MobileRead Book Challenges discussion

Because the publishing industry considers anyone who reads twelve books a year to be an "avid reader," my goal will be to finish twelve books in 2014.

I received 12 books for Christmas this year, so I will meet my goal if I merely read everything Santa brought me.

:)

1...1/07...The Little League That Could - Ken Rappoport

12 books?!? I'll be done 12 books by the middle of February at the rate I am going. :)

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "12 books?!? I'll be done 12 books by the middle of February at the rate I am going. :)"

Yeah, I'm reading a lot of short stories. Not more than one a day. So the number of books I'll finish will be low.

As I mentioned on MR, I got a Kindle 4 for $23 (plus a cover and charger for another $26), and gave it to myself for Christmas. I opened it up on Friday, and charged it (which I think was unnecessary).

For the past four years I have been "purchasing" free eBooks from Amazon. Last night I went to McDonald's to use their WiFi, and was shocked to find that I had exactly 400 books in my archive!

So yesterday and today I downloaded about 60 of them, some of which are magazines and short stories. I'm thinking I won't be spending much on books for the near term!

Congratulations on your new-to-you Kindle! I hope you enjoy!!
I love my Paperwhite!

Nyssa wrote: "Congratulations on your new-to-you Kindle! I hope you enjoy!!
I love my Paperwhite!"

Thanks, Nyssa! I've always been quite content with my jetBook Lite. But thanks to two special deals, I got my Kindle for $19 plus $3 tax. So I thought I would go ahead and take a look at all those free books I'd been "purchasing."

$20?!? I might upgrade at that cost. I still think I want a Kobo for easier library lending in Canada.

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "$20?!? I might upgrade at that cost. I still think I want a Kobo for easier library lending in Canada."

Well, here was the deal. Some months ago I was given as a business gift a $30 Best Buy (or was it Staples?) gift card.

The first week of December, as I recall, Best Buy had the $69 Kindle on sale for $49, $20 off. So with the $30 gift card I was given, it cost me $19 plus tax.

2...1/30...Hard-Boiled Detectives - Weinberg, et al., eds.

Help! See my Dec. 31 post above? You will note that the ticker says 0. Yet at its website it says 2. How can I make it say 2 here?

The Tickers no longer work on GR.

Nyssa wrote: "The Tickers no longer work on GR."

^this

Sadly. :(

I think its on purpose to force people to use the GR system.

I still passed.

Gals, what is the GR system? Something new here?

She means the annual challenge widget on the home page.

Thanks, Nyssa! I'll take a look.

Nyssa wrote: "She means the annual challenge widget on the home page."

Yup

By the way, who was the "deleted member" who started many of the original threads? Anybody remember?

GA wrote: "By the way, who was the "deleted member" who started many of the original threads? Anybody remember?"

Christa. She's back now, but I guess they don't merge past & present accounts.

LOL! I never knew she left!

GA wrote: "LOL! I never knew she left!"

Heh. She was gone for about a month, maybe two..not sure. Just glad she came back. :)

I'm glad too. It was way too quiet around here when we lost a couple of members for a while.

3...2/10...The 34-Ton Bat - Steve Rushin

4...2/17...Bad Sports - Dave Zirin

5...3/03...Return of the Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett

6...3/31...The Battle for Bond - Robert Sellers

7...04/28...Marry Smart - Susan Patton

That's what I should have done, ladies! Marry Smart!

8...05/12...Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around - Bill Crow

9...05/24...The Outlaw League - Daniel R. Levitt

I was without a computer for ten days, so instead of spending my time on the internet, I read!

10...06/02...Pitchers of Beer - Dan Raley

11...06/06...My Word is My Bond - Roger Moore

12...06/07...Prince Valiant, vol. 1 - Hal Foster

13...06/10...Last Team Standing - Matthew Algeo

And with that, I have reached my goal for the year!

Weird how that works.

Congratulations on finishing 201 days early. :)

Thanks, Homie!

How dependent do you think the Lions are on a healthy Lulay?

I know nothing about John Beck and his professional resume in the NFL is thin. Been out for more than a year. Mr. Glenn is a pretty reasonable backup, no problems there, but Lulay is a definite star and a bit better scrambler. If Lulay isn't much healthy this year BC needs to lose him and work on another plan.

That said they should be fine without Lulay, but it certainly makes any injury to Glenn more concerning. I'm curious what kind of hangover Saskatchewan has this year.

I get tired of the press EVERY YEAR saying that there is extra pressure on the team of the city which will host the grey Cup.

Yep. Given the Riders usual percentage of winning the Grey Cup, I'd say we can start talking about our chances in about twenty years. I'm sorry, even as a Rider fan, every win is an aberration.

14...06/20...The Business of Books - Andre Schiffrin

15...07/09...Prince Valiant, vol. 2 - Hal Foster

16...07/21...Prince Valiant, vol. 3 - Hal Foster

17...07/30...End Zones and Border Wars - Ed Willes

18...08/25...Prince Valiant, vol. 4 - Hal Foster

You are moving!

Thanks, Mrs. J!

I'm getting the Prince Valiants from the library. Scattered throughout North Carolina are the first ten volumes. Each volume includes two years.

I'm enjoying them a great deal. Tonight I start vol. 5!

19...08/31...Prince Valiant, vol. 5 - Hal Foster

20...09/05...End the Fed - Ron Paul

21...09/27...Simple Wisdom - Sterling Marriner

22...09/29...Founders - James Wesley, Rawles

That was a quick one!