Byzantine Posted June 8, 2013 Posted June 8, 2013 (edited) So I thought this might be fun. Let's see who can finish the most books between now and the end of August. Winner gets no prize unless someone else provides it. You can count a book you started before today so long as it is finished today or later. For scoring, make sure to give the title of the book. Edited June 8, 2013 by Byzantine
Dr. Bombay Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Do audio books count? What if I watch a movie based on a book?
Dr. Bombay Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 And comic books? Or as adults who don't want to admit they read comic books call them, "graphic novels." What about those?
Byzantine Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) Can I read a couple hundred very short books? Yes, but then your victory might be kinda hollow, wouldn't it? Do audio books count? What if I watch a movie based on a book? Yes. No. And comic books? Or as adults who don't want to admit they read comic books call them, "graphic novels." What about those? Comic books yes. Graphic novels, no. XD Edited June 9, 2013 by Byzantine
AnneLine Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Sounds like a fun idea! I wonder if perhaps might be fairer to count number of pages or something? (Or minutes for audiobooks)
Byzantine Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 Sounds like a fun idea! I wonder if perhaps might be fairer to count number of pages or something? (Or minutes for audiobooks) I think the only really fair way would be by word count, but ain't nobody got time fo' dat, so however we track it, it'll be rather flawed. Problem with page numbers is, people round here probably read books in dozens of different editions, so someone could read, say, To Kill a Mockingbird and have it count as 200 pages, while another person reading another edition would only have it count as 150.
Nihil Obstat Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Yes, but then your victory might be kinda hollow, wouldn't it? Hollow, but a victory nonetheless. :| I read two hundred books yesterday. Some of them may have been only a couple words long, but I did certainly read them.
LittleWaySoul Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 I WANT TO DO THIS. I've lost my reading addiction I used to have when I was younger, and I WANT TO GET IT BACK. This thread will be my motivation. I'm in the middle of reading LOTR: FOTR right now, and it's not looking like I'll finish today, but I will begin reading NOW. THANK YOU, BYZ! Nothing like a little competition to get me motivated :bounce:
LittleWaySoul Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Also, you fine people can keep me accountable. I'll be embarrassed if I'm as ridiculously slow as I have been lately. So... YAY! :smile3:
Chestertonian Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you. --Mortimer Adler
Byzantine Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 I WANT TO DO THIS. I've lost my reading addiction I used to have when I was younger, and I WANT TO GET IT BACK. This thread will be my motivation. I'm in the middle of reading LOTR: FOTR right now, and it's not looking like I'll finish today, but I will begin reading NOW. THANK YOU, BYZ! Nothing like a little competition to get me motivated :bounce: I'm towards end of TTT. If you can surpass me, I'll be very impressed. In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you. --Mortimer Adler Not as easy to measure.
arfink Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 And comic books? Or as adults who don't want to admit they read comic books call them, "graphic novels." What about those? I believe you mean comicbooks. A book which is funny is a comic book. A story told by sequential pictures with captions is a comicbook.
Dr. Bombay Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 I believe you mean comicbooks. A book which is funny is a comic book. A story told by sequential pictures with captions is a comicbook. Rosarium....is that you? <_<
Dr. Bombay Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 Nope. Sorry bro. Good. You had me worried. And the Bing tells me it can be spelled either way, with the most common being comic book. You aren't doubting the Bing are you? I find your lack of faith.....disturbing.
Spem in alium Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 I love this thread! :) My first book is Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, which I finished this morning. Excellent read.
ploomf Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) I love reading! :) I just started Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. Edited June 11, 2013 by ploomf
ploomf Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Oh and I just finished reading The Broken Land by Kathleen O'Neal and W. Michael Gear yesterday. Very good book.
Byzantine Posted June 13, 2013 Author Posted June 13, 2013 Finished 2 Corinthians the other day. So as of right now, here's the score. Correct me if I'm wrong: Nihil, 200 Spem, 1 Ploomf, 1 Byz, 1
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