|OT| The 2026 Metacouncil Reading Challenge

NarohDethan

There was a fish in the percolator!
Apr 6, 2019
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By popular demand (three guys).

Similar to the Finished Games thread, here’s an space to share and discuss the books we have read this year.

There’s no criteria to what counts as finished other than you being done with the book, but I’d encourage to set a goal of books to read.
 
Personal goal: 12 books (so I should read at least one each month).

Currently reading: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
 
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I'm following a genre fiction podcast (Shelved by Genre -- check them out) and they usually do units of like 2-3 months on a series of books or comics or whatever. This time they are doing the mainline Tolkien books (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion -- in that order). And planning a leisurely pace. So my goal is at least those before end of the year. Hopefully add several more too.
 
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Mind you, I'm counting comics that have GR entries there (and plan to read a bunch of Amazing Spider-Man this year, that's why the number is so high)
My completion rates for previous years are:
2023 (88) - 24 'proper' books
2024 (228) - 23 'proper' books
2025 (185) - 44 'proper' books
 
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Personal goal: My challenge for this year is 15 books (I'm not counting comics or manga but I'll comment on them anyway).

Currently reading: What I Ate in One Year from Stanley Tucci. My mom recommended this to me and I don't know why but I'm actually reading it :face-with-open-mouth-and-cold-sweat:
 
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