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And with that rousing show of enthusiasm - let’s do this thing! If you’d like to share your proposed reading list or numerical target if that’s more your thing, please do so in the comments below. Remember, there are no penalties for checking in late, missing a check-in or not making your target. It's all about encouraging each other to read more than we would have otherwise.

And most importantly, have fun! As much as one of the core ideas of this challenge is to get unread/half-read books read, life's too short to read bad books/books that aren't right for you, so don't keep slogging away at one book you're not enjoying - unless it's assigned reading for class in which case tell us and we'll up the cheerleading - just because you've listed it. Better to give it up as a bad loss and read something else you enjoy more!

glinda

Hello folks, it seems to be that time of year again!

I for one have far too many half-read books kicking about the flat at the moment. Any one else up for the traditional November finish all our half-read, half-listened to, the first chapter of that was excellent in the bookshop before I bought it, and otherwise started but not finished reading materials? I'm sure lots of us have reading challenges we've fallen behind on, library books that ought to be returned, or even that thing a friend loaned us that we should really read and get back to them at some point...

Current Mood: hopeful

fred_mouse

Check in the last! Here ends the challenge to get something off your TBR pile.

Did you make progress on the book(s) you picked? Or something else (including something else from the looming pile). Do you have opinions you want to share?

fred_mouse

Check in the second!

Did you make progress on the book you picked? Or something else (including something else from the looming pile). Do you have opinions you want to share?

This post marks roughly two weeks of challenge - I think I'll be aiming to wrap up next weekend, which will be slightly shorter than three weeks, but gives me time to finish at least one more book.

fred_mouse

Check in the first!

Did you make progress on the book you picked? Or something else (including something else from the looming pile). Do you have opinions you want to share?

This check in brought to you by me finishing the first pair of books I selected. I would like to note that I am reading children's fiction for my (full-time) studies and thus will be reading a lot more than average.

fred_mouse

Title stolen from a James Davis Nicoll article over at ReacTor from Some Years Ago. Tsundoku is, roughly speaking, acquiring books and then not reading them. As I have just borrowed more than ten books from the library, and ordered more than ten from an online bookseller, I'm about to be awash in books that need reading.

So! the challenge, if you are interested in partaking, is to look at the mountain of books you have acquired with good intentions, and over the course of the next 1-3 weeks (depending on how many check-ins happen, and how much oomph I have), see if you can make a start on reading something.

kalloway

How did it go?

Did you finish something from days gone by?

Or did you get distracted by a new shiny?

Either way, I hope you're having a lovely new year!

(and if you're still reading, keep reading!)

kalloway

Well, this is far later than intended because someone unfortunately gifted me with a miserable headcold for Christmas and I've mostly been laying around watching youtube...

But all is not lost - it is only Monday and we are still firmly in the weird week of the year.

What's lingering?

We all have that book. The one we'll get to later. The one that doesn't get chosen. The one that's well-intentioned. (It's been sitting there for a long time.)

While it doesn't have to be the absolute oldest thing on your TBR shelf, if you even know what is, this is the week to read* something that's been waiting for awhile.

I'll try for a follow-up around the 5th. Nudge me if I've been buried under bookpiles.

*read/listen/watch/play. Whatever media you choose is fine.

kalloway

And we're to the end of November! How did your month go?

(and a reminder that

readingtogether is open to all sorts of read-alongs hosted by anyone. I'll probably be doing my sometimes-annual Lingering challenge between Xmas and New Year's.)

kalloway

We're squarely into late November now. What have you been reading?

kalloway

I'm just going to wander in a bit late and without pizza. Sorry about that! How goes the reading?

kalloway

Well we're a little over a week into November. How goes the reading?

kalloway

Hi,

readingtogether! Guess what time it is! It's time for the November Group Read!

All you need to do is... read! If you want to share what you're reading, that's fine, and if you just want to say that you're doing it (or not), also fine.

As always, what counts as 'reading' is up to you. Fiction, non-fiction, audiobooks, comics, visual novels, work reports, etc. all count.

Feel free to share in the comments what you'll be reading.

(And sorry for the late start. This actually isn't an organized event, but it is one of my favorites so here I am.)

kalloway

And we're done! I hope everyone had a good time!

kalloway

How goes the reading this week?

kalloway

A quick check-in for the weekend...

How goes the reading?

kalloway

(stealin' this from last year!)

Since it's time for

3weeks4dreamwidth, let's have a little reading* minithon until the 15th of May. Pick a book*, any book, and read! (You can even pick more than one, that's fine!)

If you'd like, share your plans in the comments!

*as usual - 'read' and 'book' are wide open and audiobooks, visual novels, etc. are welcome.

fred_mouse

How did you go with reading your borrowed books? Did you make startling amounts of progress? Respectable amounts? Less than optimal amounts (yeah, I hear you, I resemble that remark).

And! Because I love these challenges, suggestions on what I might put up for a challenge in the near future? Time to be determined, depending on spoons, weather, and a stack of unpredictable events in the near future.

fred_mouse

(Posting early because I'm going to be out this evening)

Have you made progress on your borrowed books during the week? Do you have grand reading plans for the weekend? Do you need a little motivation to get reading so that you have something to report in?

Tell us where you are at or where you are hoping to be!

Anyone can join the challenge at this point, drivebys and lurkers included.

There will be a last checkin on Wednesday, which will be the end of the week.

fred_mouse

Have you made progress on your borrowed books during the week? Do you have grand reading plans for the weekend? Do you need a little motivation to get reading so that you have something to report in?

Tell us where you are at or where you are hoping to be!

Anyone can join the challenge at this point, drivebys and lurkers included.

I'll aim to do a checkin on Sunday, so you get the weekend to make progress. And then a last checkin on Wednesday, which will be the end of the week.

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glinda - November Group Read: Ready, Set, Read!
glinda - November Group Read - Shall We Dance?
fred_mouse - Challenge: Climbing Mount Tsundoku - Final Check In
fred_mouse - Challenge: Climbing Mount Tsundoku - Check In Two
fred_mouse - Challenge: Climbing Mount Tsundoku - Check In one
fred_mouse - Challenge: Climbing Mount Tsundoku
kalloway - Lingering Challenge Wrap-Up
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kalloway - November Group Read Check-In Final
kalloway - November Group Read Check-In 3
kalloway - November Group Read Check-In 2
kalloway - November Group Read Check-In 1
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