Did anybody complete the Goodreads reading challenge?

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If so how many did you do? Do you share the results?Wondering what to set for next year.

Yes. Set mine for 75 in 2018 and exceeded it by about 20. Nowhere near my reading levels of previous years due to big changes at home but still a reasonable one.

I like to set the bar lower than my actual plan, so that I'm always slightly ahead, just in case other things get in the way of my reading. Relatively stress-free then ☺

I read 12 out of my set challenge of 30.

But it's kindly telling me that if I read 18 a day I'll meet my challenge 🤣

I read 20 last year so set my challenge at 25 for this year. I read 40, although will give a lot of credit for that to the 25 book challenge thread on here. Not sure I will do so well this year but will increase it to 40 or 35. I think 40 is unusual for me!

Set my target at 50, but only managed 26, but that did include several books in French and a couple of quite chewy non-fiction titles.

Me, I set mine for 52, one new book a week. I managed to read 56. I never count all the re-reading of favourites.

41/45, disappointed in myself. Going to set it for 50 in 2019.

21/40

Mainly because I stopped commuting on the train due to a change of job in May which now means a 1.5 hour drive.

Much more tiring and loss of reading time on the train. I got a 12 month subscription to Audible though for Xmas so should get 12 in on my commute this year

I'm going to set the bar at 25 in 2019.

63/60, but 10 of those were in December as I got a lot of books for my birthday.
I will set it for 70 next year, for a stretch (should get a head start with the rest of my birthday books).

63/60 for me, v pleased as I only just made 50 last year. Going to try 70 for 2019.

Yes, and I exceeded it by quite a bit because I kept marking books I read ages ago.

(But off Goodreads I actually aimed to read 26 and read 40)

38/45 for me which was a bit disappointing as I felt I was reading very well, no major gaps between books but there was a big house move that knocked my attention off.

And was probably due in part to a couple of big books that were not bad enough to put down but I wasn't picking up at every opportunity either.

Aiming for 40 for 2019 and hoping to exceed it!

Set for 60 and read 89, more than last two years but fewer than my best year of 101. I might up it to 75 for next year but I want to do more writing than reading in 2019

Those of you who read over 50 books a year- how much time per day do you spend reading?
If I’m on holiday I can read a book in a week, but at other times of the year that seems impossible!

I nearly read 50, but some of them were VERY short, and I read quickly. I read most nights in the bath, occasionally on the bus but it's only a 20 min journey.

Managed my 45 - half way through 46, not going to finish it as there's still 300 pages!!

Most of my books are 500 pages plus (and I'm not a fast reader) so I'm never going to get more than 45.

Usually an hour or so a day, maybe more if I’m really into something but I’m a fast reader!

I did, 30 out of 30, undecided whether to stick with 30 or set a higher target as a challenge.

93/75 for me. But a good few of them were ‘fluff’ that only took a few hours each. Going to stick to the 75 target and try and keep the same mix of high and low brow!

I set my target at 12 this year due to some academic work I had going on. I am about 2hrs away from hitting no.19.

Setting to 30 this year. If I set too high (for me) then the target impacts my decisions on what to read too much.

I am excited as I have a pile that I am really looking forward to reading.

@NigelGresley - I don’t watch TV. So when OH sits down and puts a show on, I pick up my book. I think I read for 2 hours a night, more on weekends. I also have a kindle that comes everywhere with me so I read as I’m cooking, in the bath, at lunchtime etc

Aimed for 30 but did 41.

One of my NY Resolutions is to read more (less screen time) so I have bought brighter bulbs (dim lighting was putting me off) and my target is 45 for 2019.

12/12 here - it was a struggle but going to up it to 24 next year to keep momentum going

41/30 but some were a bit short. I'll probably set the same number for 2019.

I set my challenge at 30 but read 44. V chuffed.