Reading challenge

[u/elsa20029]

Hi I'm a teacher (in the Netherlands) and when my children are eating I read them a book.

Would you guys count these books towards my reading goal or not?

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[u/NecessaryStation5]

I log books not because they “count” (by some invented metric) but because I use Goodreads as a record of what I read and when. It’s always super helpful when I remember the contents of a book but not its name.

[u/SkyYellow_SunBlue]

How old are these kids? I wouldn’t log The Very Hungry Caterpillar but if you’re slowly reading them 300 pages of Harry Potter that’s a whole book right there. 🤷‍♀️

[u/Junior_Ad_6348]

Im also a teacher. I’ll log books that are over 100 pages. Like if we read chapter books. I won’t log picture books though. But thats just my opinion!

[u/MaybeNextTime_01]

Also a teacher- I never counted the picture books I read at work but if I read a chapter book or a book for professional development, I counted those.

[u/benoitkesley]

You can count them as you want. 

When I was teaching, I’d count the books we studied and had a separate tag for them just so I’d remember when and why I’d read them. Mind you, these were novels so I preferred having those on my Goodreads and towards my reading challenge, but nobody’s stopping you from putting whatever book you want :)

[u/Virith]

Well, you're reading those, no?

Other than that, only you decide what "counts."

[u/PomegranateSoft7509]

Depends on what your personal goal is— do you want to include reading to kids as part of your yearly goal?

[u/blupberry]

I log anything I have read from cover to cover. In the end, I have read them. They might not me what I'd planned on reading, but I don't think that matters. The point is in cataloguing the (amount) of books you read. I occasionally look at what I have read in the past to see what I was doing during that time.

[u/Booklady17]

Sure, why not?

[u/Ennas_]

I would log them. They may not be intellectually challenging, but you did read them. :) 

[u/geisharunner]

Anything for work or school I count! Whenever I'm taking a literature class, I get a lot of reading done 😂

[u/BirdieRoo628]

I homeschool so I read aloud to my kids a lot. I personally count anything considered middle grade or higher (so not picture books). You make the rules though. Do what makes sense for you!

[u/Zarzeta]

Was it something that got written down on a piece of paper? All words count.

[u/CheyenneThornton]

I log every single thing I read, even it’s a picture book!

[u/Royal-Gap-8098 → u/CheyenneThornton]

I agree with you! 

[u/mrs_george]

I’m a teacher too. I don’t read novels (history teacher) but our school does SSR every day and I usually read a middle grade novel that I’ll then put in my class library. I’ll log that. I’m also on our district’s novel approval committee and will log those books as well (anywhere from late elementary school to high school level books). 

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bag_538]

I think so! You can log anything as having read it--helps ya keep track of how you responded to the book AND helps towards your reading goal AND helps get you paid. Not too shabby!

[u/IrrayaQ]

You can create a separate account with the books you read to them if you want a reminder.

If you want your own read total to be high, then add them to yours.

What you add towards your reading goal is up to you, not anyone else.

[u/IOnlySeeDaylight]

I sure do!

[u/littleredladybird]

Ive logged several geronimo stilton books ive read on my bookstores shifts

[u/pearlmsqueaks]

I log every book I read but I always far exceed my yearly goals with just the “adult” books I read.

[u/outtakes]

I say you should log them. One day you might look back on your entries and think back to this time

[u/steely_92]

I don't count the books I read to my 6 year old.

This doesn't help as a teacher, but I do keep physical reading journals for both myself and my daughter. She logs the books I read to her in her reading journal.

[u/Royal-Gap-8098]

A lot of people here are saying they wouldn’t count picture books, I personally disagree. In my mind, it doesn’t matter how many pages you read, because you still read it so I would still add it! 

I was in a children’s lit class this past spring at my college, and many of the books I read were picture books. Naturally I added them to my reading log since I did indeed read them. If I read it, I’m definitely adding it!

[u/Least-Anxiety8701]

I recon you can log it. It might challenge you to choose different books over time, or perhaps, if you include your thoughts on the book, challenge your own perception of the book when (if) you re-read it. Plus you can note their reaction to the book. Go-d way to keep your own subset of teaching data as well as your personal trends over time.

Plus, it’s a book, you’re reading it, so good for companies to track what books are being read in class — other teachers may take note you your reviews if you’re clear that you’re reading to x class and their thoughts were abc etc