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2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves
This is such a perfect challenge for me. I keep buying books (especially on my Kindle) and not reading them straightaway. So this quarter, I won't buy any more books (well try not to buy anyway) and will read books that I already own.16 April Edit: As I am quite a bit ahead of schedule and have a massive pile of unread books, my goal for this challenge has changed from 12 to 15.
COMPLETED: 15/15
1. Cinder read 2 April, **** with review written
2. Ship of Magic read 10 April, **** with review written
3. Half Lost read 10 April,
4. Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Dime Museum Murders read 16 April, ****
5. Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Floating Lady Murder read 20 April, ****
6. Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Houdini Specter read 22 April, ****
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo read 3 May, ****
8. The Girl Who Played with Fire read 13 May, ****
9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest read 24 May, ****
10. Royal Wedding read 26 May, **** plus review written
11. The Earthsea Quartet read 2 June, ****
12. The Masked City read 9 June, ****
13. The Maze Runner read 11 June, **** plus review written
14. The Scorch Trials read 15 June, ****
15. The Death Cure read 22 June, ** plus review written
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I am going to start off with 10 books, but will add to if I clear these. There are so many books to read!!7/10
1. City of Heavenly Fire
2. The Bane Chronicles
3. Salt to the Sea
4. All the Light We Cannot See
5. Red Rising
6. The Name of the Wind
7. More Happy Than Not
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I am in for 15 on this one! I am trying to do this anyway, so it makes a lot of sense for me to make this official.1. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
2. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
3. American Psycho
4. Speak
5. Shatter Me
6. The Book Thief
7. Invisible Man
8. The Color Purple
9. Room
10. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
11. The Shadow of the Wind
12. Rosemary and Rue
13. On the Road
14. A Local Habitation
15. Jane Eyre
I'm in! Going in for 25.April ::
1 :: This Book Is Full of Spiders // 4/2/2016
2 :: Rosemary and Rue // 4/4/2016
3 :: War and Peace // 4/5/2016
4 :: Rebel Queen // 4/7/2016
5 :: Red Seas Under Red Skies // 4/8/2016
6 :: Mockingbird // 4/9/2016
7 :: The Buried Giant // 4/9/2016
8 :: Rebecca // 4/10/2016
9 :: Illuminae // 4/10/2016
10 :: Possible Side Effects // 4/11/2016
11 :: I'll Be Right There // 4/13/2016
12 :: Lost in a Good Book // 4/14/2016
13 :: Seveneves // 4/17/2016
14 :: Mistborn // 4/19/2016
15 :: Numbered Account // 4/20/2016
16 :: Dreamcatcher // 4/20/2016
17 :: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose // 4/21/2016
18 :: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon // 4/22/2016
19 :: The Three Musketeers // 4/24/2016
20 :: A Game of Thrones // 4/27/2016
21 :: Demon's Bride // 4/29/2016
22 :: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets // 4/28/2016
May ::
1 :: Les Misérables // 5/1/2016
2 :: Atlas Shrugged // 5/1/2016
3 :: Take a Thief // 5/1/2016
4 :: Confess // 5/1/2016
5 :: The Well of Lost Plots // 5/3/2016
6 :: The Arm of the Starfish // 5/4/2016
7 :: Making Money // 5/4/2016
8 :: The Code Book: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It // 5/6/2016
9 :: Night Play // 5/7/2016
10 :: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal // 5/8/2016
11 :: Trinity // 5/8/2016
12 :: Whirlwind // 5/9/2016
13 :: Chimera // 5/10/2016
14 :: Fall of Giants // 5/11/2016
15 :: The Secret History of Moscow // 5/12/2016
16 :: The Long Earth // 5/13/2016
17 :: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion // 5/14/2016
18 :: Something Rotten // 5/14/2016
19 :: Beyond the Highland Mist // 5/15/2016
20 :: Delirium // 5/15/2016
21 :: Armada // 5/16/2016
22 :: In the Unlikely Event // 5/17/2016
23 :: Elantris // 5/18/2016
24 :: Lolita // 5/19/2016
25 :: Gone with the Wind // 5/23/2016
26 :: City on Fire // 5/23/2016
27 :: Poison Study // 5/24/2016
28 :: Magic Study // 5/24/2016
29 :: Fire Study // 5/25/2016
30 :: Iced // 5/25/2016
31 :: Birdwing // 5/26/2016
32 :: I Shall Not Be Moved // 5/26/2016
33 :: The Star-Touched Queen // 5/26/2016
34 :: King Lear // 5/27/2016
35 :: The Shadow of the Wind // 5/30/2016
36 :: Big Little Lies // 5/31/2016
June ::
1 :: The Magicians // 6/3/2016
I'm in for 8. Since I completely forgot about the 1st Quarterly Challenge and didn't finish it. I will add that to this challenge. 8/8
1. David Copperfield 6-13-16
2. Kiss The Girls 5-17-16
3. Jack & Jill 6-25-16
4. The Time Traveler's Wife 4-5-16
5. Water for Elephants 6-18-16
6. Station Eleven 5-21-16
7. Between Shades of Gray 5-30-16
8. A Tree That Grows in Brooklyn 6-26-16
I'm in!! Love this challenge I have several to clear. My excel book list is broken into shelves so prefect!! I'm going to shoot for 12 books. I need to clear out my TBR list as every day i seem to add to it. I have over 600 books on my to read list. I'm going to look at the ones that I have on my TBR and for everyone I clear off that means I get to add another free one. I'm addicted to free books.
