1The_Hibernator
Hi! My name is Rachel, 41 year old mom of 3. D11 and M9 are my stepkids. IL2 is my son with my husband Aaron. I live in Minnesota, USA. I am aiming to read 75 books this year (but at least 60!). I mainly listen to audiobooks since my ability to concentrate on reading has waned in recent years. I have 9 categories, which can overlap. This is my first time trying a category challenge for a couple of years.
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Category 1: Nonfiction
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Category 2: Read My Own Darned Books
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Category 3: Classics
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Category 3: Series Continuation
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Category 5: NPR 100 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Category 6: Book Club and Group Reads
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Category 7: Challenges
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No Category 8
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No Category 9
11DeltaQueen50
Great to see you here, Rachel. Looking forward to following along. : )
12NinieB
Hello Rachel--good luck with your reading this year! I know how you feel about reading your own darned books.
13MissWatson
Hello and good luck with your own books!
14dudes22
Happy Reading! I've just started getting into audio books and hope to fit in some more next year.
15majkia
Hope your reading and your year in general is a great one! I love audiobooks. I listen to one while doing chores and even just checking email and stuff on the computer.
17VivienneR
Happy Reading! It is understandable that your reading concentration has waned when you have three youngsters! Thank goodness for audiobooks!
18Jackie_K
Welcome back! I'm hoping to start getting into audiobooks too (have asked Santa for the appropriate technology!). Good luck with your challenge!
20pamelad
Welcome back. So many of us are planning to read our own books next year. Good luck to all of us!
22thornton37814
Best wishes on your 2022 reading plans.
23rabbitprincess
A great selection of categories! I'm always looking for audiobook recs so will be interested to find out what you're reading :)
24psutto
I have the opposite - I can't concentrate on audio books! Looking forward to seeing what you choose though. I've been wanting to try Neil Gaiman's Sandman in audio as there are some big names involved and it looks like it might be more of an audio play...
26Crazymamie
Dropping a star, Rachel!
27The_Hibernator
Thanks to everyone who stopped by! I'll pop by everyone's threads today.
Although I liked the categories I picked, I have become concerned that I should focus more on my goal to read my own books. So I'm narrowing them down.
Although I liked the categories I picked, I have become concerned that I should focus more on my goal to read my own books. So I'm narrowing them down.
28Tess_W
>27 The_Hibernator: I usually do that in retrospect!
30rabbitprincess
>27 The_Hibernator: Good idea to narrow down categories if you need to. I'll be cheering you on to read your own books as I attempt to read my own!
31mathgirl40
Welcome back, and good luck with this year's challenge!