Defining Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 No rules, no restrictions, everyone welcome! Post your annual reading goals here, and report back in with progress updates and/or reading recommendations. Oh, I lied, there are a few rules: Any reading is good reading: It doesn't have to be books; graphic novels, long-form internet content, periodicals, etc. are all totally legitimate reading materials. Read what you like! **Audiobooks count!** Read at your own level: You may NOT compare your own goals to someone else's - it's all about what works for YOU, and there is no goal too low or lofty to be included. Set goals that will help, not hinder. Read for your own reasons: It could be for the discussion of the topics, for time to yourself, to entertain, to escape, or even just to learn something new - there are no wrong answers. Tag your fellow NF-reading-keen buddies, and away we go! Click here to check out any recommendations submitted by members; you can either post your own recommendations in the thread and tag Defining to have it added it to the list, or just DM if you'd prefer. Please tell us: Title, Genre, Length, Format, a brief Summary, Why you like it, and a link if you can. If you'd like to track your goal, feel free to add a sheet for yourself here by duplicating the sample sheet & renaming it for yourself! Defining will add your 'total progress' to the master list (if you want! let me know if you don't, that's A-OK!). NOTE: I'm positive there's a better way to do this, but I have zero experience with shared tracking sheets, so suggestions are welcome! You can change the annual goal to reflect number of books, days completed, total minutes spent, word count, whatever works best for YOU! 14 Quote ...but I'm adorable! Ask anyone who doesn't know me... Link to comment
Defining Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 @Harriet @Jupiter @Aquarii @RES @fitnessgurl @Lateral Planet @Mike Wazowski @zenLara @Cheetah @Salinger @Strickland5 Please tag anyone else you think would enjoy having reading buddies, and/or if you see someone mention reading in their challenges/goals! 7 2 Quote ...but I'm adorable! Ask anyone who doesn't know me... Link to comment
fitnessgurl Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Oooohhhh! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 ready for this! I'm currently reading Sacred Rhythms by Ruth H. Barton & Living Simchat: Finding the Joy In Everything by R Nadar Margolin. 1 1 Quote L3 Human Ranger/Assassin Str. 6 Dex. 2 Sta. 1 Con. 12 Wis. 8 Cha. 3 https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/58014 Motto: Where there is life, there is hope. Soli Deo Gloria Link to comment
fitnessgurl Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 14 4 2 Quote L3 Human Ranger/Assassin Str. 6 Dex. 2 Sta. 1 Con. 12 Wis. 8 Cha. 3 https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/58014 Motto: Where there is life, there is hope. Soli Deo Gloria Link to comment
Jupiter Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 This is awesome, thanks @Defining! My goal is to read 40 books this year, and hopefully read 30 minutes a day. 3 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
SMintYoongi Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I want actually to read consistently this year. I've been a major reading slump for the past years, so I want to start enjoying reading again. I started reading Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins, and I love it already. I also began Wildfire (Wildwitch, #1) earlier today, but this one is a reread which I read when I was a kid. If anyone wants to be friends on Goodreads, my username is SMintYoongi (or you can search for Selma Birkedal, that should work as well). 5 Quote Current challenge - 0.1 Challenges - Link to comment
Lara Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm in! I have no specific goal right now other than read, but there are about 25 books waiting in my e-reader. 8 hours ago, Defining said: For some weird reason, my brain found this gif fascinating and I kept staring at it for a couple of minutes. Do we start with the new year or on new challenge date? Thanks for tagging me! 3 2 Quote Link to comment
Cheetah Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm game. My goal is to read 12 books this year. I'm starting with Order of the Phoenix. 🙂 4 1 Quote Level 48 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
Jupiter Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, Cheetah said: I'm game. My goal is to read 12 books this year. I'm starting with Order of the Phoenix. 🙂 Nice! 3 1 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