I will try for 10 from the 177 I have on this shelf!1) Hollow Earth purchased 22nd May 2013. **** Completed 4th April 2016
2) The Book Thief purchased sometime in 2010 **** Completed 11th April 2016
3) Stones for My Father purchased 30th August 2013 *** Completed 12th April 2016
4) Yellow Star purchased 26th April 2013 **** Completed 20th April 2016
5) The Still Point purchased 18th December 2012 * Completed 22nd April 2016
6) Nagasaki purchased 21st April 2014 **** Completed 23rd April 2016
7) Life of Pi purchased 17th February 2013 *** Completed 30th April 2016
8) London Calling purchased 22nd February 2012 *** Completed 3rd May 2016
9) Stardust purchased 27th April 2015 **** Completed 5th May 2016
10) Want to Know a Secret? purchased 23rd January 2014 *** Completed 8th May 2016
10/10
I will now up my goal to 15 please. This is because I started this challenge with 177 books to clear and I now have 181 instead of 167.
11) Every Time We Say Goodbye purchased 25th February 2012 *** Completed 11th May 2016
12) In Too Deep purchased 21st July 2013 **** completed 14th May 2016
13) A Christmas Carol purchased 17th December 2013 **** completed 15th May 2016
14) Chasing Rainbows purchased 15th September 2013 finished 15th May 2016
15) War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman purchased on 26th January 2016 **** completed 30th May 2016
16) Pride and Prejudice purchased July 2012 finished 19th June 2016
17) Grace Grows purchased 5th July 2013 *** finished 24th June 2016
18) Return to the Olive Farm. Carol Drinkwater purchased 2nd March 2012 **** finished 26th June 2016
18/15
My goal is 3 (for now!)1. Red Dragon - finished 20/4/16
2. The Silence of the Lambs - finished 28/4/16
3. Hannibal - finished 10/5/16
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - finished 20/6/16
4/3 CHALLENGE COMPLETE! + 1
I'm going to go for 4 oldest books I have on my to-read list. This is just the kick in the pants I need to polish off books I've been meaning to read for, oh only 4 years now!2/4
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
ok I as crazy as this sounds did 30 books last year so i am going to try for 40!
I'm going to try for 40! Which is scary, but I think I can do it, and I really need to read all of the unread books I own!
I'm going to 10 books, 1 - O Velho e o Mar
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4 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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6 - Não há crimes perfeitos~?
