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Before joining Goodreads I never gave much thought to how much I read. I knew it was a lot, books are stuffed in every nook and cranny of our house and my Amazon deliveries are epic. But I don’t keep all the books I’ve finished… I couldn’t, they would literally bury me… so I never did a yearly count until now.
Goodreads has a annual challenge where you set a goal and check off as you go.
My prediction of the number of books I’d read this year was slightly off.
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I thought 75 seemed like a good number… but clearly it was a little low.
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It’s early May and it looks like I’m 50 books ahead of schedule.
Oops.
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River's world..... 
I wish I could still read books. As a kid I read a book a day — adult books, not kids books. I maybe didn’t understand everything, but I learned new words from each book, and that was part of why I read. I slowed down as an adult, but still I read a coupke hundred books a year.
Now, I fall asleep on Page 1. Next day on Page 2. Day 3 I re-read Pages 1 and 2 to make sure I didn’t miss anything. It’s been this way since my concussion 14 years ago. Something got jarred in my brain. I wish I could get it back.
I miss reading books. Word Press is much easier to deal with.
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I’m so sorry, that must be awful. I can’t even imagine not being able to read.
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I’m used to it now (sort of) but at first I hated myself for hitting my head. I was in a rush and tripped.
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I’m impressed.
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It’s funny, because before Goodreads I never counted.
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I am a fan of kindle. But I love going to a new library and borrowing hardbacks! Florida has so many libraries. I go to new ones from time to time. They are beautiful and easy to get around to. I also like ordering through Amazon my books for kindle.
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I’m an old fashioned tactile reader. I need a real book.
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I am old fashioned too, but I love both formats. I am also used to working with textbooks online. My book is available in both formats but yeah nothing beats a bookstore with hard back but the new format nowadays for many published authors is a soft hardback.
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You have excellent eyesight to be able to read so many books. Kind of cool that you’ve achieved your goal and get a snazzy little image to prove it to the world.
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I admit I need cheaters now for small print paperbacks.
🤓
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Wow, Congrats!!! That’s a huge accomplishment, actually your kind of an overachiever if you ask me, lmao. But I do keep the books I read because I can’t possibly part with my beloved books, I’m building quite a library.
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I can’t keep them. I’d be buried alive in no time…
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Is one of those books Cupcake’s new Novel, “The Bayou Heist”?
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It is not.
But now I’m intrigued….
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I set my goal for 60 and I am already on 32, so I am still on schedule.
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That’s great!
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I’m thrilled because I just finished my 10th book of the year, which is halfway to my goal and five ahead of schedule.
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Do you need the tactile feel of a good book to enjoy it are can you Kindle/Nook? I was running out of room in my house. I thought Nook would solve my problems. It did…for a while. Congrats on your book challenge! Mona
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I’m old school all the way. I have to physically hold it and turn pages. No digital for me…
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Wow. I might read five a year…I’m what you would call A Slacker. 🙂
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Or… you have a busy full life and don’t have the time.
😉
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