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1drneutron
dec 22, 2021, 10:26 am

Welcome to the 14th year of the challenge! We get lots of new people each year, and we know it can be difficult to "catch up". This thread is just the place for you! The info below will help you get started and make your experience here a good one.

First, where did we come from? Well, back in 2008, Cariola decided to start a group for folks who wanted to challenge themselves to read 75 books in a year. We were a small group, but loved our experience, so decided to do it again! Since then, I've made the yearly groups.

We're at bit of an amorphous organization. Members have jumped in to add features since. SqueakyChu runs the TIOLI challenge. Monthly themes are proposed by many of us - and some have carried over from year to year, like the Halloween read in October. If you've got an idea to try, propose it!

2drneutron
dec 22, 2021, 10:29 am

Let's talk about threads! We use threads within the group to talk about our reading. Usually, someone taking up the challenge starts a thread - you can can do this from the group home page. Some just use the thread to list books as they red them, others host conversation along with their book lists and reviews. Whatever works for you is just fine with us. Take a look at some threads if you'd like to see the possibilities.

And feel free to jump in on conversations - we love to meet new people!

3noellib
jan 11, 2022, 9:00 pm

I posted a message some time ago that I would like to join the 2022 75 books challenge - but I still don't appear as a member.
Is there something I need to do?

4bokai
jan 12, 2022, 1:22 am

>3 noellib: In the general group page did you click on the "Join Group" button on the top right? I don't think membership is restricted.

5drneutron
jan 12, 2022, 8:13 am

Yep, you can join the group by clicking the "Join Group" button. But also, as bokai points out, the group is not restricted. You don't have to be a formal member to participate.

If you'd like to join in the challenge, go to the group home page and click the "Start a New Topic" button. You can then enter a topic title and first message. This is your challenge thread where you can record your reading, post reviews, talk with friends, however you'd like to use it. If you'd like to see some examples, just roam around on people's threads.

If you make a thread, I'll add it to the Threadbook, our directory of threads as another way people can find it.

6mongya
feb 23, 2022, 5:45 pm

>1 drneutron: From Missouri

7mongya
feb 23, 2022, 5:49 pm

How to I add books read in 2022?

8drneutron
feb 24, 2022, 7:44 am

If you'd like to join in the challenge, go to the group home page and click the "Start a New Topic" button. You can then enter a topic title and first message. This is your challenge thread where you can record your reading, post reviews, talk with friends, however you'd like to use it. If you'd like to see some examples, just roam around on people's threads.

9Aryama
mrt 3, 2022, 5:23 am

Dit bericht wordt niet meer getoond omdat het door verschillende gebruikers is aangemerkt als misbruik. (Tonen)
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10AlexandriaAugust
mei 31, 2022, 6:18 pm

Hi, I am a new Author my book is A Conversation with Alexandria August I am from South Carolina and love book clubs I cannot promise to read as many books as you all, but I will try if you all have me

11drneutron
mei 31, 2022, 10:31 pm

Welcome! We have folks who read a few and folks who read a lot. I’m sure you’ll fit in just fine. 😀

12xieouyang
jun 3, 2022, 9:33 pm

Hi, I am not sure I count as a new member because I’ve inactive on LT for a few years now. i am trying to get back into it. I still recognize several members from the last time I was active in the group (at that time it was 50 books).
I don’t think I’ll hit the 75 mark but, since there is no punishment other than shame, I’ll stick around.
These are some of the books I’ve read so far this year:
Golden Girl, by Elin Hildebrand
Where the crawdads sing, by Della Owens
The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides
A Bend in the River, Naipaul
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, by Elizabeth Taylor
The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
The Two Gentleman of Verona, Shakespeare
O’Henry Short stories (Library of America collection of 101 stories)
Silverview: A Novel, John Le Carre
Divina Commedia, by Dante. Project started last year with the Inferno and Purgatorio, and finishing Purgatorio and Paradiso just a month or so ago. Project was run by Baylor University (100 Days of Dante), and it consisted of watching a short video of each of the 100 cantos and reading them of course (3 a week)
Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare
River of the Gods, by Candice Millard
The Ditch, by Herman Koch
Encounters with Euclid, by Benjamin Wardaugh

Currently reading:
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare
The History of Rome, by Livy *
The Histories, by Polybius *

The Shakespeare books are the assigned reading for the third year of reading plays by Shakespeare, one player a month.
The two with asterisk are assigned readings in an internet class put by Hillsdale College on the Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic (slow reading)

13drneutron
jun 3, 2022, 10:02 pm

>12 xieouyang: Welcome back!

