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I call book foul.

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My first year of using the Goodreads app is through and I have to say I enjoyed the experience.

I’ve always been a voracious and fast reader but never actually tracked the amount of books I fly through annually.

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To say I was surprised at the number of books I read last year is an understatement.

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Now I know why my Amazon bill is so high.

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Good thing I buy as many as I can at thrift stores and library sales.

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But here’s my gripe… I joined their yearly reading challenge and set a goal of how many books I would read last year. I guessed 75, which as it turns out was ridiculously low. I finished 193, which if I do say so myself is pretty impressive.

It’s slightly more than a book every other day which proves I love to read… (and apparently don’t have a life).

So how in the world can anyone read more than that… and why am I only in the top 25%?

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Are there people who read two books a day? And how many do you have to read to teach the top ten…

I call foul.

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30 thoughts on “I call book foul.”

  3. I have a novel confession:
    Reading novels isn’t my obsession.
    Nonfiction books? In 2023 I read three or four….
    If I have time this year, I may read one or two more.
    It’s not that my reading preferences are très deep:
    It’s just that at my age, I need much more sleep.

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  5. Yep, something’s definitely wrong with that percentage calculation. I love books as well, but because of work, where I read a lot contracts and proposals for a living. I didn’t read as many books last year as I hoped.

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    1. Thanks. It shouldn’t be a competition as you’re setting goals for yourself, but I’m sure some people take it that way. For me…I like the idea of keeping a list of titles. I’m forever buying books I’ve already read.
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