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

for those that might only make their 33 books , that should take a little of the pressure off now, shouldn't it?

Hi Amanda - we posted at the same time LOL

I can't believe I actually beat you to that, Sadhbh!  Yes, you are the 'secret weapon'!  You go!

...that FF, the birthday girl, is being picked on here?  LOL!  She started a new book today, too.  Should we ask her what it is?

 Seriously, Sadhbh, I totally agree.  All of our reviews count. 

You know I think I have a couple of her books in here somewhere, too!  In fact I have a huge TBR pile!  Better get my butt in gear, huh? 

Some places that I've tried or will try:

• I've tried to get the few readers in our local romance reading group who are not already part of the challenge (at the May meeting, 3 of the 5 present are already participating, so not a lot of newbies there) to sign up. I made a little one page sheet about it and gave it to them. Hopefully they'll come by. One said she would, I'm leaving the other to Debkc3.
• I'm also going to try and get our little group that started out as a local DFW-eHQ group (we've grown and given ourselves a name LOL) to participate. There are two teachers in the group, so here's hoping they'll do their summer reads, at least. PLUS, there are two AVID readers who are not (yet) participating.
• I also went begging at Catherine Mann's board late last week and noticed that Cathy has now posted two books. (There's a hint for those of you who hang out in other reader forums -- you could beg at those places.)
• I'm also going to try to get something in the final PTA newsletter at my kids' school and/or the final PTA meeting of the year.
• Not to mention when I'm home this summer getting my family involved. If they won't blog, I'll give them an ID and blog their books for them. I'm from a family of readers, although a lot of their reading is newspapers and magazines, which unfortunately don't count. Now, on the upside, I bo't my b-i-l an MP3 player so he can download audio books from his library and my mom and sister have both mentioned how much he loves that (he as a 1-1.5 hour commute each way, 5x/week). So just getting his list of what he's read will help.

Okay, any other ideas on where we can recruit? Oh, church, for those of us who go to church. And what about those of you who are part of RWA? Has it been bro't up at any of your meetings?

Penn, waiting for ideas from the rest of y'all

Why not enclose a flier or at least ingfo in every subscription box one month? Or at least incorporate info on the Challenge into hte other material we get if printing costs too high to do something seprately.

can you e-mail me the paper you were handing out last week at book club? I'm trying to talk people in some of my Yahoo Groups to join (have been since January) but haven't had any luck. But if you would be willing to share that with me, maybe I can use that. And I can post it on my blogs all over the place in hopes of recruiting more people too.

we could add to our individual myspace or facebook pages?  I would be glad to do that!  {Someone would have to help me outl, but I would so try to do it!!!!}

There are still a few more books that I have sitting around waiting to be blogged.  I'll be sure to get them in before this month is over. 

 Sadhbh, I'm gonna need you to pick up my slack this month.  LOL  I'm slow getting my books read this year.  I'll aim for twenty this month, including my back log. 

I always thought I read a lot, but now I'm not so sure. Still, I'm more than halfway to my 38.whatever books.

Too bad there isn't a way to count the times I've read my WIP. My output would quadruple. At least.

You guys are amazing. This is a wonderful cause. I'll keep at it. 

Cheers,

Ellen 

Amanda, My Dearest Gnat is always picking on me!  Luckily, I pick right back.

well I've been reading, but during tax season I haven't time to blog or review. Lately I haven't had many new books to me. So I've been rereading old ones from my library stash at home

Unfortunately i don't remember what books I read and reviewed in the prior challenge so I haven't posted any.  my at home library stash numbers in the hundreds, maybe a thousand. There are books in boxes I can't even reach and have no idea what they are. So I guess I'll try to blog some of them. 

When I read the article on how many books we needed to read I did not have on my reading glasses.  I thought the decimal point was a comma.  I had to swallow the lump in my throat and take a deep breath.  I looked at all the books piled around me and the ones boxed up in my spare room.  All of them in my TBR pile.  It was a difficult task you but I was ready. 

 Then I read some of the comments, put on my reading glasses, and reread the article.

Whew!

I've already surpassed the 38.whatever and plan to add many, many more.

I have already recruited another member and I spoke about the challenge to my group of 30.  I will now post Jayne's release on out loop.

I know we will reach the goal, long before December 31.

Thank you, Jayne! I've been watching the numbers and I saw the goal of 18,000 books by end of May. Then today I saw it had changed to 15,000 books by the end of May and my heart sunk. I thought you all thought it was too much for us.

But 38 books! I'm over 50 already. Woo hoo! You made my day! And it's only April. I seem to be avg'g 15 books a month, so I'm doing okay!

I'm so glad you posted the link for the press release. I saw it used on another blog but can't remember whose it was at the moment, but I remember thinking I'd love to do that on mine. You must have ESP 

Keep up the good work!

After thinking and puzzling until my noggin's sore, I just can't stand it anymore!  My curiousity is getting the best of me!  I just have to ask ... WHAT does 'Dearest Gnat' mean?  I know you're talking about Sadhbh, right?  Or am I really off?

(Just lost my whole post while I was trying to see how many books I've read!)

Great idea, putting a logo & link to the press release!  I've just put it onto my Hope Chest blog, and I'm going to add it to my other blogs, too, plus my personal webpages.  (Maybe even the business webpage!)

So far, my score is

• Harlequin, 28
• Other, 17

I make that 45, plus library books I've had to turn in and will have to check out again to finish! 

then I surpassed my quota and i can stop now

I posted the flyer you made yup on all three of my blogs Jayne. I may add it to Kwips when we do the update this week. I've also forwarded the flyer on to every single one of my yahoo book groups that allows any kind of promo type post. I've gotten a couple nibbles with folks asking questions so I'm trying!

Well I'm glad to know I'm well over my required 38 books to contribute for the year. :-) Just added books 60 and 61 tonight.