14FAMeulstee
Bewerkt: jun 4, 2022, 3:40 am

>12 xieouyang: Good to see you here, Manuel!
I have missed you, and wondered how you were doing.
Did you start your own thread yet?

15xieouyang
jun 4, 2022, 9:42 pm

>14 FAMeulstee:
Hi, Anita, right?
I am doing fine,got involved with a lot of work (after retiring of course) and somehow got away,p. How are you.
I will get a thread started, and actually I had even forgotten about the process.

16FAMeulstee
jun 5, 2022, 5:25 am

>15 xieouyang: Yes, you are right, it is Anita.
We (me and my husband Frank) are still doing well, and I keep on reading :-)
Just found your thread, see you there!

17fleural
Bewerkt: jul 24, 2022, 2:37 am

Hi, just joined LT and am browsing forums. I don´t think I´ll hit 75 but I do have a goal to hit at least 30 this year, but I started super late.
So far I´ve read:
1. The World According to Mister Rogers (library)
2. 200+ Ways to Protect Your Privacy (library)
3. Love in the time of Cholera (library)
4. Saga (library)
5. a book whose title I can´t remember, about a medical experience (library)
6. Everything is Negotiable by Meg Myers Morgan (library)
7. another book whose title I can´t remember, about herbalism (own)
8. The Cowshed (library)
9. The Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal (own)
10. Hope in the Dark (own)

I´m currently reading:
11. How the French Think (library)
12. The Historian (own)
13. The Holistic Herbal Directory (own)

I´m about to start:
14. Fleurs du Mal (own)
15. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (library)
16. The Dispossessed (library)
17. How High We Go in the Dark (library)
18. How to Fight (library)
19. The Vegetarian (library)
20. Demons by Dostoevsky (library)

I´m planning to read before the year is over:
21. Delta of Venus (don´t have, looking)
22 & 23. The Diaries of Anaïs Nin (don´t have, looking)
24. A Season in Hell, The Drunken Boat, and Illuminations (library)
25. Feminist Theory (library)
26. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (library)
27. The Theory of Everything (don´t have, looking)
28. The Second Sex (library)
29. The Demon-Haunted World (own)

As I´m sorting books, I´m honestly shocked by how many books in my own library I have actually read. I should probably work on finishing up what I already have, but using the library helps fund the library system. I´ll work on cataloguing what I have this summer but I have such a mess of horror and politics and I´m not sure I´m up for a summer of cynical agony.

There are a ton of books I want to reread and I´m definitely looking for a book club but we´ll see how all that goes.

Considering 30. The Willows & Other Stories, which I own, but every time I open that book I start getting a little nauseated. I´m thinking of reading it just to be able to justify getting it the heck out of the house.

That being said, does anybody have any advice for ¨break¨ books? I´m wondering if in between difficult or stressful books it´d be worth reading children´s books. I´m learning other languages right now so that might not be a bad strategy. One year I was doing heavy reading (52, still not 75), some of my break books included The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Prince.

Can anyone recommend children´s books in other languages? Or quick reads that still offer some substance?

Edit: Going to post this as a thread as a way to join the group.

18SqueakyChu
Bewerkt: jul 24, 2022, 1:00 pm

>17 fleural: Welcome to LT!

When my kids were little, I made it a point to read to them classics I never read as a child. I loved them! Among the best were The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings.

