The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

WEEKLY CHECK-IN
April 30, 2023 -- Week 18

How was your April?
Did you hit your personal reading goals this month?

I finished more books than normally so yes!

Almost...

All but one.

I just started my 21st book

I was a little behind my usual rate, because I kept deciding "I don't want to read this!" I think I started, but didn't finish, at least 5 books.

I met my goal

Yeah. I am nearly at the end of the first challenge. Just two books left.

I read 5 books this month, but am still 2 books behind schedule in terms of my annual goal of 80 books. In terms of the 52Book Challenge, I have 34 prompts filled, so I’m doing OK.

Is it possible to say yes and no? I've completed 36, soon to be 37 on the 52 Book Challenge, but there are other books I wanted to read in-between the challenges I haven't gotten to because I found some other books that distracted me and while somewhat interesting they haven't been the best. Still, they've gotten me out of what I consider my reading norm (hard to believe I have a reading norm with the wide variety of books I read but this month has proven otherwise).

I'm almost done with my goal for the year! I've read 49/52 books. I will most likely revise it. I still have some prompts that I haven't covered, so I will start getting serious about finding books to fit them soon.

I started out very slow, but then did an 800 mile road trip taking only audiobooks and my nook. I killed it after that! My highest "per month" reads for the year. I'm 2 books ahead of my personal reading challenge and 11 books ahead on this group's challenge.

I read 7 books last month. It's more than how much I normally read.

April wasn't a great reading month for me, but I am still ahead.

There was no particular goal for this April. I've read five books which is my average and in this five I've finished Bábel fiai which was my one actual goal for the month.

I have way more goals for May!

I actually missed it by only one book but hoping to meet my goal for the month of May.

Happy Reading friends!!

Yes! I looked at the total on May 1 and was 20 books read...exactly 1/3 of my yearly goal of 60 books at the exactly 1/3 of the year point!

I read eleven books in April but I did not read all the books I planned to read for my various reading challenges. May is worse. Just very busy at work currently.

I have read Farmors frekkiser - usedelige og frekke historier før og nå by Ulf Palmenfelt for the prompt #23 An alliterative title