Challenge Wrap-Ups: THE WHOLE ENCHILADA
I’m sure there’s no question in your mind right now that I was out of my mind when I signed up for so many reading challenges in 2012. Here are the final three wrap-ups, including my overall count.
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Briana over at The Book Vixen challenged readers to Outdo Themselves and read more books in 2012 than they did in 2011.
In 2011, I read 123 books; GoodReads tells me that was a total of 35,860 pages. Wow.
So this year was a scramble. I topped 2011 in number of books read in 2012 – 139 –
SUCCESS!
but not in total pages read (final count not in yet, but it’s not close).* * * * * * * * *
Wow – I had psyched myself into taking on a 100+ book challenge in 2012, but when sign-up time came I could find only this one hosted by Amy at My Overstuffed Bookshelf. Amy challenged us to read at least 150 books in 2012. I took a deep breath and joined.
FAILURE!
Alas, while my 139 total was enough to top 2011, it fell a few books short of this new goal.
This is the only challenge page where I’ve listed all of the books I read last year, in the order in which I read them. I will be putting up pages in a week or two with alpha by author, and ratings by genre.
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And now – drumroll, please – the results of the 63 reading challenges I took on this year for the Reading Challenge Addict challenge.
The challenge sign-up page lists all of the challenges and a “COMPLETED” or “FAILED TO COMPLETE” status.
The final count: a success in 48 of the 63 challenges, and a failure in the other 15.
That gives me
SUCCESS!
in the Reading Challenge Addict Challenge (follow?) in which I had pledged to complete at least 16 challenges.* * * * * * * * *
Phew! I’m not doing that again.
You deserve an award for being able to keep track of all those challenges. Are you doing any challenges for 2013? I’m keeping it to only a few this year. I found I didn’t like being locked into a reading list or worrying about whether or not each book I choose fit a challenge category.
Thanks, Leslie.
I don’t want to be tied into a reading list again either, although there are a few (maybe a dozen?) challenges that I’d like to try in 2013. I may have missed the sign-up for them…it will take me a few more days to get organized enough to decide.
You did kind of take on a lot of reading challenges!! Amazing that you completed as many as you did. I did about 5 the first year I discovered them and then got tired of having my reading dictated by challenges. How many are you doing in 2013????
Happy New Year — wishing you lots of 5 star reads!
How many, Mrs. J.? Ah, that is the $64,000 question ($64k doesn’t go as far as it used to, but I wouldn’t turn it down – & I’d say ‘thanks’, too. Very profusely, in fact.)
I’m going to be putting up a post in a couple of days with the details of ‘my’ 2013 challenges. I will say the number is greatly diminished. I just hope it’s greatly enough!
I have been an astounded online spectator to your dizzying reading activity, as well as your excellent reports on the books you devoured, which assisted me to create a modest list of books I would like to read and books that I will not undertake to read [clearly, I trust your evaluations].
I cannot imagine how you carried it all off…I take my hat off to you. And I thank you for the entertainment- it was a pleasure watching from the sidelines and a pleasure to read your perspicacious assessments.
Still on the sidelines,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, it’s quite a weighty responsibility to know that you rely so heavily on my evaluations. I hope I do not steer you wrong.
Thank you for cheering me on!
Your book count has me in awe! I felt like I had to read all the time just to reach 83 books. I’d love to top 100 books in 2013, but don’t see that happening. Congrats on a fantastic reading year!
Thanks, Brooke! In the end, I was pleased with what I accomplished but I’d like to take things a little slower this year…