2012 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge
This challenge hosted by The Book Vixen is perfect. No additional books to add, nothing to buy, no specific theme. All it asks is to read a certain amount of books MORE than last year.
Seeing that my goal was 100 books in 2011 and my current status is 59 books, it is safe to say that I will not reach that goal. For next year I will be less ambitious, but still want to read a bit more than I did this year.
Here are the details from The Book Vixen’s Blog:
Details:
- Runs January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012 (books read prior to 1/1/12 do not count towards the challenge). You can join at anytime. Sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog.
- The goal is to outdo yourself by reading more books in 2012 than you did in 2011. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you. Nothing is set in stone; you can change levels at any time during the challenge.
- Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
- Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
- Grab the reading challenge button and post this reading challenge on your blog to track your progress. Please include a link back to this sign-up post so others can join the reading challenge too. You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you could track your progress on Goodreads or LibraryThing.
Levels:
Getting my heart rate up – Read 1–5 more books
Out of breath – Read 6–10 more books
Breaking a sweat – Read 11–15 more books
I’m on fire! – Read 16+ more books
You will already know what level I will go for, right? I will go for the first one, no surprise here. “Getting my heart rate up” is exciting enough for me. At the end of the year I will see how many books I finished (there were some DNFs in that list of 59) and then set the new goal.
Who else is going to join this challenge?
This seems like a very simple challenge, but this year I have read more books than I have expected, which I am sure won’t happen next year, when my final dissertation is due, so I won’t have time to read more than 60 books or so… Still, tomorrow I am going to post about my irst challenge, so maybe you are interested in that as well
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Ally, if you know already that it won’t be happening, then there is no point in this challenge. Yes, it is simple enough and there are lots of participants. I am wondering whether the simpler isn’t the better. All those challenges with thousands of rules and “read a book with a name in the title” and “read a book with a color in the title” are just too much!
I kept on wondering what your challenge might be, so I will definitely come and have a look tomorrow.
Thanks for participating! I can’t wait to see what books you read! Good luck and I hope you reach your goal
Thanks for hosting the challenge. I am sure it is going to be a success as it is not THAT hard to do. I’m glad you made it easy.