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Final Stats for 2014:
Number of Books Read: 365
Number of Pages Read: 90,368
Average Number Pages: 248 (rounded up)
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE!!!
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Fri Jan 02, 2015 11:10 am
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I haven't really kept track myself on a day by day basis, but according to the stats in my ebook reader application (Moon+ Reader Pro on my phone), in the past 904 days (derived from 7234.8 hours at 8.0 hours/day avg according to the stats) I've read 3155 books.
Now, that number is a bit misleading, because what it really means is that I've read 3155 files, and as I'm reading a lot of ongoing serials and things like that, I wouldn't say all of them qualify as "books".
The stats also say 1252005 pages turned, but again, that number isn't really all that meaningful because it depends on the size of the screen (small with my old phone, larger on the Galaxy Note I'm now using) and the font size (relatively large).
I guess the most meaningful statistic would be "220 read words per minute" which together with the 7234.8 hours gives 95,499,360 words in total. The average novel is somewhere between 80-120k words I would guess, so at an assumed 100k words per "book", that would be 955 books in 904 days.
But I have to confess that I'm cheating somewhat. I'm mostly "reading" nowadays by listening to the book via text-to-speech (for anyone interested IVONA Voice Amy sounds very good and natural on Android) so I can do that while being otherwise busy (housework, driving, shopping, keeping an eye on the kids while they play with each other, ...) otherwise I wouldn't get even close to managing 8 hours/day.
Also, the software I'm using allows you to set the reading speed beyond 100%, and by increasing the speed by 10% each day, I found it easy to train myself to comfortably listen at higher speeds (listening at 100% now feels very very slow). The software original had a max of 200%, but a year or so ago that got increased to 400% and it only took me about 2 weeks of gradual increases to get used to that. (Because it's TTS and not just a sped up audio recording, you don't get high pitched mickey mouse voices, it still sounds natural, just very fast.) At 400%, it reads at about 350 words per minute now, which is about what I also normally manage when I'm actually reading instead of listening, so the speed feels natural to me, it just took some time to train my brain to listen to spoken words at that speed.
Statistics: Posted by qHnED7SnYgQs — Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:52 pm
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Today is day #363 and I'm just starting book #363. I've been reading some longer books to try and increase my overall # of pages per book, so I'm falling a bit behind.
Stats for right now
Books Read: 362
Average Pages: 247
Total Pages: 89,461
Hope you all have a fun and safe New Year!
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:44 pm
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Just updated the count and it seems that I've caught up!
Unfortunately, my average number of pages per book has decreased (244), so I'm going to try and read some longer books before the end of the year.
Hope everyone has an excellent Christmas / Holiday Season!
I'll try to update a couple of more times before the end of the year...
Best Wishes Everyone!!
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Thu Dec 25, 2014 12:31 am
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Today is day #343. I have 22 days left of reading (EEK!) and 27 books to read (double EEK!!).
As some of you are aware, I'm trying to keep an average number of pages read per book on top of the total number. The point of that is to keep me mostly honest and not read too many double-digit page length books.
Since we're coming close to the end of things here, I thought I'd share a few stats with you before I get back to reading.
Time/Date of Stats: Dec 9th, 12:15pm CST
Number of Books Read: 338
Number of Pages Read: 82,600
Average Number Pages: 244 (rounded up)
Happy Holiday Shopping Everyone!!
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:16 pm
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Statistics: Posted by twips182 — Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:00 pm
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In my attempts to save the sloths, I've made some progress in the whole "catching up" process.
Just finished book #310 and I'm partway through day #324. So I'm about 2 weeks behind!
Still trying to keep my Word-Count-Average-Per-Book at about 250 pages. It is making it a bit difficult to catch up, but there are worse things in life.
Hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying a good book this week!
Brent / Argy / ArgyrosfeniX
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Thu Nov 20, 2014 1:20 pm
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Ended up going to the gym and walking for an hour on the treadmill while reading a book on my iPad. I'll catch up sooner or later!
Looks like we're going to be receiving an arctic blast here in the next few days. Should be perfect weather to get some good reading done!
Stay warm everyone!
290 Books Read / Day 313
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:21 am
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Atta boy Argy! A mother and her son thank you
Statistics: Posted by twips182 — Thu Nov 06, 2014 5:51 pm
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I'll be working very hard on getting those books in before the deadline. I'm still trying to average more than 250 pages per book, so it isn't like I can go and read a bunch of short stuff either. Just need to read faster and spend more waking time on it.
I actually identify with 3-toed sloths a great deal. I'll work hard to make sure the donations reach the sloths sometime this century.
Nice photo by the way!
I'm saving most of Dale's books for next year so I can enjoy and savor them. I'll reread one of them every now and then as they pop into my head though. Hopefully, we'll see a decrease in the gap between "what I've read" and "days of the year". You all have already wished me luck and it seems to be helping! Looking forward to celebrating completing that last book a day or two early so I can celebrate on New Year's Eve instead of trying to cram one-last-book in.
Statistics: Posted by ArgyrosfeniX — Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:20 pm
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Cmon Argy do it for her!
Statistics: Posted by twips182 — Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:13 pm
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