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New member from just outside Melbourne in The Land of OZ. Nice and sunny here over our Christmas break and lots of reading for me to do on the beach. Thanks for this group. It looks fantastic and will keep me on track during the year. Still trying to decide on a 500 page book. Just finished 'Big Little Lies' but I think it only Had 467 pages :0

I'm brazilian and I'm 18 :)


I study English and Literature at uni, so I can get a lot of the books down that way. Huzzah for convenience!
Hopefully, I'll succeed with this challenge. I seem to be falling a few books short of my 2014 goal. Good luck and good reading to all of us!

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Joe: it sounds like you'll be busy, but good luck!
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Welcome everybody!
I hope the new goodreaders and the older ones will appreciate this challenging adventure :)
Thanks to Jessica who is working hard to give a friendly touch to the group :)
I hope the new goodreaders and the older ones will appreciate this challenging adventure :)
Thanks to Jessica who is working hard to give a friendly touch to the group :)



Oh, it's easy to read one book per week, you just have to stop: sleeping, showering and eating :D Of course, having a social life, going on the internet and watching TV is forbidden too :p
Maybe you can try multi-checking (one book for several "weeks")? :)
Maybe you can try multi-checking (one book for several "weeks")? :)


So 2014 was the year I got into reading. Not only in my native language, Romanian, but also English. It's like a new world has opened to me. And when I saw this challenge on 9GAG and then here I said I have to do it. But it's a little-big problem. I'm only 18 and I don't have money to buy most of the books I want to read. I have some of them and I can also borrow some of them. But I hope that I would finish this challenge, because I damn love reading, especially in English.
So, as I said English is not my native language. Therefore there will also some Romanian books on the list. Although, not too many, because to be honest 90% of Romanian books suck.
Oh, and I won't be able to read the books in order because I don't have all of them, so I would read the ones I have or I can borrow first. I hope this it's alright.
I think I will have fun and I wish everybody who is taking this challenge good luck.
Saara > I absolutely don't know what you're talking about with the computer time vortex! Oh wait, didn't I started to read a book 2h ago? Ahem.
Alexandra > ebooks are most of the time cheaper than books and there are sales, so maybe it could fit better on your budget? :)
Alexandra > ebooks are most of the time cheaper than books and there are sales, so maybe it could fit better on your budget? :)

I wished I had an ebook reader.
Alexandra > I'm a book collector too but only for children books (the ones with the pictures). I use the Kindle app, they have one for computer too. It synchronises books between the devices, so you are always at the right page :) I suppose some other apps do the same.
An ebook reader is useful when you read a lot :)
An ebook reader is useful when you read a lot :)

I wished I..."
If you have a school library plan your weeks around it!

Um...my name is Biana...pronounced like Bee-on-a (flower) and I'm 47. I hope that isn't too old because I read all sorts of fun stuff. I'm in the Pacific North West and it's cold and dark here...perfect for curling up with a good book. Or two.
Chat with you all later!!

Too old?? Crazy thought!! You are welcome here :) Glad to have you with us!

Saw the challenge on PopSugar via a link on Facebook, wandered here when searching for a group, though I don't normally use groups here on GR.
Wasn't intending to work through the list in order, but can probably manage to do them at least in clusters and not skip around too much. I intend to make [some of] my book choices a bit more "mindful" this year...
I'm generally terrible about keeping track of what I read, but since I got a kindle earlier this year, I've done significantly better. Love how the latest update plays much more nicely with Goodreads.

I'm Richard, 17, about to graduate High School (February please come sooner), I love reading, cooking, and of course, sleeping. I live in South America and am really excited to go through with the challenge and broaden my horizons as currently all the books I have read are YA, or Fiction.
I found this challenge on 9Gag actually (through a friend's share). Hopefully during my free time once I graduate and wait till my University classes start (Fall Semester) I'll be able to move a little bit faster with the challenge :P


I'm Cristina,25 and I'm new to the GR group thing!I love to read (a lot, actually),sometimes even write and other lovely things.I am really looking forward to starting the year to come with this challenge!:)

I found this challenge the other week and promptly got very excited about it. I love to read and hate not having a book on the go. I do have a habit of just picking up the books that I know I will like or that I have read before so I'm hoping to use this to push me outside of my comfort zone.
About me? I'm 28, live on a small island just off the west coast of Scotland and spend my time, when I've not got my nose in a book, blogging, taking photos, writing, and walking the dog.
Looking forward to getting stuck in, right now I'm browsing through books on my Kindle looking for any that are over 500 pages... I'm leaning towards Emma.

I'm Patricia, 26, Brazilian but currently living in Japan. 2014 was a bit frustrating for me because I didn't have the time to read as much as I wanted to. Hopefully this challenge will give me the courage to do something I've been wanting to do for a long time: reading at lest one book per week. I also need to expand my vocabulary, so I think this will be a great ooportunity.
See you soon!