Novaurora Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 This is PERFECT. Reading is one of my low key goals for the year. I really just want to read 1 book for pleasure a month (I'm an English teacher, so I am constantly reading, but NOT for pleasure). My Current list for the year includes Beartown AND Britt Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman The Handmaid's Tale* by Margaret Atwood Today Will Be Different* by Maria Semple Breakfast of Champions* by Kurt Vonnegut Fangirl* by Rainbow Rowell I am Legend by Richard Matheson Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald* by Therese Anne Fowler *= books I started in 2019 that I failed to finish Happy Reading Everyone!! 4 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm definitely in! I have a bad habit of reading consistently for a while, then stopping for months at a time. Aiming for 60 books this year, and maybe an hour or so reading a day. Strangely enough, this is going to be made much easier if I keep being given 11+ hour work shifts, because they come with long lunch breaks which are perfect for hiding away with a book 4 Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
Defining Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Welcome one and all! I am loving your reading lists, keep them coming! On 12/31/2019 at 4:05 AM, zenLara said: Do we start with the new year or on new challenge date? Whatever works best for you! For myself, I'm setting up my goals and then tracking starting from Jan 1, but there are no wrong answers when it comes to reading. I've really been pondering my reading this year - 2020 already has a lot on my plate in terms of self-directed goals, and while reading is NEVER 'work' for me, I want to make sure that I don't use it as an excuse to neglect other areas of my life (which I have been known to do). So.... I'm going to aim for 10million words in 'recreational' long-form content - that works out to about 100 books, give or take. Not included in that will be my educational reading for gaining skills & work related continuous learning - I also can't be bothered to track what random blogs/articles I read; but if I go through a whole series of online long-form content (which I don't very often), then I can include that if I want to. I think this will be a reasonable maintenance goal for me, since I hit 120 books in 2018 and over 140 books in 2019. Using the word count as a goal also helps to accommodate the heavier/longer materials instead of throwing more 'junky' books into the mix to hit that type of goal (which is not to say that I won't still have a fair bit of light reading novels). 4 Quote ...but I'm adorable! Ask anyone who doesn't know me... Link to comment
WolfDreamer Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm totally in! I don't have a specific number of books as a goal, but I want to read at least 30 minutes every day without interruptions or distractions. 3 Quote Who am I? -- My NF Character Current Challenge: WolfDreamer Enters Spartan Training Past Challenges: Spoiler Winter is Coming, Wolfen Strengthens His Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit, Wolfen Becomes One of the People, Wolfen Strengthens His Chakras, Wolfen Welcomes Summer and Gets Primal, Soulcon and Spartan, Wolfen Develops Mental Toughness, Wolfen Joins the Wander Society, Soulcon, Spartan, School, and Stranger Things, Wolfen Becomes a Warrior Elite, Wolfen Goes Here and There and Back Again, Wolfen Becomes a Soulcon Warrior Elite, Wolfen Returns to His Roots, Wolfen Wanders in Soul, Spirit, and Body, Wolfen Owns the Day, Wolfen Searches for His Wild Heart, Wolfen Runs for His Life, Wolfen Hits the Trails, Wolfen Becomes an Explorer and Joins the Resistance, Wolfen Goes Back to the Source, Wolfen Begins the Hero's Journey, WolfDreamer Returns to the People, WolfDreamer Pushes Back, WolfDreamer Prioritizes, Burpees, Books, and Brainwork, Burpees, Books, Brainwork, and Bodywork, WolfDreamer Masters the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Continues to Master the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Returns to Sparta, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Continues His Middle Earth Adventure, WolfDreamer and the Fall, WolfDreamer Forges His Own Path, WolfDreamer Has Hope, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Reads Harder, Breathes Harder, and Journals More, WolfDreamer Embraces His Wild Poet, The Mad Poet Becomes Supernatural, WolfDreamer, The Mad Poet, Becomes Superhuman, WolfDreamer Elevates, WolfDreamer Becomes IronBorn, WolfDreamer Wakes the White Wolf, The Mad Poet Recovers by Keeping it Simple, WolfDreamer Clears His Mind to Find His Wild Heart, WolfDreamer Resets, WolfDreamer Strives to Become an Eminently Qualified Peaceful Warrior, WolfDreamer Springs Forward, WolfDreamer Returns (For Real This Time), WolfDreamer is RespaWinning, WolfDreamer Reboots, WolfDreamer Thinks About the Roman Empire “I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” -- Jack London “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.” -- Leo Tolstoy "I feel love rising in my chest again Rising like a burning sun into the day..." -- Gungor, "Hurricane" "...wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17b Link to comment
