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message 1: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Do you love to pick up books from the thrift store? Do you love to buy second hand books at a church fair or craiglist? Are you buying them second hand online? Or did you find a book in a mini library on the road? Is your book cabinet becoming full with second hand books? Is your hoarding :-D getting out of control? Then you need this challenge for October, November and December of 2020.

General Guidelines

* This challenge starts on 1 October 2020 until 31 December 2020
* Each book entered should be a "second hand paper" book.
* The book must be bought by you or received. It doesn't matter where the book was bought or found, it could be a thrift shop/craiglist/church market/ online thrift shops etc.,. as long as it is second hand.
* The book can be used in other challenges
* Each book can only be counted one time in this challenge
* Everybody can join and it doesn't matter when during the challenge
* You keep track of your own score in every book entering post (1 book read is 1 point)
* Chatting is allowed

what to do when you finish a book for this challenge?:

- Mention the name of the book
- Mention who wrote it
- Mention where you bought it or found it (if you still know this)
- Mention how much you paid for it (if you still know this)
- Mention your score in this challenge (1 book read is 1 point)

Winner gets bragging rights to this topic and more space in their bookcabinet!


message 2: by Nicole (last edited Dec 31, 2020 03:39PM) (new)

Nicole Woods (nicole_woods65) | 976 comments I'm in for 5!

1. Beware of Older Men by Merrit Malloy (Amazon, $9.98)

Total: 1/5


message 3: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Ray | 1285 comments I'm in for ten. I might have too many library sale finds on my shelves :-)


message 4: by Hayley (new)

Hayley Shaver | 14 comments I'm in for at least 10


message 5: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Welcome new people!


message 6: by Amy (last edited Dec 05, 2020 01:02PM) (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3592 comments 5/10

1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Savers $3.49)
2. Twilight Eyes (not sure where I got it)
3. Black Seconds (Library book sale)
4. Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Goodwill, .69)
5. Ordeal by Innocence (Library book sale, .50)


message 7: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3592 comments Updated message 6-- 1/10


message 8: by Irphen (new)

Irphen | 131 comments I will try to go for 5!
And just to be sure, second hand books we found or that were gifted to us count as well?


message 9: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments @Irphen Both for found and gifted: The book should be second hand to begin with. So for example a new book bought by a friend and given to you new for your birthday is not second hand and would not count. If that friend would read a book or buy a second hand book and a while later she would gift it to you, it would be second hand.


message 10: by Irphen (new)

Irphen | 131 comments Chantal wrote: "@Irphen Both for found and gifted: The book should be second hand to begin with. So for example a new book bought by a friend and given to you new for your birthday is not second hand and would not..."
Okay, thanks!


message 11: by Irphen (last edited Dec 25, 2020 03:01PM) (new)

Irphen | 131 comments Second hand book challenge: 5/5
- The Great God Pan read 19 - 23 october
Found on a book market for 1.50 ( euro )

- Want dit is mijn lichaam read end october - 5 november
Got it from aquintances that got it from a friend
( sorry I believe there is no English translating and if this is not allowed in the challenge please let me know )

- De heilige Antonio read 20 - 30 november
Bought on online secondhand book market for 50 cents ( euro )

- ´¡²Ô³Ù鳦³ó°ù¾±²õ³Ù²¹ read 6-9 december
Found on a book market for 1 euro

- A Christmas Carol read 21- 23 december
Found in a traveling booksbox


message 12: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3592 comments Updated message 6-- 2/10


message 13: by Hayley (new)

Hayley Shaver | 14 comments 10/10
Goal- 10 books total
Go Set a Watchman -Harper Lee*
The Oval Portrait-Edgar Allan Poe*
Audiobook:

She Wolf- Saki*

Evil Under the Sun � Agatha Christie*
Hans Chrisitan Anderson:
In a Thousand Years*
The Elf of the Rose*
The bell-Deep*
The Little Match- Seller*
The Fir Tree*
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
A Scandal in Bohemia*
The Five Orange Pips*


message 14: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Hayley wrote: "10/10
Goal- 10 books total
Go Set a Watchman -Harper Lee*
The Oval Portrait-Edgar Allan Poe*
Audiobook:
..."


The audio books don't count! Are the other books second hand bought or found? And how much and where? Can you please read the rules please. Thank you!


message 15: by Hayley (last edited Dec 30, 2020 05:22AM) (new)

Hayley Shaver | 14 comments ok revised list
goal- 10
Go Set a Watchman -Harper Lee*
The New Magic of Microwave Cookbook- Magic Chef*
My Kind (of) America- Amy Newmark*
501 Most Notorious Crimes- Paul Donnelley*
- The Gospel of Luke*
Dear Girls- Ali Wong*
Crash and Burn- Lisa Gardner *
How to Treat a Lady- Karen Hawkins*
A Mud Pie for Mother- Scott Beck*
Walt Disney’s Pinocchio and His Puppet Show Adventure*


message 16: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3592 comments Updated message 6-- 3/10


message 17: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3592 comments Updated message 6-- 4/10


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (marcthedarc) | 660 comments Well I didn't think I'd be a contender at all this quarter, but let's see how it pans out.

Title: The Two Towers
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Where: Friends of the Library book sale
$$: US$0.50

Title: Small Gods
Author: Terry Pratchett
Where: Friends of the Library book sale
$$: US$1

Title: Lords and Ladies
Author: Terry Pratchett
Where: Friends of the Library book sale
$$: US$1

Title: The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats
Author: Mark Hodder
Where: Thriftbooks.com, I think
$$: Not sure, but currently a 'very good' copy is US$5.89

Title: Beyond the Dinosaurs!: Sky Dragons, Sea Monsters, Mega-Mammals, and Other Prehistoric Beasts
Author: Howard Zimmerman
Where: From my mother, who got it at a yard sale
$$: zero to me

Current challenge score: 5, and I've got two more lined up.


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (marcthedarc) | 660 comments Would audiobooks count if, say, they were obtained second-hand in CD or cassette tape format? Hypothetical from me.


message 20: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3592 comments Updated message 6-- 5/10


message 21: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Marc *Dark Reader of the Woods* wrote: "Would audiobooks count if, say, they were obtained second-hand in CD or cassette tape format? Hypothetical from me."

I am a little late answering, but no we only do paper books.


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (marcthedarc) | 660 comments Title: Return of the King
Author: I think you know.
Where: Library book sale, nice aged 1976 edition paperback
How much: 50 cents
Score: 6

It's on, Amy.


message 23: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Woop woop lol


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (marcthedarc) | 660 comments title: Masquerades
authors: Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb
Where: Thriftbooks.com
How much: US$3.99
Score: 7


message 25: by Irphen (new)

Irphen | 131 comments Updated message 11; Finished my little challenge with a score of 5/5!


message 26: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Woods (nicole_woods65) | 976 comments Update to Msg. 2:

1/5

Didn't read as much as I would've liked to these last couple months. ^^;


message 27: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Nicole wrote: "Update to Msg. 2:

1/5

Didn't read as much as I would've liked to these last couple months. ^^;"


Me either for the second hand books.


message 28: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Woods (nicole_woods65) | 976 comments Chantal wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Update to Msg. 2:

1/5

Didn't read as much as I would've liked to these last couple months. ^^;"

Me either for the second hand books."


*Fist Bump* Better luck next year! <3


message 29: by Chantal (new)

Chantal (coinchantal) | 458 comments Yeah the whole week I have been looking at every book in my house and putting them on goodreads. I have to many books. Most are second hand, hope to make a dent in the pile next year.


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