The 2012 Book Challenge

[strandedstranger]

First, congratulations to PExers who have accomplished the 2011 book challenge. With 2011 almost over let's start a new list of books that you will be reading this 2012.

It always pays to read even if 2012 is supposedly the end of mankind.

As for me right now here are the stuff on my table head board:

(a) The Man Game
(b) Who moved my Cheese?
(c) Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul

[yakibuke]

dahil 2012 na, i-angat na natin ang challenge. 100 book challenge na

[strandedstranger]

Easy ka lang, 60 books lang muna.

[maysapaw]

excited for 2012

i have several books na i'm planning to read...and hopefully finish

[yakibuke]

nakakalula ba yung 100? 8-9 books lang yun a month

[nozmail]

habang 2011 pa lang, let's settle the rules.

here's my question: dapat ba allowed ang audiobook? or ebook/physical books lang?

[strandedstranger]

^As long as you digest its content, then audiobook is welcome. You don't exactly have to read. (This isn't a competition so there's no used to being too uptight with rules)

@yakibuke, you do understand that some are full-time students/ employee and we also need some social life during the weekends so 8-9 books a month is not feasible for the most of us.

[ligkrammd]

I read 37 books sa 2011 challenge (see other thread). Sana mahigitan ko sa 2012 though medyo malabo kasi simula na ng residency training at mas malabo kung gagawing 100 books yan pero may book na ako waiting to read: John Grisham The Litigator.

[yakibuke]

^As long as you digest its content, then audiobook is welcome. You don't exactly have to read. (This isn't a competition so there's no used to being too uptight with rules)

@yakibuke, you do understand that some are full-time students/ employee and we also need some social life during the weekends so 8-9 books a month is not feasible for the most of us.

full time student din ako at mahirap talaga siya pero diba yun nga ang goal? i-challenge ang sarili pero kung titignan, siguro kaya natin lahat magbasa ng 100 pages a day. almost isang nobela kada 3 araw? may mga mas maikli pa so kaya yung 9 books a month

kung ako ang magtatakda ng rules, di ko i-coconsider na pwedeng isama sa bilang ang audiobook. parang nadadayaan ako. pero counted ang ebook. counted din ang mga libro ng tula kahit manipis at madaling basahin.

[rhema21]

I'm in! Pano ba ito?

Read more or less 25 books this year, considering it was a very busy year for me. I'm looking to expand this 2012.

[nozmail]

full time student din ako at mahirap talaga siya pero diba yun nga ang goal? i-challenge ang sarili pero kung titignan, siguro kaya natin lahat magbasa ng 100 pages a day. almost isang nobela kada 3 araw? may mga mas maikli pa so kaya yung 9 books a month

kung ako ang magtatakda ng rules, di ko i-coconsider na pwedeng isama sa bilang ang audiobook. parang nadadayaan ako. pero counted ang ebook. counted din ang mga libro ng tula kahit manipis at madaling basahin.

nadadayaan. hmmm.

naiintindihan ko. pero sa totoo lang, hindi rin naman ganun kadaling makinig ng audiobook. mas mabilis pa nga kapag binasa. lalong mahirap kapag nakatulog ka.

ang advantage lang siguro ng audiobook is pwede ka gumawa ng ilang bagay kasabay ng pakikinig.

ako, nakakatapos ng audiobook ng 1 to 2 weeks habang papasok or pauwi from work. distraction ko na lang yung patawid tawid ng kalsada. mahirap na.

pero tama si strandedstranger. hindi naman ito competition. kung "challenge", siguro challenge sa sarili.

whatever suits you na lang siguro. parepareho naman tayong mahilig magbasa (makinig ).

[yakibuke]

interesting. mukang kailangan ko rin niyan para matuto akong makinig. wahahaha individualist ****

[brrrrr!!!]

full time student din ako at mahirap talaga siya pero diba yun nga ang goal? i-challenge ang sarili pero kung titignan, siguro kaya natin lahat magbasa ng 100 pages a day. almost isang nobela kada 3 araw? may mga mas maikli pa so kaya yung 9 books a month

kung ako ang magtatakda ng rules, di ko i-coconsider na pwedeng isama sa bilang ang audiobook. parang nadadayaan ako. pero counted ang ebook. counted din ang mga libro ng tula kahit manipis at madaling basahin.

