It’s time for the outcomes of the Learn More durable 2024 Wrap-Up Survey! I can’t inform how a lot I get pleasure from digging into these solutions and seeing the charts for the outcomes. After all, not each Learn More durable Challenger (that’s what I name us) stuffed out the survey, nevertheless it nonetheless provides some enjoyable insights into what your expertise with this yr’s Learn More durable Problem has been like.
A number of of you had some options that we’ll be implementing subsequent yr! First off, a number of responses famous that the 2024 problem had plenty of kids’s and YA challenges, and I’ll be trustworthy, you have been proper! Looking back, 5 duties to do with kids’s and YA books was in all probability an excessive amount of for one problem, although we did love all of these duties. I’ll reveal this concerning the 2025 Learn More durable Problem: solely two are kids’s/YA-focused. You additionally mentioned you missed the opposite editors’ suggestions, and subsequent yr, it’ll be extra than simply me recommending books! You’ll be listening to from a bunch of us, every recommending a few of our favourite duties.
One other piece of suggestions I heard was that it was laborious to seek out the advice record for every job. For the 2025 problem, I’ll be sure you hyperlink the advice lists to every job within the announcement submit. Additionally, for these of you wanting suggestions at the start of the yr, we’re doing a bonus for annual All Entry members in 2025: you’ll get a listing in January of three titles really helpful for every job, with the complete suggestions popping out as standard all year long.
Okay, now onto the pie charts! I’ll share your favourite books you learn for the problem in one other submit.
Did you full all 24 of the 2024 Learn More durable Problem Duties?
I’ve all the time been curious how many individuals who attempt the Learn More durable Problem full it—and even intend to finish it. It seems to be roughly a 50/50 cut up, at the least this yr: 46% mentioned they haven’t completed and don’t suppose they’ll, 22.4% already accomplished it, and 31.6% haven’t but, however plan to by the tip of 2024. Many individuals talked about that they found the problem late within the yr, however they plan to finish the 2025 problem!
What number of books complete have you ever learn in 2024?
Once I bought the outcomes for the midway check-in survey, I spotted I had severely underestimated simply how a lot a few of you all learn! So, this time I added extra choices over 100. 23% mentioned they learn 50 or fewer books. Thirty-one level six p.c have been between 51-100. Twenty-seven level six p.c have been between 100 and 200. Ten level three p.c learn 200-300 books this yr, leaving 7.5% who learn over 300. That may be a staggeringly excessive common!
Now, let’s discuss two of the questions I discover essentially the most fascinating: your favourite and least favourite duties this yr, full with bar charts.
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