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Ineffable7980x t1_j1uiyvn wrote

My main goal is to read down the books I already own. There are over 200 physical books in my house, and at least another 100 on Kindle I need to get to.

My goal is always a number of books. I have been pretty consistent with 80 the past few years. I hit 86 this year without pushing myself, so that will be the goal again next year.

Some notable books I intend to tackle this year:

Anna Karenina

As I Lay Dying

The Underground Railroad

The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Stoner

Olive Kitteridge

In the Dream House

Tomorrow and Tomorow and Tomorrow (on hold at the library right now)

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SolidSmashies t1_j1x11qz wrote

I made my 2023 list recently. Instead of picking a number of books, I budgeted a page count based on how many pages I felt comfortable reading per day (while assuming I’d miss a week per month thereabouts). So I picked 7,500 pages over a revised yearly date count of 280 days. Comes just shy of 27 pages a day. I can pick any number of books as long as I don’t exceed 7,500 pages.

This is what I landed on.

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QueenRooibos t1_j1y4pzb wrote

Nice variety. Some of those are really good too. I like the idea of a certain number of pages per day vs. a certain number of books. But if you miss a day, then will you read 54 pages the next day?

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SolidSmashies t1_j1z7iaq wrote

I built in 7 days a month to miss for if/when other things get in the way and I can’t read that day. That’s why I averaged my daily page count over 280 days instead of 365. I’m still going to try to read every day regardless.

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tyjos-flowers t1_j2c4g23 wrote

I read In the Dream House for a class last year, and I LOVED it! Very creative and was a nice break from all the science journals I was reading for my thesis at the time. Would recommend sooner rather than later. It's a quick read!

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