I thought it was time to share the results of my 2023 challenge of attempting to read my height in books.
I read several books on Kindle in 2023 so I got the dimensions of each book off Amazon and worked out that together they added approximately 5.8 inches. I then went hunting around the house to find something that would represent that on the pile of books. My husband found a notebook which when stood up was the correct height, hence the book stood up on the top of the pile of books.
So here is the final picture!
I did it! The stack of books measures 67.5 inches and I am 67 inches. I’m so pleased because I was rather worried I hadn’t made it again but finally I have managed to complete the challenge. The stack is made up of the 72 books that I read in 2023.
Sadly, I missed October’s update on my reading challenge which has also added to my panic because I had no idea how much reading I needed to do to hit my challenge.
I have still not added the height of the digital books I have read so I am hoping they will make a difference as well. Here is the latest height.
The stack now measures 54.5 inches and I must admit I am a little nervous about whether I am going to manage the challenge. I have 12.5 inches to go!
I have been thinking about the goals I set myself for 2023 and whether I will succeed with any of them.
Here are the goals that I set myself:
Read my height in books
Read 80 books
Read more Ancient Greek and Roman literature
Classics Club, Maigret and Agatha Christie Challenges
Read one nonfiction book a month
Reading my height in books has been going well so far. Am I allowed to say that I am quietly confident I will make this challenge? I haven’t read many books in October so far but I am hoping to read more in half term and I always generally read a lot of books in December so I am really hoping that will be enough.
Read 80 books is not going to happen! Not unless I suddenly win the lottery and give up work before the end of this year. I finally decided to lower my Goodreads Challenge this month because the amount of books I had fallen behind was just stressing me out. My new challenge is 70 books but I am still hoping I will read more than 70 books.
Reading more Ancient Greek and Roman literature has been going better than it did last year. I still want to read some plays before the end of the year but I am pleased with how this challenge is going so far.
The Classics Club challenge could be better but I have been making progress. I’m hoping to read two more books off the list before the end of this year. The Maigret challenge is not going so well but is better than the Agatha Christie Challenge. I haven’t read one Agatha Christie book this year! I have read some Maigret books but not as many as I had hoped. There is still time to read some Agatha Christie before the end of the year!
Read one non-fiction book a month has been no problem. In fact most months I have read more than one non-fiction book a month. Some months non-fiction is all I want to read. I have really been enjoying my non-fiction reading this year and I hope it continues.
Overall, my goals have good points and bad points but I still have a couple of months to improve on certain goals. I’m happy with how things are going so far but rather disappointed that I won’t manage the 80 books in a year.
I hope everyone is having a nice week so far. I have had a busy couple of days teaching so far but I have managed a little bit of reading and guppy watching. Yes, I am obsessed with my new fish.
I thought it was time for a Reading Challenge update.
In September I managed to add 8 books to the pile.
The stack now measures exactly 46 inches. I now have just 21 inches left and I am feeling more confident that I might actually manage the challenge this year.
I thought it was time for my monthly challenge update. Although I read seven books in July, four of them were Kindle books so I need to work out approximate heights for those. I will add any Kindle books on at the end of the year.
Terrible Picture Time!
The stack now measures 33 inches so not much of an increase from last month. I now have 34 inches to go.
Look at that stack grow!
I have two big books currently on the go so hopefully these will make a big difference in the height once I have finished them. I’m massively behind with my Goodreads Challenge as well so I really need to up my reading to catch up on my book challenges.
I hope your book challenges are going well this year.
Apologies for the lack of blogging this week. It would appear work and tiredness have been taking their toll. I read another 5 books in June and some of those were quite chunky so hopefully it has made a difference on the book stack.
Awkward picture time!
The stack is now 31.5 inches high and has grown 6 inches! I now only have 35.5 inches left to go so sadly I’m not half way yet.
Look at that stack grown!
I am currently reading some very big books so I hope it will make a difference to the stack height. I am determined to complete the challenge this year even if it means pulling some all nighters.
I nearly forgot my monthly update for my Reading My Height in Books Challenge! I was really hoping to get more books read in May but sadly that wasn’t the case but at least I managed to read 5.
Awkward picture time!
Lyra is more interested in sitting outside in the sun than being involved in pictures sadly so this month it is just me.
The stack is now the height of 25.5 inches. This means I now have 41.5 inches left to go. I am still ahead from this time last year but only by 1.5 inches which isn’t much sadly. I must keep pushing as I really want to complete the challenge this year.
It is awkward photo time! April was a better reading month for me than March and I also managed to read one big book so I’m really hoping that will help make up for the lack of height during March.
Here is the current book stack which contains 21 books.
I managed to get Lyra to participate this month for the photo. This meant being very stealthy and swooping her up before she knew it was cuddly photo time.
The book stack is now the height of 21 inches exactly. This means I have 46 inches to go. Happily I am still ahead of this time last year but only by 2.5 inches. I must keep pushing with my reading as I really don’t want to fail again.
Look at that book stack grow.
Hopefully Lyra will appear in more photos soon but she can be a very reluctant photo model sometimes.
It is time for another uncomfortable photo of myself standing next to a pile of books. I will be honest the pile of books has not increased much in March as I was struggling to focus with my reading and I kept flitting between books.
The book pile consists of 15 books and now measures 14.5 inches high. This leaves me with 52.5 inches to go.
I am still ahead of 2021 though as the pile was only 13.5 inches high. Hopefully, April will add some more height to the pile of books and be more successful than March.
Look at that pile grow!
Lyra is still refusing to appear in more pictures sadly but hopefully I will convince her to appear again soon.
Lady Book Dragon 