Comments on: Weekly Geeks – Reading Challenges

By: Mish

Mish — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:18:35 +0000

This is my first year of taking on reading challenges set by others so I started easy- drama and 100 short stories, which I enjoy reading anyway. My personal challenges were to get through some of my Dread Pile o’Reads, read what I own, and minimize buying new books. So far so good. Maybe next year I’ll branch out on my challenges.

By: Margot

Margot — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:41:33 +0000

I agree with what is happening to you on the challenge books. Very strange. I have been enjoying the Agatha Christie one too. Her books are just such a pleasure to read.

By: jess

jess — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:21:59 +0000

I joined only one challenge and I am having a hard time reading the challenge books when I am suppose to. It is tough when there is so many great books to choose from to not just go with your mood or interest at that particular moment.

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:33:11 +0000

Some challenges have helped me read books I wouldn't have read otherwise. But challenges do freak me out! WG: Reading Challenges.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:25:44 +0000

The problem with challenges, for me, comes when the books become ‘should read’ books…even though I chose them because I wanted to read them in the first place! Lezlie’s comment made me laugh – this could be a great psychology project for someone! I only have a few challenges, but I will join even fewer next year.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:31:03 +0000

This is a timely topic for me as I’ve just decided to abandon all my reading challenges so I don’t stress over them. You sound like a kindred reading spirit, and I appreciate your thoughtful comments on my blog when I expressed my thoughts about reading challenges and posting schedules. I love the idea of the reading challenge, but it just doesn’t work out for me. I think I just joined too many this year in my enthusiasm.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:15:29 +0000

My current challenge is finishing up several books so I can move on. I need to finish the Uglow bio of Gaskell (I think I don’t want to read about her dying and the aftermath so it’s languishing on the shelf), the Shakespeare book (1599), the Rebels of Ireland, and Dracula, which I haven’t even started posting about yet.

I have yet to do a challenge proposed by someone else, though I set my own challeges (all of Gaskell, all of Shakespeare, etc.).

By: Lezlie

Lezlie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:01:07 +0000

I, too, am a challenge addict, and I completely relate to that weird, rebellious feeling of not reading a book on a challenge list even when you really, really want to read it. That could be a psychology project for someone.

Lezlie