Of the books you have read, the two I liked the most were Love in the Time of Cholera and The Vegetarian, the latter of which I actually won here on LT's Early Reviewer program. :)

19fleural
jul 25, 2022, 12:53 am

>18 SqueakyChu: Thank you!

I loved The Secret Garden as a kid! It was one of my favorites.

20SqueakyChu
jul 26, 2022, 9:57 am

>19 fleural: I'll never forget reading The Yearling to my two sons when they were little. It was a chapter book so I sat between their two beds (sometimes one drew a line down the middle of the room so he'd have his own space!) and read one chapter a night. I got to a sad part in the story and burst out crying. I couldn't help it. The story was so real and heartbreaking.

21maggie1944
jul 28, 2022, 6:32 pm

>18 SqueakyChu: Another book I might suggest is a good read to kids: Where the Red Ferns Grow.

22SqueakyChu
Bewerkt: jul 28, 2022, 8:23 pm

>21 maggie1944: I never Where the Red Ferns Grow, but from time to time I get copies of it which I like to put in our Little Free Library.

23scilla_girl
aug 12, 2022, 11:33 am

Hi I'm new here. I signed up years ago but never found the time to get involved. My life has kind of slowed down a little and I want to start reading again. I used to read about 2-3 books a week. Now I can barely get to 2 a year. I have two little ones, I homeschool them, and I have decided to finish my degree..wowsers. However, reading is my favorite hobby and I miss it so. So I am going to start with a club. I'm excited to be here!

24kaida46
aug 12, 2022, 8:27 pm

>23 scilla_girl: Sounds like you are keeping pretty busy there! More power to you, and enjoy what precious reading hours you can slip in.

One thing my children and I loved was taking turns reading out loud together. We did the Chronicles of Narnia that way and the Harry Potter books as well. I did homeschool my oldest son, because he was smart as a whip, bored to tears with regular school, and getting bullied by other students. Its a great way to be involved with your children, if you can make it work for your family. I did wind up getting my teaching credential a few years later and taught jr high for 2 years and really loved being a part of the students lives. I did put in loads of my own time and money into it but everything seems so different today, such a mess now.

Just check the threads for reading ideas and your TBR will soon be overflowing.

25xxxyyy
aug 14, 2022, 6:40 pm

Dit bericht wordt niet meer getoond omdat het door verschillende gebruikers is aangemerkt als misbruik. (Tonen)
Hello, welcome to Hell

26MikeBowers
Bewerkt: aug 24, 2022, 9:51 am

Dit bericht wordt niet meer getoond omdat het door verschillende gebruikers is aangemerkt als misbruik. (Tonen)
I'm a new author and new to this site. I'm looking forward to networking with those alike.

My book "Captured By COVID" is a true story. It's a non political book that tells my story. You'll question reality, love, and death.

A must read for medical providers and families with similar experiences. This book will give you a first hand account of my near death experience and take you on trips that will be truly eye opening.

Thanks everyone for your hospitality.

Mike

27KelsieD
sep 7, 2022, 11:22 pm

Hi!

My name is Kelsie Deschenes, and I’m a new traditionally published author of two books (‘Briggleton’s Choir’ and ‘Redemption’s Call’ - Book One of a Five Book Series).

I’m reading a lot too, but my focus is more on writing.

Is this a place where I can gain readers and reviewers? Or is that not an appropriate goal for this venue?

28SqueakyChu
Bewerkt: sep 8, 2022, 12:54 am

>27 KelsieD: Welcome to LibraryThing! Follow this link for more information as to how Librarything members and authors interact.
https://www.librarything.com/about/authors

29OldDan
sep 25, 2022, 2:49 pm

How can I change my Password?

30murtazahashwani
okt 10, 2022, 8:53 am

How can I change my username?

31mahsdad
okt 11, 2022, 6:51 pm

>30 murtazahashwani: I'm not sure you can. That's more of a question for the actual LT folks that run this asylum :) . I'd start either from the Help page, or maybe email them or send a PM. Their contact info is in the Contact link at the bottom of the page.

