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| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5273 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 625 of 713 05 July 2012 at 3:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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What comes to reading, I believe that many SC participants are still in a phase where reading is exhausting
and slow, so it's been amazing to see how the number of books is growing so steadily for so many of them! It is very obvious that there are many dark horses waiting to get unleashed. The early bloomers should be prepared to wipe the smug smiles off their faces ;) we aren't even close to the finishing line yet. Seriously speaking, although I still read slowly, to me reading Spanish isn't exhausting any more. It is a pleasure not an effort to read several hours at a time so I've already got a big big reward. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4311 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 626 of 713 09 July 2012 at 1:47pm | IP Logged | ||
My reading is insanely slow. I am concentrating more on watching TV/movies at the moment (without subtitles), which I find much easier. I am slowly reading a graphic novel, but my low vocabulary really makes it slow. Knowing that my speed might suddenly improve is very encouraging. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4311 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 627 of 713 09 July 2012 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Solfrid I wanted to thank you for organising the challenge. It fits perfectly with my study goals at the moment (well the 100 books is a bit of stretch, but a good one I think).
Is it OK for me to not join the Twitter feed? I like doing the challenge as part of a community, and sharing (and keeping track of) my progress with others, but have no real interest in the more competitive aspects of scoring, and being in some league table with others. I like the idea of keeping this reasonably simple. I think it makes sense if I read a +300 page book this counts for more than one book, but if I read something that's 155 pages, personally I am only going to round down and count this once, rather than as a 1.55 book, as this spoils the simplicity and beauty of the challenge for me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6398 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 628 of 713 09 July 2012 at 3:46pm | IP Logged | ||
You don't have to be on Twitter, but you should keep track of your progress somewhere. Most of us are putting our updates here. You should also mention where you are recording your updates in this thread so everyone knows where to look to track your progress. By the way, I'm using Twitter, but I'm also doing like you and trying to read 100 books according to the original rules. So I let Twitter count the way it wants to, but I also use my blog to keep track of the number of books according to the old rules. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5112 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 629 of 713 09 July 2012 at 4:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love that people answer when I am not able to!
I am in St. Petersburg and loving it! Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 09 July 2012 at 4:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5561 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 630 of 713 12 July 2012 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
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Are you going to start one of these off every year (I know that means you'd have two
running at the same time)? I'm about to put my Spanish on ice for a while, but I'd love to try this next year! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dr sam gyup sal Groupie Korea, South Joined 4398 days ago 80 posts - 92 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean | Message 631 of 713 14 July 2012 at 2:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm a bit late but I am in for the Super Challenge. I will be reading childrens books and watching all types of movies
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| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6398 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 632 of 713 14 July 2012 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||
I can't say, but I sure hope so. It would give people who show up late a chance to join that one instead of joining this one and trying to do the challenge in half the time. I'm considering doing Spanish too, but I know I will have to wait at least until next year to start, so a new challenge beginning then would be great for me too. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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