I have 17 books left on my #TBR17, books that I want to read, books that I‘m going to read ... eventually. I made the decision to give up on my #tbr17. I‘ve read 133 books this year, my goal was 50. I‘m just going to read. This means I will very likely not finish my #litsyatoz challenge, and I‘m ok with that. I‘m done forcing myself to read certain books when I really want to read ‘Turtles All the Way Down‘ or ‘Slapstick‘
BookBabe 🙌🏻 Good decision! And WOW, congratulations on killing it on your reading goal! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 My Goodreads challenge is set at 50 also, and I thought I did great by reading around 65 books. But 133!!!! Yowza! 7y
Robothugs I support this decision! Reading should be fun and enjoyed, you shouldn‘t feel like you have to do it! Plus, that amount of books read in one year... bravo! 🙌🏻 7y
Clwojick That's what I did this year. 👏 my goal was 100, and I've more than tripled that. I absolutely crushed my goal, and I think that was because I simply read whatever I felt like reading. I learned that I don't like feeling forced to read specific books. So even though the new year hasn't even started, I don't think I'll be doing passport to Litsy anymore next year, or I'll choose 4 instead of 12. Even trying to come up with the titles exhausted me😬 7y
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Suelizbeth Wow! Good for you. I disagree with your post, though. You aren‘t giving up. You‘re just readjusting your focus. 7y
susanw Agreed. I keep track of some of the challenges but only read what I want, if it fits in a challenge great, if not, I‘m not going to beat myself up about not completing a random list of book suggested ideas. I try to read diversely, and a wide range of genres, so if I don‘t read a book with a boat on the cover or whatever, I‘m ok with it. 7y
Godmotherx5 You‘ve rocked the year. Good job!! 7y
RebelReader You almost tripled your goal of books read! That's success plus in my book! 😁 7y
MinDea I am so with you on this. I stopped about 4 months ago with litsy A to Z and goodreads Around year in 52 cause I was just not reading the books I wanted to read! Awesome job on 133 book!!! So jealous. I have read 53 🤓. I wish I had more time to read! 7y
julesG Congratulations on reading so much and readjusting your goals. I've also decided not to force myself to finish the Litsy A to Z. 7y
OrangeMooseReads @BookBabe 65 is nothing to sneeze at. 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Robothugs thanks 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Clwojick wow that is awesome surpassing your goal by that much 👍🏽 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Suelizbeth that‘s true I am just readjusting. Thanks 7y
OrangeMooseReads @susanw 👍🏽 I decided about a month ago I‘m not doing any challenges or lists next year I‘m just going to read whatever strikes me. 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Godmotherx5 thanks 7y
OrangeMooseReads @RebelReader thank you 7y
OrangeMooseReads @MinDea there have been so many excellent books published this year and I have read so few of them and I want to read them. 53 is good especially if you have limited time. That‘s just over a book a week and some people don‘t even do that 😁 7y
OrangeMooseReads @julesG I love the #litsyatoz but the books I picked stopped appealing to me. I did readjust it to fit books I did read this year and I‘m really close. 7y
kylienoele This is how I felt about halfway through the year and then I decided to stop doing challenges (except my Goodreads challenge) because there were so many things I wanted to read but kept forcing myself to read others. Reading what you feel like reading is much more fun! 7y
julesG Same here. Just three more books. I adjusted, but find other books so much more attractive. 7y
drokka Yeah, this is why when I join any challenges I do so with the caveat that I'll do it until it feels like work. My approach now is, if the book fits in a challenge then Yay! If not, then I'm no worse for it. 7y
Karkar I feel the same way. I have a really hard time reading if it is like an “assignment “ to my brain. 7y
AmandaL You had a great reading year! 7y
OrangeMooseReads @AmandaL thanks 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Karkar my mood has taken over and the rebel in me is fighting the assigned list lol 7y
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