32BuecherDrache
okt 22, 2022, 3:58 pm

Hi, I'm new here and find the 75 books challenge a great idea!
My personal challenge this year is by 48 (+-four books a month). How do you guys actually manage the 75 books challenge???
I think I can really manage it, when I retire. But I still have to work some years...
I often think it would be very nice, if by purchasing a book, it would include the time for reading it. ;)

If you have some tips for me to manage the 75 book challenge, I would be grateful for it. :)
I'm really glad to be here!

Ps. Should I write the titles I've already read this year?

33quondame
okt 22, 2022, 4:42 pm

>32 BuecherDrache: Welcome.

Some of us are retired, so that's how we manage, but some are just fast readers and not everyone bothers with getting to 75 - or limiting it to 75. It's about people more than goals.

34BuecherDrache
okt 23, 2022, 11:03 am

Thank you!
Good points. :)
Actually I'm a fast reader, but I've made the experience that a thin books can take really long, while big ones (more than 1000 sides) can be read in just a night! So, itś always a surprise, how the reading will develop from one book to another. The best of reading anyway, no matter if the book is small or big, is to get submerged in the story.

35VioletCrown
nov 11, 2022, 4:13 pm

>23 scilla_girl: scilla_girl: I just joined this group too, and I remember how homeschooling littles can be an obstacle to one's reading time.

Having a set goal definitely helps; packing your book into the diaper bag and reading in any spare moment helps too -- and soon you'll be the mom whose kids see her reading a book on the playground and not staring at a phone. I read more poetry in those days so I could read scraps to my littles, but reading a bit to them from anything you're reading to yourself, even if they don't understand it, pulls them into the reading life. Don't read pricey books, because they will definitely want to pick it up and see what you're looking at!

And if you homeschool through the later years you'll find yourself reading so many books just because you need to teach them. I'm currently reading David Copperfield for the third time because I'm teaching it for the third time. Melville went from yawn-worthy to being one of my favorite authors.

Anyway I know this is all unsolicited, but homeschooling and reading really do ratchet each other up in amazing ways. How I miss those early years. Enjoy!

36Anna_94
dec 3, 2022, 11:20 pm

Dit bericht wordt niet meer getoond omdat het door verschillende gebruikers is aangemerkt als misbruik. (Tonen)
Hello guys, I have a new book for you!
It's called "Love After War" by Nassima Drihmi.
Please kindly visit my profile and read my review.
The boon is out on amazon and other online bookstores worldwide!

37madhatta21
Bewerkt: dec 5, 2022, 10:36 am

Hi. My name is Lindy. I'm new here and I have no fricking idea what I'm doing. I heard that I'm supposed to do something that's called a thread but I'm really not sure what to do.

38Cecrow
Bewerkt: dec 5, 2022, 12:28 pm

"Start a thread" = "Post a new topic". For this group, posting a new topic suggests you accepted the 75 Books Challenge: in 2022, you intended to read at least 75 books (or make a solid attempt, anyway.) Before starting a topic of your own, read some of the other's topics for examples of the format.

Obviously in mid-December, you're better served to wait for the 2023 challenge to begin (if this is something you want to try at all.)

39mahsdad
dec 5, 2022, 12:30 pm

The only thing I'd add is that you put your name (real or handle or both) so that its recognizable to other people looking thru things.

For example, mine is "mahsdad's (Jeff) 2022 Thread - Q4". I'm a medium poster, so I create a new thread/topic each quarter.

But definitely look around to see what types of things others post.

check out the wiki, at the top of the group page for ideas/FAQs on how to do formatting and such

40madhatta21
dec 5, 2022, 1:13 pm

Thank you for all the help.

41calman
dec 20, 2022, 5:25 am

42calman
Bewerkt: dec 20, 2022, 5:59 am

How doth one join? I seeth not a join button. sorry, found it fanks

43drneutron
dec 20, 2022, 9:23 am

>41 calman:, >42 calman: Welcome! Very shortly, I'll be making the group for next year's challenge. keep an eye out for that!