I'm Guy, I live in Tucson, AZ and have been using Goodreads since 2008 to keep track of my reading. I read about a book a week. I've seen mentions of reading challenges in the past but have never participated. Not sure if I'm disciplined enough to follow the week by week recommendations but am looking forward to seeing how everyone does. Mainly I've just been looking for a good group to share reading experiences with. And my goal for 2015 is to be more thoughtful in my choices of reading material. I have a tendency to be all over the place.

Welcome to the group, Richard! It seems like a lot of people are challenging themselves to read outside of their comfort zone this year. You'll be in great company. Although, nothing wrong with a good YA read. I'm about to hit the big 3-0 this year (eek!) and YA is still one of my favorite genres. I struggle some with the contemporary stuff that takes place in high schools, that's not really my bag, but the sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, etc. books can be great reads. I think YA authors tend to take themselves less seriously. ;) Good luck with all your reading goals this year and congrats on being on the tale end of your high school career.
Christina, welcome aboard! You'll be addicted to GR groups in no time! They're such a great way to meet fellow bookies and discuss. I can't imagine how I ever got along without it, haha.
Welcome Cait! Wow, Scotland? What an absolute dream! I've always wanted to go there. Aren't challenges just the absolute best? If this one wasn't so challenging, I'd probably try to squeeze another challenge or two in this year. I'm eager to push myself into reading things I might otherwise not read and perhaps even discover I have a taste for genres that I didn't expect to.
Patricia, hello and welcome! I felt underwhelmed by my reading progress in 2014 also. Lucky for both of us this challenge came along and with it so many fantastically supportive and encouraging members. I'd wager this is one of the best communities GR has to offer. ;) Good luck with all your goals this new year!
Hello Guy! Welcome! Welcome! If reading week by week with the group is not your cup of tea, that's ok. You'll still be able to discuss as the year progresses and hopefully pick up some ideas/book recommendations for your goal to more thoughtfully make reading selections. That sounds like a challenge in and of itself! Best of luck!
Good to have you with us, Gwen! Welcome to the group and welcome to your first reading group. You picked a great one to start with, everyone I've encountered is so pleasant, helpful, and encouraging. Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres, so I'm definitely excited to see what you pick up for the challenge this year! Good luck.
Christina, welcome aboard! You'll be addicted to GR groups in no time! They're such a great way to meet fellow bookies and discuss. I can't imagine how I ever got along without it, haha.
Welcome Cait! Wow, Scotland? What an absolute dream! I've always wanted to go there. Aren't challenges just the absolute best? If this one wasn't so challenging, I'd probably try to squeeze another challenge or two in this year. I'm eager to push myself into reading things I might otherwise not read and perhaps even discover I have a taste for genres that I didn't expect to.
Patricia, hello and welcome! I felt underwhelmed by my reading progress in 2014 also. Lucky for both of us this challenge came along and with it so many fantastically supportive and encouraging members. I'd wager this is one of the best communities GR has to offer. ;) Good luck with all your goals this new year!
Hello Guy! Welcome! Welcome! If reading week by week with the group is not your cup of tea, that's ok. You'll still be able to discuss as the year progresses and hopefully pick up some ideas/book recommendations for your goal to more thoughtfully make reading selections. That sounds like a challenge in and of itself! Best of luck!
Good to have you with us, Gwen! Welcome to the group and welcome to your first reading group. You picked a great one to start with, everyone I've encountered is so pleasant, helpful, and encouraging. Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres, so I'm definitely excited to see what you pick up for the challenge this year! Good luck.


Initially thought that one book could fall into a few categories and I could cheat a bit that way, in fact another challenge to find a book that ticks off as many boxes as possible. It look as though that's not the case. So, looks like I am looking for a book with over 500 pages.....
I'll definitely need help with some of my selections!
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Then I decided it would be cool to read through the books in order on the list, just to challenge myself. And then I found this group and found out that lots of people had had the same crazy idea as me.
There's loads of good suggestions in the Week 1 threads already. I've gone with Jane Austen's Emma and according to my Kindle I'm already 10% of the way through it. If you pick the right book for yourself you'll sail through those 500 pages in no time at all. :-)


I love looking through everyone else's plans because there'll be a week that you're struggling on, then you see a book someone else has picked and it'll be obvious, or it'll spark you to pick another book you'd forgotten about. :-)
Hello Susan and welcome! Happy New Year to you! GoodReads is fantastic, no doubt you will not regret joining. When I stumbled on the PopSugar Challenge, I had the same idea about doubling up on some of the tasks and had no intention of reading them in order. After I got here, I knew the challenge of doing it week by week with everyone would be much more exciting. I'm glad you'll be joining us! If you need some help with selections, there's a folder here where members have been posting their planned reads for the challenge. There is an abundance of inspiration there! I had my year pretty well mapped out before the group started posting it's intentions and I've already changed two of my selections.
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