
- Sherlock Holmes
- 3 Shakespeare plays

Already read:
- Beloved (by Toni Morrison)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (by J.K. Rowling)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (by C.S. Lewis)
- Tracks (by Louise Erdrich)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and his Boy
- Sonar un Crimen
- Das Bild (Rose Madder) (by Stephen King)
- Amnesia
- Legilimens! (by C. Bell)
- Re-reading Harry Potter (by Suman Gupta)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- Seelen by Stephenie Meyer ("The Host")
- Harry Potter Intermedial (by Tobias Kurwinkel et al)
- Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen ("Sorcerer's Stone")(by J.K. Rowling)
- The Great Gatsby (by Fitzgerald)
- Shining (by Stephen King)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Mannen pa stranden / Fotografens död (Swedish)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Final Battle

Currently reading:

- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Russian)

/maybe I'll edit it later on/

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jan 8th, '17, 04:13    
Sanssouci

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That's a great goal!

I'm already behind on mine; I haven't finished any books yet!

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jan 8th, '17, 18:42    
LittleJulez

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Thank you! :)

Oh well it's only one week! :D

I am reading two books right now, one for university and the 2nd Narnia book. I've already read 2 books for my thesis (but only parts).

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 Post subject: Re: 2017 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jan 10th, '17, 16:06    
Sanssouci

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I'm about halfway done with Fall On Your Knees. And I'm about a quarter done with The Phantom of the Opera.

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