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This year I challenge myself to read 50 pre-owned books (inc at least 10 physical books) from the tbr list below:

Read 60/50

Kindle Books 18
�� Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 4.5��
�� Normal People by Sally Rooney 4��
�� Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker 5��
�� Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 5��
�� The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 5��
�� The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin 5��
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
�� Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi 4��
�� The Soldier's Curse by Meg and Tom Keneally AA 5��
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
�� The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin 5��
�� Touch by Claire North 5��
�� Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger 5��
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Tombland by C.J. Sansom
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
�� The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr by Frances Maynard 4��
�� The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell 4��
�� My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni 4.5��
Himself by Jess Kidd
�� The Last Train by Sue Lawrence 3.5��
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
�� The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor 4��
Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason
Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson
Wintering by Krissy Kneen AA
��The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman AA 4.5��
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
�� A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill AA 4��
I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk

Hardbacks/Paperbacks 10
�� Mi5 and Me by Charlotte Bingham (paperback) 4��
�� Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence 4��
Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby AA
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
�� The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton AA 4��
�� Becoming by Michelle Obama 5��
The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
The River in the Sky by Clive James AA
The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
�� Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Bradley Trevor Greive 4��
A Time of Love and Tartan by Alexander McCall Smith
�� Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life by Leigh Sales AA 5��
�� Blackwater Moon by B. Michael Radburn AA 4��
�� To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (re-read) 5��
�� The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 5��
�� The Scoop by Terence J. Quinn 4��


Also continuing with my next in series reads: 32
�� Love Story, With Murders by Harry Bingham #2/6 5��
�� The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham #3/6 4.5��
�� This Thing of Darkness by Harry Bingham #4/6 5��
�� Changes by Jim Butcher #12/18 5��
�� Ghost Story by Jim Butcher #13/18 4��
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews #8/10
�� Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris #12/15 5��
�� Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris #13/15 4��
�� Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris #14/15 5��
�� Divided in Death by J.D. Robb #18/47 4��
�� Visions in Death by J.D. Robb #19/47 4��
�� Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb #20/47 4��
�� I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley #4/9 4��
�� Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley #5/9 4��
�� The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley #6/9 5��
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen #4/12
�� Vanish by Tess Gerritsen #5/12 4��
�� A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny #12/15 4.5��
�� Glass Houses by Louise Penny #13/15 5��
White Nights by Ann Cleeves #2/7
Shoot to Thrill by P.J. Tracy #5/8
Flesh House by Stuart MacBride #4/12
�� Genesis by Karin Slaughter #3/8 5��
Broken by Karin Slaughter #4/8
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman #3/5
The Merchant's Tale by Ann Swinfen #4/6
The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg #2/10
�� A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill AA #2/10 4��
�� Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill #3/10 4��
�� Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill #4/10 4��
�� Gentlemen Formerly Dressed by Sulari Gentill #5/10 4��
�� A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill #6/10 5��
�� Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill #7/10 4.5��
�� Revisionary by Jim C. Hines #4/4 4��
Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz #3/4
�� Dark Past by Catherine Lee AA #2/63.5��
�� Dark Secrets by Catherine Lee #3/6 4��
�� Dark Chemistry by Catherine Lee #4/6 4��
Dead Scared by Sharon J. Bolton #2/4
Flesh House by Stuart MacBride #4/13
�� Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart #2/5 4��
�� Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart 4�� #3/5
�� Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart #4/5 4��
�� Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart #5/5 4��

Kindle books:


Hardbacks/Paperbacks:


Next in Series:

Great challenge Carolyn. I will be following on and looking forward to your posts.

Excellent challenge Carolyn :) You'll be VERY interested in one of our Annual Challenges ......

Exactly my sentiments Carolyn. I too wish to reduce the number of unread books on my own shelves, both physical and electronic.

Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "Great challenge Carolyn. I will be following on and looking forward to your posts."

Thanks Veronica :)

Brenda wrote: "Excellent challenge Carolyn :) You'll be VERY interested in one of our Annual Challenges ......"

That sounds VERY intriguing Brenda!!
One reason I'm posting the books here with their covers is so I can try to incorporate them into challenges. It really helped last year (although I haven't managed to complete that challenge yet....)

MaryG2E wrote: "Exactly my sentiments Carolyn. I too wish to reduce the number of unread books on my own shelves, both physical and electronic."

I think it would work better as a strategy if I stopped acquiring new books at at the same time! A total lack of self restraint I'm afraid!

Great challenge, Carolyn. Good luck and happy reading in 2019!

Thanks Sharon :)

Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Excellent challenge Carolyn :) You'll be VERY interested in one of our Annual Challenges ......"

That sounds VERY intriguing Brenda!!
One reason I'm posting the books here with the..."

I agree - seeing the covers easily is half the battle!

Half way through this year I also set up a bookshelf for all my Annual Challenge books for the year from 6 different challenges.

That's also been really helpful in seeing how many I have left to read and what I can use in other challenges so I'll be doing it again this year.

I'm also stealing Li'l Owl's idea and listing links to my annual challenges here to help me keep track of them:

Dec 27 update: COMPLETED 10/10 Annual Challenges

�� 36 /36 AR Aussie Authors: /topic/show/...
�� 36/ 36 AR Aussie Author COLOURS: /topic/show/...
�� 37 /36 AR Seriously Series: /topic/show/...
�� 26 /26 AR A-Z Titles: /topic/show/...
�� 26/ 26 Aussie Crime: /topic/show/...
�� 26/26 Aussie Crime A-Z Authors: /topic/show/...
�� 62/ 40 AWW Challenge: /topic/show/...
�� 25 /25 Motley challenge /topic/show/...
�� 12 /12 12+4 challenge /topic/show/...
�� 26 /26 (titles) & 26 /26 (authors) A Good Thriller A-Z: /topic/show/...
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Massive list - And I can see some books I am very fond of in there... happy reading!

Terrific idea Carolyn! Good luck with it, and very happy reading to you in 2019! xo :)

Thanks Deborah and Kylie - I think there's enough on the list for 2 years of challenge. Lots to choose from!

An impressive list, Carolyn! Goodluck!!