Reading

I've never set a goal, but I read quite a bit. Ours is a reading family! I'm trying to think of how many I've read since the first of the year and I think it's about... 8 or 9. At first, I didn't think I could read another 50 by the end of the year, but at the rate I'm going, I could. That's about 4 books a month and that's doable, I think.

I used to belong to a book reading club at the library that I belonged to. I would read between 50 and 100 books during the summer. It was a piece of cake for me because I could read a book in one night. That's the biggest problem for me, I get a book and can't put it down and will finish it in one night. I have recently started reading murder mysteries. I have a favorite author who wrote some wonderful Teddy Bear Mysteries. They aren't gory and well written. They are by a man by the name of John Lamb and the books are about 300 pages and a delightful read. I also read teddy bear making books, beading and jewelry making books and of course my college books. I do need to get my eyes checked again so I can get some reading glasses. I have ambliopia and use one eye at a time, and that is what I do with my reading. My left eye starts reading the line and half way through my right eye takes over. It works great because neither eye gets too much strain, but it's tough because of the difference in the prescription for my glasses. What do you read? I know that you will reach your challenge as if you've read 8 books in less than three months you will reach your goal easily. Go for it girlfriend!!!

As you may remember from my post on Gather, the only reading goal I set for myself this year was to read more books than I did last year...I have already succeeded as i only read about 3 or 4 books & I am almost half way through book 9...now my goal is to read as many books as I can so I can diminish my book collection.

Wow, you take right after me, I always try ot read 52 books every year and I keep a list of what I have read and how good they are, 1 = brill/very good 2 =just good and 3= boring. Sadly I don't find many books that I can rate at number 1 I but it down to having read so many books in the past. I have been setting myself this goal for about five years now. Its very good ot have a goal to work towards. I always go for 52 books for the year rather than a book a week because sometimes I read quicker if the book is really good and some weeks I seem ot have more time ot read than other weeks.

No,I would not set a number of books to read.Then it would not be a pleasure anymore,it would be too much like it was in high school,when we had to read certain books during summer vacation.I read a lot,but never counted how many!.Now that I received a Kindle for my birthday,I will be able to count them if I want,since there is a record of them in the memory!

Yes I had set but since I was in school I couldn't meet up the goal :( . Right now I don't have. But I am a bookworm. If I don't get a new book to read I start reading the old books. Whatever it is I LOVE TO READ BOOKS!

I envy you! Since I am graduating from my university soon, my hands are really full right now. I really wish to read books but with piles of academic stuff in my face at the time being, I really can't afford to do leisure reading. Well, you gave me an idea though. After I graduate, I will set a book challenge to know how much I can read in a year. :)

I am currently reading a ton of juvenile fiction, trying to find out which books I should order multiples of for my class for next year. I am getting through 2 or 3 books a week. As for books geared toward adults, I will probably get through 25 or 30 before the end of the year.

Interest in reading is a great gift to a person. When we apply or mix our power to imagine while reading, we get amazing advantages by reading good books. I think in joy as well as in sorrows reading help us by plenty of ways.

It is nice that you read so many books and I envy you because I barely have time to pick up one book. When I was still in school, I used to read non-stop. I even collect books! I like reading fiction stories and some biographies. I am not much into sci-fi because sometimes they are hard to understand I also challenged myself before to read 50 books in one year but I did not succeed! Maybe I should try again this year. It is only March so I still got plenty of time left

Hello Tina :) I love reading too. I read fast and can't stop till I finish reading the book. Even I read the Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn just in a week. But the effect was I skipped my lunch, didn't do homework and even my laundry I can read till eight books in a month. But since I join mylot, I seldom read book . No problem, I still can read the news and other discussions. And no, not yet. And I don't think to set a goel for the book I am gonna read, I've been very busy lately :) Go on Tina, hope you can read more than fifty books. :) What kind of book mostly do you read? Romance?

this is a nice goal to achive.as someone mentioned here belonging to a reading club would be nice.i used to read a lot but in the last years due to my studies i have time to read only speciality books.i hope after i graduate i'll have more time.i have never set a number of books that i would like to read,but i remember that i made once a list with the names of the books i wanted to read.

I haven't challenge myself with a number of books i can read in a year. Like you I love reading. 50 books is attainable if you read a lot, you can even increase that to 1 book for day but of course providing that you do not have work to do.:) I can read 300plus pages of novel in a day. So far that has been my limit. Good luck with your goal!

I like to read but I have to like the books I am reading to read the entire book to the finish. IF it doesn't grasp my attention by page 100 then I stop reading it and find another novel.

Gee thats a lot of books to read, I hope you picked skinny books to read, I have never really been a reader but I guess it is a good goal to have if you like to read, I hope you reach your goal.

i typically dont read fiction much but i do visit the library once a week and get a number of books out. my interest is history and that is all i pretty much read. my mom's minister reads 100 books a year!

I love to read too. I haven't set a goal on how many I should ready this year. Probably up to this present time, I have only read about 3 books. Usually, I read before I sleep. But most of the time, I can only read like 2-3 chapters every night just to make me sleep. I hope I can read more books this year like you.

It can definitely be a good idea to set goals for yourself, like you do. I would love to be able to read so many books in a year. Unfortunately, I'm really a fast reader or anything like that, which can make it difficult. I'm not always able to find the time to read, as much as I would want to. I just try to read as much as I can, and as many books as I can.

i love reading books too, but actually comics, are they counted?? lol anywya I do read novels and stuffs like that too but am not so crazy about the,. But I do have a list of a few books that i wanna get my hands on. Other than that, i love comics and find myself reading online comics during my free time. Oh how I love the internet lol :)

ultimate goal 1000 books last year 60books no joke im getting there