2013 BOOK CHALLENGE! Are you in?

[Meetmeinmontauk]

I'm in! I am going to set my goal for 12, 1 book a month. I would LOVE to read more but when I'm not at school, I'm at work. I also just purchased The 2013 Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. I'll probably count that since I read it cover to cover!

 

[*JoGo*]

I'm in! I'm setting my goal for 50.
Last year I didn't start until March or April and tried for 50 but only got into the 30s. This year I want to try for 50 again!


1. The Forgotten Garden -Kate Morton (great read!)
2. Bright Lights, Big A$$ -Jen Lancaster (LOL funny!)
3. The Pilot's Wife -Anita Shreve
4. The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

 

[disneyfanforever]

I would love to join as well. I think I will make my goal 25 books. I am most excited about reading 11/22/63 since so many people recommended it here on this board.

I have a quick question. Does the book we are reading right now count or is it books started and completed in 2013?

 

[Kathi OD]

I'm in. My goal is 52 books. Reading them shouldn't be too hard, but keeping track of what I've read might be difficult. LOL!

I'm in-I love to read also! My problem has been that I tend to forget the names of the books I read almost as soon as I'm done (I've been known to even have to look up the title of what I'm reading), but I just got a Kindle, so my books will be stored on it after I'm done. I'm down for 65 books. I've just got one question-what about books in progress on January 1? I have a book that I'm about half way thru, so I'll finish it in 2013. Does that count as a 2013 book or not? Either way doesn't matter, I just need to know. But no fair laughing at the "junk" I read-I'm one of these romance, cozy mystery type readers, nothing too deep.

Join Goodreads. It's a good (and easy) way to keep track of what you've read.

I'm in! This year my goal was 75 and I fell far short, only read 27. We had a lot of unexpected drama in our lives this year, which I hope has permanently abated, but I think I'll lower the goal to 50.

 

[low-key]

I love to read but I only get 6-8 books done a year

 

[threeboysmom]

Thanks for all the responses so far! I'm keeping track of everyone's goal in the first post.

My hats to all of you that can read at least a book a week! And to the two that posted 100 books as a goal??

I have 54 books on my current to-read list. How I'd love to be able to read at least 50 of them in 2013 (because they all sound FANTASTIC... which is why they're on my list in the first place, lol), but I'm afraid of setting a goal that is unrealistic for me....

I'm in for 40 books. Next up is Great Gatsby - want to reread it before the movie comes out.

Yup, have this one on my list too!! Just bought it for my Nook the other day!

I'm in-I love to read also! My problem has been that I tend to forget the names of the books I read almost as soon as I'm done (I've been known to even have to look up the title of what I'm reading), but I just got a Kindle, so my books will be stored on it after I'm done. I'm down for 65 books. I've just got one question-what about books in progress on January 1? I have a book that I'm about half way thru, so I'll finish it in 2013. Does that count as a 2013 book or not? Either way doesn't matter, I just need to know. But no fair laughing at the "junk" I read-I'm one of these romance, cozy mystery type readers, nothing too deep.

For those of you that need help tracking the books you've read, sign up on Goodreads.com. You can easily keep a running "to-read" list (whenever one of you recommends one that sparks my interest, I immediately open that site and add the book, and when you finish each book, you move it to your "read" list which also records for you the date you finished it. It's a really simple way to keep record of what you want to read, what you've already read and when you've read it.

I would love to join as well. I think I will make my goal 25 books. I am most excited about reading 11/22/63 since so many people recommended it here on this board.

I have a quick question. Does the book we are reading right now count or is it books started and completed in 2013?

If you finish it in 2013, then it counts as a 2013 book! That's my rule and I'm sticking with it!

 

[threeboysmom]

I love to read but I only get 6-8 books done a year

Is that a goal, low-key? And is it 6, 8, or in the middle 7?

 

[willowsnn3]

I'm in!!! The other book challenge I was in we just stated our goal & each time we finished a book we would just post what # the book was & the author & maybe a brief synopsis of the book. Sooo, this year:

Goal 72
#01 Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedman
#02 The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
#03 The Giver by Lois Lowry
#04 Wild by Cheryl Strayer
#05 Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
#06 This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
#07 Mission Flats by William Landay
#08 Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien
#09 Replay by Ken Grimwood
#10 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
#11 Timescape by Robert Liparulo
#12 Messenger by Lois Lowry
#13 Son by Lois Lowry
#14 What Comes Next by John Katzenbach
#15 Whirlwind by Robert Liparulo
#16 Defending Jacob by William Landay
#17 Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
#18 Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
#19 League of Dangerous Women by Mary Bowley
#20 Red Rain by R.L. Stine
#21 Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
#22 Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
#23 Frenzy by Robert Liparulo
#24 Divergent by Veronica Roth
#25 The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
#26 Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
#27 Comes a Horseman by Robert Liparulo
#28 Creep by Jennifer Hillier
#29 Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers
#30 Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers
#31 The Sanctuary by Ted Dekker
#32 Freak by Jennifer Hillier
#33 The Dinner by Herman Koch
#34 The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
#35 Hourglass by Myra McIntyre
#36 Magic Street by Orson Scott Card
#37 Insurgent by Veronica Roth
#38 Delirium by Lauren Oliver
#39 Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
#40 The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
#41 Horns by Joe Hill
#42 The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
#43 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
#44 Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough
#45 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
#46 The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
#47 The Ask & The Answer by Patrick Ness
#48 Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
#49 Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
#50 Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
#51 While I was Gone by Sue Miller
#52 Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
#53 The Tower by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
#54 Sacrifice by Robert Whitlow
#55 No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
#56 Deception by Denise Mina
#57 Joyland by Stephen King
#58 The Traveler by John Katzenbach
#59 Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
#60 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
#61 The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
#62 The Witch of Hebron by James Howard Kunstler
#63 Shadow Child by Joseph A. Citro
#64 The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
#65 Always Watching by Chevy Stevens
#66 Requiem by Lauren Oliver
#67 NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
#68 Hide Your Eyes by Alison Gaylin
#69 A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans
#70 Sleepy Head by Mark Billingham
#71 Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
#72 Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
#73 The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton
#74 Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
#75 Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
#76 Dr. Sleep by Stephen King
#77 The Accident by Linwood Barclay
#78 Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
#79 Fragile by Lisa Unger
#80 Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
#81 Wild Life by Molly Gloss
#82 In Case We're Separated by Alice Mattison
#83 The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman
#84 Darkness My Old Friend by Lisa Unger
#85 The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
#86 Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
#87 Winter Haven by Athol Dickson
#88 Just One Look by Harlan Coben
#89 Caught by Harlan Coben

 

[PigletsPal2]

Count me in! My goal is 52 books, one each week. I may have an unfair advantage as I'm retired and my DDs take such good care of most of household chores, I probably have more time to read than most people on this board.

I got five hardback books for Christmas and have already read three of them (but I know they don't count and there's no way I could have held them for January 1 anyway!)

I finished A Christmas Garland by Anne Perry, The Confession by Charles Todd, and Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry. Tomorrow I'll start reading Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly. My taste runs to mysteries, but I always welcome recommendations.

Off now to sign up on Goodreads.

Queen Colleen

 

[low-key]

Is that a goal, low-key? And is it 6, 8, or in the middle 7?

Im going with 9

 

[alexandmaddie]

I'd love to join!! I think I'll go with 15 books as my goal for 2013.

 

[CaliBear]

I'd like to join. My goal is 40 books.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

I'm going to say 50 for now, I read like crazy and this leaves room for graphic novels.

Right now I'm looking forward to the Walking Dead graphic novels and Sherlock Holmes stories (blame for the RDJ films and the BBC series).

 

[KBW]

Count me in! Put me down for 18 books...a good stretch for me, given my other time commitments! I joined Goodreads a few months ago, and I'm wondering if there is a way we could set up a group there for all of us? It'd be a great way to keep track of what everyone else is reading and to get some great ideas too...

 

[threeboysmom]

Im going with 9

There's always a difficult one in the bunch

9 it is!!

 

[Kathi OD]

Count me in! Put me down for 18 books...a good stretch for me, given my other time commitments! I joined Goodreads a few months ago, and I'm wondering if there is a way we could set up a group there for all of us? It'd be a great way to keep track of what everyone else is reading and to get some great ideas too...

some time ago, I did start a DIS group on goodreads, called of all things, DISreaders. We could use that one, or start a new one.

 

[threeboysmom]

Count me in! Put me down for 18 books...a good stretch for me, given my other time commitments! I joined Goodreads a few months ago, and I'm wondering if there is a way we could set up a group there for all of us? It'd be a great way to keep track of what everyone else is reading and to get some great ideas too...

Hmmm... I suppose we could just share our Goodreads name and DIS'ers can then add whoever they want to their friend's list in order to get updates/book reviews, etc.

I'm Threeboysmom over there. I'm not really sure how the friend's section works since I don't use it much, but I'm assuming you can just search for somone and then add them as a friend...

 

[threeboysmom]

some time ago, I did start a DIS group on goodreads. If anyone wants to join, it's called DISreaders.

Oh cool! Thanks!!

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

I will be in the group spirt wise and look out 4 free books I can download 4 free

 

[DisneyWalle]

I will join in....I think I will set a goal at 30 books for 2013. I just ordered a few books to start the year:
Death Comes To Pemberley by P.D. James
Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
14 by J.T. Ellison
and I have a few Lisa Jackson books at home that I haven't read yet.

I prefer crime thrillers and historical fiction -- most of my books fall into these two categories.