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1teathief
Hi, I'm Bee!
I want to participate, but I don't want to wait until January! I'm starting today. Last January I set a reading goal of 60 books for myself, and I got to about half that far because I procrastinate and play video games far more than I should. So maybe this time reading with people with similar goals will motivate me.
I am currently reading Forever, by Pete Hamill. It will be the first on my completed list. :) There's something about living forever that really scares me.
I want to participate, but I don't want to wait until January! I'm starting today. Last January I set a reading goal of 60 books for myself, and I got to about half that far because I procrastinate and play video games far more than I should. So maybe this time reading with people with similar goals will motivate me.
I am currently reading Forever, by Pete Hamill. It will be the first on my completed list. :) There's something about living forever that really scares me.
2spacepotatoes
Welcome, Bee! I've never read Forever but I remember many years ago having to read Tuck Everlasting for school and it left me with the same feeling!
Good luck with your challenge and happy reading :)
Good luck with your challenge and happy reading :)
6bonniebooks
Welcome and good luck on your challenge, teathief. I joined late in the year last fall and joining this group has definitely stimulated my reading. If you say at least a little something about the books you're reading, you'll usually get a response. Have fun, and happy reading!
7kaida46
How are you doing with your challenge? Thanks for stopping by my thread, as you know I just started mine recently as well. Being a member of the challenge group has helped motivate me. there is one problem though...when I read the messages I always find more books I want to read so I am already compiling a list of my next 50 challenge books, lol!
8bonniebooks
You hit it on the head! That is both the biggest reward and problem with joining a group and following threads. I never really had a wish list before joining LT; I just went to the book store and looked for books that looked good based on their titles, covers, and the first chapter or two, and that fit with what I was in the mood for right then.
After joining LT, I spent a couple of months compiling a huge list of books based on people's most enthusiastic recs, then went out and bought a bunch of them as a Christmas present to myself without examining them for myself. Once I got them home, though, I found that most of them didn't really grab me, and that first pile of books kept making me feel guilty when I was looking for the next book to read. Most of them are still in a special box that I mostly ignore.
Part of the problem was I didn't know people well enough to know whether I would like the same books that they did. Plus, I've discovered that people can make a book sound really good, but I don't enjoy the genre and/or I'm just a lot more critical. So now I use the library. If I don't like a book--no problem! An added advantage is that I can read books that are still in hardback too, because that can drive you crazy--having to wait to read a book that people have been talking about on LT for a year!
After joining LT, I spent a couple of months compiling a huge list of books based on people's most enthusiastic recs, then went out and bought a bunch of them as a Christmas present to myself without examining them for myself. Once I got them home, though, I found that most of them didn't really grab me, and that first pile of books kept making me feel guilty when I was looking for the next book to read. Most of them are still in a special box that I mostly ignore.
Part of the problem was I didn't know people well enough to know whether I would like the same books that they did. Plus, I've discovered that people can make a book sound really good, but I don't enjoy the genre and/or I'm just a lot more critical. So now I use the library. If I don't like a book--no problem! An added advantage is that I can read books that are still in hardback too, because that can drive you crazy--having to wait to read a book that people have been talking about on LT for a year!
9teathief
Oooh dear, it's been a while since I've been around. I never get much done during the holiday season. D:
Si I finished Forever by Pete Hamill a while back. I was so impressed with that book, I must say.
Since then I've only read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Burned Alive by Souad
Wuthering Heights is my standard reading during Christmas - it's pretty much the opposite of holiday cheer, which is why I love it so much. It's the opposite of the standard fluffy lovey stuff that Jane Austen wrote (not that Austen is bad or anything! Quite the reverse), and I get really moody during Christmas so this fits me like a glove. :)
Burned Alive was ... interesting. I found it at a used bookstore for a buck, so I picked it up. It's the story of an attempted honour killing, but the young girl survived. The book goes into the author's particular history - how she grew up, and why she was burned alive. It was gruesome, what she went through. I won't read it again, but I'm glad I picked it up. It'll go back to the same store.
Right now I'm reading Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan. He's my favourite author, astronomer, and scientist.
(PS: Sorry to bonniebooks and kaida46 - I was stupidly busy the last two months doing...I don't even know what. D:
Kaida - ahaha, that is always a challenge! I am a member of LJ, and I watch book communities all the time. So many titles pop out, it's hard not to buy them! xD I'm waiting to buy more books until I finish a bunch of the ones I already have. I have too many unread ones still sitting around. >.>
Bonnie - I looked at bookstores for the longest time, too. When I started buying on recommendations of others, if I didn't like them I'd bring them to a used bookstore and they'd do a price trade with me - most books sell for half the cover price at a used bookstore. So if i brought them a $20 book, it would be considered $10. I could pick out a $10 book, or two $5 ones. I liked that, because used bookstores have some mighty unusual and fascinating reads. That is, if you want to keep books rather than borrow them. I like to keep books, so the library is a last resort. :p )
Si I finished Forever by Pete Hamill a while back. I was so impressed with that book, I must say.
Since then I've only read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Burned Alive by Souad
Wuthering Heights is my standard reading during Christmas - it's pretty much the opposite of holiday cheer, which is why I love it so much. It's the opposite of the standard fluffy lovey stuff that Jane Austen wrote (not that Austen is bad or anything! Quite the reverse), and I get really moody during Christmas so this fits me like a glove. :)
Burned Alive was ... interesting. I found it at a used bookstore for a buck, so I picked it up. It's the story of an attempted honour killing, but the young girl survived. The book goes into the author's particular history - how she grew up, and why she was burned alive. It was gruesome, what she went through. I won't read it again, but I'm glad I picked it up. It'll go back to the same store.
Right now I'm reading Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan. He's my favourite author, astronomer, and scientist.
(PS: Sorry to bonniebooks and kaida46 - I was stupidly busy the last two months doing...I don't even know what. D:
Kaida - ahaha, that is always a challenge! I am a member of LJ, and I watch book communities all the time. So many titles pop out, it's hard not to buy them! xD I'm waiting to buy more books until I finish a bunch of the ones I already have. I have too many unread ones still sitting around. >.>
Bonnie - I looked at bookstores for the longest time, too. When I started buying on recommendations of others, if I didn't like them I'd bring them to a used bookstore and they'd do a price trade with me - most books sell for half the cover price at a used bookstore. So if i brought them a $20 book, it would be considered $10. I could pick out a $10 book, or two $5 ones. I liked that, because used bookstores have some mighty unusual and fascinating reads. That is, if you want to keep books rather than borrow them. I like to keep books, so the library is a last resort. :p )