If you normally finish a book in 3 days then I applaud you cos it's a skill very few has. But for most everyone else 50 books is already demanding just as the other thread shows only 2 of you reached 50. 100 books for most is plain crazy and you'd hardly appreciate what you read unless you plan to spend 2012 bumming around, or your goal is to master speed-reading. Why rush and pressure yourself to read faster than your normal pace. For me it beats the purpose of reading which is to gain enjoyment. We read for fun don't we? Rushing books isn't fun, not for me, (but who knows, maybe to some it is.)

[brrrrr!!!]

nadadayaan. hmmm.

naiintindihan ko. pero sa totoo lang, hindi rin naman ganun kadaling makinig ng audiobook. mas mabilis pa nga kapag binasa. lalong mahirap kapag nakatulog ka.

ang advantage lang siguro ng audiobook is pwede ka gumawa ng ilang bagay kasabay ng pakikinig.

ako, nakakatapos ng audiobook ng 1 to 2 weeks habang papasok or pauwi from work. distraction ko na lang yung patawid tawid ng kalsada. mahirap na.

pero tama si strandedstranger. hindi naman ito competition. kung "challenge", siguro challenge sa sarili.

whatever suits you na lang siguro. parepareho naman tayong mahilig magbasa (makinig ).

I agree. Mas challenging para sa'kin ang audiobook. Hirap pa minsan kung mahaba/complikado yung sentences, o pag di ganong magaling yung narrator.

[brrrrr!!!]

If you normally finish a book in 3 days then I applaud you cos it's a skill very few has. But for most everyone else 50 books is already demanding just as the other thread shows only 2 of you reached 50. 100 books for most is plain crazy and you'd hardly appreciate what you read unless you plan to spend 2012 bumming around, or your goal is to master speed-reading. Why rush and pressure yourself to read faster than your normal pace. For me it beats the purpose of reading which is to gain enjoyment. We read for fun don't we? Rushing books isn't fun, not for me, (but who knows, maybe to some it is.)

...for that reason (also cos I read at a snail's pace ) I decline for now (might join later). If I'd suggest though you guys should stick to 50-60 considering very few reached it, and to up the challenge how's a 6-10 sentence review per book? Proof that somehow you understood what you have read, ant to practice writing. Shouldn't be so hard.

[strandedstranger]

^Nice idea. It discourages people from just posting book titles even if they have yet to read them. And it will generate more activity in this subforum.

Again, this is only a challenge not a competition with your fellow PExers. If you finished 100, then good but let's keep a more realistic goals for the rest of us who are also busy with some other things. 50 is already hard, what more twice that.

Listening to audio books is not as easy as you might think, you'll be forced into the narrator's pace and if the audio book's quality isn't good, you might be repeating certain parts to make out what the narrator is saying.

[yakibuke]

If you normally finish a book in 3 days then I applaud you cos it's a skill very few has. But for most everyone else 50 books is already demanding just as the other thread shows only 2 of you reached 50. 100 books for most is plain crazy and you'd hardly appreciate what you read unless you plan to spend 2012 bumming around, or your goal is to master speed-reading. Why rush and pressure yourself to read faster than your normal pace. For me it beats the purpose of reading which is to gain enjoyment. We read for fun don't we? Rushing books isn't fun, not for me, (but who knows, maybe to some it is.)

2 lang ba kaming nakatapos ng 50 books? kala ko marami, at least 10. okay hindi tayo magrarush. ineenjoy ko lahat ng binabasa ko pero may tulak talaga ako sa sarili na magbasa atleast 100 pages a day. tama maganda nga yung kada matapos ng libro ay may 5-6 sentence na review. ayos yun

[yakibuke]

agree na tayo na 60 books ang target sa 2012?

[strandedstranger]

Challenge is still 50 books but no one's stopping you if you wish to read twice that.

[yakibuke]

eto na. unang librong nabasa ko for 2012. pinilit ko siyang tapusin bilang huling libro ng 2011 pero hindi kinaya.

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K Rowling

Review:

(hindi ako marunong sumalat ng review pero bahala na) Isa sa mga pinanghihinayangan ko ay kung bakit hindi ko binasa itong harry potter noong bata pa ako. Ayoko kasi noon ng magic-magic. Ngayon nasa ikatlong libro na ko and what can i say? Napakagaling ni Rowling na paglaruan ang imahinasyon ng reader. Nagiging mas interesting yung mga subjects sa Hogwarts habang tumatagal. At syempre yung usual formula niya na kung sino yung sa simulang pinoportray niya na kalaban/masama ay irereveal sa dulo na mabait. Di ko alam kung ganun pa rin sa mga susunod although at least mali yung prediksyon ko na makakalaban na naman niya si voldemort dito.