Reading by numbers...we can DO this folks!

Sadly, I've contributed only 5 reviews, though I do have more books to review for.  And I will certainly try my best to gun the pedal.  I confess, it's hard for me to read and write all at the same time.  So, just between us, can I cheat a little bit?  If I can't read all 38/39 books, can I share Sadhbh's contribution?  She more than makes up for so many of us!    *hee hee*

Sadhbh, are you out there!  <gg> 

Mary-Kay is here too

and there are loads of people who come in the middle between FF and me

but even FF's three books are three more to the total

Come on everybody, every single book counts!

it's a Johanna Lindsey, but I can't remember the title offhand

I'm not picking on FF, just pointing out that there are two ends to every spectrum

like as many books as I do, but she's going to pass the word along, and maybe recruit a few people for the Challenge - we could do with a little more Irish influence in here

the four figures by the end of the year, at my current rate I'm up to 979 for the year but I'm hoping to get the average up by .07 a day and that will see me with a year end total of just over 1000

Seems like such a tiny effort and that's what 22 books represents over two thirds of the year, but every book counts

Sadhbh, I'll aim for 1000 too!  It'll be fun to try for it. 

(I still have to backlog blog 100 books or so, which I WILL do once I can tear myself away from reading new books for a while) 

I was feeling bad about only reviewing 105 books but after reading the numbers I don't feel quite as bad as I did.  Not that I plan on stopping reading and reviewing anytime soon.

Yay!  I didn't think I was contributing much, but at 51 books I am over my "must read" number!!! 

Jayne~I had an online glitch and accidentally posted a review twice.  Can we delete one of those?

With Sadhbh and Janet reading enough for 100 people each, we can all read less LOL. Just kidding.  I've read 46 books so far and my plan is to keep reading at this pace the rest of the year.

I do see a lot of people who post in the forums, but haven't read one book yet.  We ALL need to read and post for this wonderful challenge.

Sorry about the double-post. Maybe the computer thought this was a review and it was trying to help me cheat!

Ellen

Yenastone, no promises, but yeah...  I'm going to give it a try!  I could tell that I was going to easily peasily hit 500, that if I kept up reading at this rate, 100 books a month, even if i was only in the challenge for 9 months (since I joined late) I could try to hit 900 if I kept up!  It will be fun and quite a challenge to hit 1000 books.  I feel like I might go insane though, keeping up this rate of reading. 

Reading only 38 books for a whole year doesn't sound bad.  Put that way it makes it very reasonable to reach the goal. But again every book counts and like everyone knows Sadhbh is making up for any low numbers from some of us.  And I always thought I read a lot also. 

I feel good that I've read more than my required 38, but of course that's not going to stop me.  Who knows where I'll be by years end...not as high as many of you, but hopefully at or above 100!

could have stopped a long time ago, given that I'm reading the 9*38.446751 th book at the moment

Interestingly enough I have to read another 17.01*38.446751 to make it to four figures, without the .01 I'm stuck at 999.62*** books

Well you do seem to like playing with numbers

If everyone in the Challenge reads only 3.25 books a month that will equal 39 for each person for the year!  Three or four books a month seems like a very doable total for anyone even a slow reader or someone that has very little time to read.

I will do my best to sign up someone new.  Most of the people I know do not read H/S books!  Darn!!  They just don't know what they are missing.   Since I'm already at over 50 books I could quit but of course I won't!  Even if I can manage to read just one more book than I read last year I would be happy!!

Good luck everyone, go read!!

By the way, to all the Mom's have a very Happy Mother's Day.

Jayne, I hope to meet you in San Francisco.  I'm coming for the book signing.

I don't think we should get comfortable....  when you think of the user activity at any forum...  Probably 50% of the members are inactive and haven't visited lately.  Just as many members might not have ever made a post at the eHarlequin forums. 

I hope that the 2000 members mentioned are active ones.   Also think of any survey you send out...  you never get 100% of the people to respond once, and having people remember to come back 38 times and aim for that many reviews...  its tough! 

People are most likely to help out if they've got constant reminders of the challenge, inviting them personally to participate (i.e. via emails) or if they know friends who are doing the challenge with them (so they can get a little friendly competition going and motivate each other). 

I know...  I'm such a Debbie Downer eh???  But I'm just thinking realistically, I hope that the people we do grab and get involved in this challenge are real motivated and slay their TBR piles. 

She started calling me that back in 2006 when I used to "gently encourage" other members of the then 100 book challenge (remember how you thought you "might" get about a dozen takers Jayne ) to read and post their reviews. I think it was specifically encouraging the people from the Lunasylum that prompted FF to give me that name - for what seemed to her to be obvious reasons

She might have a different recollection, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it

Hugs

Sadhbh 

Are all the book reviews being counted? Are some getting placed in the blog and not tripping the counter. I could swear that there are many more reviews written than are being counted. I've gone over the 39 mark (well, even passed 100 books read). Can I count myself amongst the cool group?

BTW, I pass on my books to someone at work, so, I have asked her to consider getting involved. She passes my books on to someone she knows from her 2nd job and she will be asking them. But who will I know that someone I'm recruiting actually does it? All I can do is cross my fingers and hope that they get involved.

right?  *grin*

  And ho boy... I do feel much better.... I'm past 39 books myself, but am in no way slowing down.
  My youngest daughter is my reader-at-home and I'm trying to talk her into blogging... I've told her that all she has to do is tell me a few words and heck I'll write 'em up! 

                          We'll see... 

I'm active in the Medical Romance and Harlequin Romance threads, so I'll remind the gangs over there. That still leaves most of the forums untouched. Who's going to remind their friends in the other threads/forums?

Also, how 'bout adding a reminder in our signature lines? So the reminder stays around? Maybe even change it every month or so, so that it looks different enough for people to read it again?

Penn, off to the MedRom and HarlRom threads

Great ideas everyone.

I've not been reading (ducks the chucked items). Don't make me give you a list of what else (not fun) is on my plate right now. We'll all get tired reading it and you'll question my sanity more than some of you do now.

But I will definitely make up for it.

I'm moving when the school year ends, so once I have everyone settled and back into a routine I'll actually have some free time. I may not recognize it at first, but it'll be there.

I generally read more in the summer anyway. I take the kids out swimming every day, for at least an hour, a couple of times a day, and I read while we're out there, so I will get my 40 in july and aug and then I'll keep reading til the end of the year. All told I'll probably make about 60.  

Thanks. so far i've done it right. the anthologies of novelas has been done as one book. As for the reread, I've haven't read any of these books in years, maybe 3 years or more. I could start at one end and it might take me more than a year to go thru them.

I've read new ones but i gave them back to my mom marked that I've read them, but no list of name and author or imprint exists 

so unless i go to her house and look at all the books, the "new ones" are long gone. In the summer i tap the Library and the Library book sales so we'll see where I wind up.