Harriet Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm in. 2020 is the year of exploring gothic and metal culture. The former is fairly well defined so I have a long reading list of gothic literature. I'm not sure what counts as metal reading material, but I think vikings and sci fi might fit well? Suggestions are welcome. I don't have rules about time or number of books, but what I should do is make sure books are available to me. That means seeing what's I can get from the library and making sure I pick some things up at the start of every challenge, then put them somewhere visible so they're a viable, easy alternative to nighttime aimless internetting. I've placed holds on the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole's the Castle Otranto, and Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. All paper because I like to hold dead pressed trees in my hands and read by yellow light rather than blue. 3 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
WolfDreamer Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 I do want to add that in 2020, I am also challenging myself to read more diverse books from diverse authors. I am ashamed to say that most of the books I have read in my lifetime were written by white men. 3 2 Quote Who am I? -- My NF Character Current Challenge: WolfDreamer Enters Spartan Training Past Challenges: Spoiler Winter is Coming, Wolfen Strengthens His Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit, Wolfen Becomes One of the People, Wolfen Strengthens His Chakras, Wolfen Welcomes Summer and Gets Primal, Soulcon and Spartan, Wolfen Develops Mental Toughness, Wolfen Joins the Wander Society, Soulcon, Spartan, School, and Stranger Things, Wolfen Becomes a Warrior Elite, Wolfen Goes Here and There and Back Again, Wolfen Becomes a Soulcon Warrior Elite, Wolfen Returns to His Roots, Wolfen Wanders in Soul, Spirit, and Body, Wolfen Owns the Day, Wolfen Searches for His Wild Heart, Wolfen Runs for His Life, Wolfen Hits the Trails, Wolfen Becomes an Explorer and Joins the Resistance, Wolfen Goes Back to the Source, Wolfen Begins the Hero's Journey, WolfDreamer Returns to the People, WolfDreamer Pushes Back, WolfDreamer Prioritizes, Burpees, Books, and Brainwork, Burpees, Books, Brainwork, and Bodywork, WolfDreamer Masters the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Continues to Master the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Returns to Sparta, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Continues His Middle Earth Adventure, WolfDreamer and the Fall, WolfDreamer Forges His Own Path, WolfDreamer Has Hope, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Reads Harder, Breathes Harder, and Journals More, WolfDreamer Embraces His Wild Poet, The Mad Poet Becomes Supernatural, WolfDreamer, The Mad Poet, Becomes Superhuman, WolfDreamer Elevates, WolfDreamer Becomes IronBorn, WolfDreamer Wakes the White Wolf, The Mad Poet Recovers by Keeping it Simple, WolfDreamer Clears His Mind to Find His Wild Heart, WolfDreamer Resets, WolfDreamer Strives to Become an Eminently Qualified Peaceful Warrior, WolfDreamer Springs Forward, WolfDreamer Returns (For Real This Time), WolfDreamer is RespaWinning, WolfDreamer Reboots, WolfDreamer Thinks About the Roman Empire “I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” -- Jack London “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.” -- Leo Tolstoy "I feel love rising in my chest again Rising like a burning sun into the day..." -- Gungor, "Hurricane" "...wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17b Link to comment
Lateral Planet Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 My goal for this year is to make a dent in all the unread books I have lying around. I always seem to buy them faster than I can read them! 5 1 Quote Link to comment
Inazea Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 Oooh, nice, I'm in! My goal this year is to read 30 books. 3 Quote Daily battle log: https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/113163-dear-diary/ My epic quest: https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/113166-inazeas-road-through-life/ Link to comment
Harriet Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 16 hours ago, WolfDreamer said: I do want to add that in 2020, I am also challenging myself to read more diverse books from diverse authors. I am ashamed to say that most of the books I have read in my lifetime were written by white men. What a great goal. And the internet makes it achievable, too. I would be interested to hear what you pick out. 3 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
