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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Bumping because goodreads did something really good. Yay statistics. https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2016

Went to go crow at my dad about how I had completed my challenge of 53 books and then noted that he's read 199 books so didn't. That will teach me for being slightly smug about reading Copperfield's 911 pages.

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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Agatha Christie is good for getting one's score up.

Define addiction.

my dad posted:

Well, you have rather a busier life than I do!

Well, it all got a bit silly, making sure I read my target of 12 books each 4 weeks, and each of the sub-targets too - one 19thC fiction, three 20thC fiction, four whodunnits, four non-fiction.

Loads were audiobooks, of course, which is easy while driving, gardening, watching cricket, etc.

Which meant I read too many in a way. Loads of whodunnits, without trying. Back to a general 104 target next year, I think.

Can I let you know tomorrow the book you might buy me for Xmas?

(re-posted with permission)

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
I'm with you there, read the Sherlock Holmes kindle omnibus thing and ended up finding a two part version to mark as read, because it didn't seem quite fair to read so many pages for 1 towards my challenge when you could just read a short story for the same reward.

I got an average of 411 which I suspect is the actual average, also got told off for having a 4.2 star average rating. It's that high because 2016 has been so lovely that I deliberately re-read favourite books or picked books I knew I would enjoy. 2017 is a time for brain thoughting.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
I personally get a great deal of enjoyment out of trying to beat my dad's goodreads score. Single player games are fun an' all, but liking the multiplayer mode is also a valid choice.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
They are finally rolling out re-reads and it is good.

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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Or you could find a group which reads the things you like to read and talk to them instead. If you go into a YA group or YA book review section then you are going to find teenagers, it's like going to a bookstore on the day of a new JK Rowling release and complaining that there are too many wizards in there.

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