WolfDreamer Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Harriet said: What a great goal. And the internet makes it achievable, too. I would be interested to hear what you pick out. I've already started with the audiobook version of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. I'll put a list together of books I want to read this year and post it here for you. 2 1 Quote Who am I? -- My NF Character Current Challenge: WolfDreamer Enters Spartan Training Past Challenges: Spoiler Winter is Coming, Wolfen Strengthens His Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit, Wolfen Becomes One of the People, Wolfen Strengthens His Chakras, Wolfen Welcomes Summer and Gets Primal, Soulcon and Spartan, Wolfen Develops Mental Toughness, Wolfen Joins the Wander Society, Soulcon, Spartan, School, and Stranger Things, Wolfen Becomes a Warrior Elite, Wolfen Goes Here and There and Back Again, Wolfen Becomes a Soulcon Warrior Elite, Wolfen Returns to His Roots, Wolfen Wanders in Soul, Spirit, and Body, Wolfen Owns the Day, Wolfen Searches for His Wild Heart, Wolfen Runs for His Life, Wolfen Hits the Trails, Wolfen Becomes an Explorer and Joins the Resistance, Wolfen Goes Back to the Source, Wolfen Begins the Hero's Journey, WolfDreamer Returns to the People, WolfDreamer Pushes Back, WolfDreamer Prioritizes, Burpees, Books, and Brainwork, Burpees, Books, Brainwork, and Bodywork, WolfDreamer Masters the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Continues to Master the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Returns to Sparta, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Continues His Middle Earth Adventure, WolfDreamer and the Fall, WolfDreamer Forges His Own Path, WolfDreamer Has Hope, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Reads Harder, Breathes Harder, and Journals More, WolfDreamer Embraces His Wild Poet, The Mad Poet Becomes Supernatural, WolfDreamer, The Mad Poet, Becomes Superhuman, WolfDreamer Elevates, WolfDreamer Becomes IronBorn, WolfDreamer Wakes the White Wolf, The Mad Poet Recovers by Keeping it Simple, WolfDreamer Clears His Mind to Find His Wild Heart, WolfDreamer Resets, WolfDreamer Strives to Become an Eminently Qualified Peaceful Warrior, WolfDreamer Springs Forward, WolfDreamer Returns (For Real This Time), WolfDreamer is RespaWinning, WolfDreamer Reboots, WolfDreamer Thinks About the Roman Empire “I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” -- Jack London “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.” -- Leo Tolstoy "I feel love rising in my chest again Rising like a burning sun into the day..." -- Gungor, "Hurricane" "...wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17b Link to comment
nianjufe Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 I'm looking forward to this! I've been working my way through the Rory Gilmore reading challenge with one of my friends for the past two years, and am only just starting the C's (alphabetical by title)! My goal is to read at least 30 mins everyday. 3 2 Quote NF Character Current Challenge Intro Post, Battle Log "Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1 Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 My goal for 2020 is a bit different, but I want to play. My goal is to write down the title of every book I read. Bonus points if I record a rating of it. I really have no idea how many books I read, and I'd like to know.Also, I often forget the titles and so I'm not very good at book recommendations, and I'd like to be better at that. 3 2 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 I'm in. I read all the time anyway and I like the idea of a challenge I set the parameters for. This year, my reading challenge for myself is to become better at getting rid of books I refuse to finish because I don't enjoy reading them. I will delete them from my eReaders, or donate them if they are paper books. Either way, I do not need to hoard books I have no intention of picking back up and read. 7 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2024 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42; Ch 43; Ch 44; Ch 45; Ch 46; Ch 47; Intermission VI; Ch 48; Ch 49; Ch 50 Link to comment
RES Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 Goals...to finish Co-Dependence Healing the Human, and the Game of Thrones series... 3 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: No challenge this round Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 86 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84|85|86|87|88|89| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Defining Posted January 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 23 hours ago, Harriet said: I'm in. 2020 is the year of exploring gothic and metal culture. The former is fairly well defined so I have a long reading list of gothic literature. I'm not sure what counts as metal reading material, but I think vikings and sci fi might fit well? Suggestions are welcome. You can check out the steamunk genre, it's pretty 'metal'. 3 Quote ...but I'm adorable! Ask anyone who doesn't know me... Link to comment
Harriet Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, Defining said: You can check out the steamunk genre, it's pretty 'metal'. Thanks for the suggestion. I just googled it. It sounds like fun. It also sounds really, really specific. I'm imagining that it gets a bit samey after a while, so I think I'll just add some of the first or best works to my list. 3 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
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