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I have about 40+ books that are on my owned/TBR list (Kobo included but it's only new so not full yet). I'm going to start off with 20 and try and get through these before I let myself buy/borrow anything else (not including any netgallery books I've already requested).SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
3/20
1. The Games [02/04/16]
2. Come Closer [04/04/16]
3. Wither [07/04/16]
Welcome to the challenge everyone!Participants:
Rachael 7/15
Agnieszka 23/45
Chelsea 4/10
Nicole 0/12
Stephanie (R-A) 5/15
Maya 0/25
Maria 0/8
Kylie 0/12
Lindsay 9/10
JoJo 2/3
Jane 0/4
Blagica 21/40
Erika 0/40
Daniela 2/10
René 1/3
Becca 3/20
Bobbi 2/20
Leslie 5/10
Monique 9/30
Eggp 5/10
Clare L 0/5
Monica 2/20
KellI 3/10
Sam F 6/25
Lynn 4/10
Kelly 2/12
Moriah 0/7
Maria 1/8
Emily 0/10
Patricia 1/7
Katharine 0/36
Kadijah Michelle 0/12
Megan 13/20
Melissa 4/20
Jenny 0/15
Megan (message #42) 0/5
Jodie 0/15
Cheri 0/5
Lisa (Likenbooks) 0/15
Maria (Message #46) 5/10
Sharon 0/8
Alisia 0/10
Kiwi 12/30
Tally 0/5
Charity 3/20
Sinara 0/8
Amanda 2/15
Geri 0/1
Lindsey 0/20
Gretchen 0/16
Stephanie (Chinchillita) 0/10
Janine 10/18
Dregon 0/25
Cindy 13/25
Anna 0/10
Adria 0/5
Ju 11/10
Anissa 0/5
Q 0/6
Kiki 1/8
Rebecca o/8
Amanda P. 4/18
Kylie 4/12
Felicia 0/5
Caro 0/8
Rachel W 3/15
Diane L 1/15
Katherine 0/40
Melissa (Message #102) 0/10
Jenn 10/20
Sylvia TBR 2/10 as a start
Niecie 4/20
Carly 0/43
Ultrajbk 4/10
Reija 0/10
Destiny 4/10
Marina H 7/10
Taylor R 0/5
Lori 0/20
Jeana 5/20
Luísa 0/10
Ashly 6/10
Tania 1/8
Kristal 0/17?
Jo 0/12
Christa 0/14
Emma 0/10
Katie 0/?
Megan BG 3/5
Jessica 0/30
Sherry 0/12
Angela 7/15
Nwanneka 0/5
Cindy III 0/10
Seema 0/?
Nola 3/12
Rowizyx 0/45
Beverly 2/20
Charlotte 0/10
Jewel 9/20
Maureen 3/20
Kylie 2/12
Anna 14/20
Diana 3/10
Kester 6/15
Renee 0/20
Laura 2/20
Jade 0/25
Gabriella 5/10
Willemijn 1/5
Julie 1/5
Lady Clementina 0/24
I, actually, just bought 17 new books not that long ago but I don't like weird numbers like that for challenges without reason so 20 it is for me. It's barely a drop in the bucket but meh.Read: 2/20
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4. Me Talk Pretty One Day
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6. The Rithmatist
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Perfect!!! I am in for 10! Reading books I already have on the shelves!Leslie C
1. The Edge of the Earth
2. The Book Thief
3. A Man Called Ove
4. Fairy Tales: by The Grimm Brothers
5.Snow White Must Die
6.Dark Places
7.The Phantom Tollbooth
8.The Ice Twins
9. Shovel Ready
10.What Alice Forgot
I'm in for 30 books. I'm going to try to focus on my massive TBR list and hopefully make a little dent in it.
1. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
2. Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
3. The Wildings - Nilanjana Roy
4. The Bonehunters - Steven Erikson
5. The Vegetarian - Han Kang
6. Fractured: Tales of the Canadian Post-Apocalypse - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7. Feast or Famine - Naomi Novik
8. Wolfsbane - Patricia Briggs
9. Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
10. That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story - Chris Speilman
11. The Passage - Justin Cronin
12. Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik
13. Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych - N. K. Jemisin
14. Ringworld - Larry Niven
15. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
16. Still Life - Louise Penny
17) Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine
18) Kill Switch - Jonathan Maberry
19) 1984 - George Orwell
20) The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
21) The Twelve - Justin Cronin
22) Bloodline - James Rollins
23. The Time Machine - H. G Wells
24. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
25. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson
26. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
27. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
28. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
29. Black Powder War - Naomi Novik
30. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission - Hampton Sides
1. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
2. Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
3. The Wildings - Nilanjana Roy
4. The Bonehunters - Steven Erikson
5. The Vegetarian - Han Kang
6. Fractured: Tales of the Canadian Post-Apocalypse - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7. Feast or Famine - Naomi Novik
8. Wolfsbane - Patricia Briggs
9. Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
10. That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story - Chris Speilman
11. The Passage - Justin Cronin
12. Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik
13. Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych - N. K. Jemisin
14. Ringworld - Larry Niven
15. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
16. Still Life - Louise Penny
17) Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine
18) Kill Switch - Jonathan Maberry
19) 1984 - George Orwell
20) The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
21) The Twelve - Justin Cronin
22) Bloodline - James Rollins
23. The Time Machine - H. G Wells
24. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
25. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson
26. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
27. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
28. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
29. Black Powder War - Naomi Novik
30. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission - Hampton Sides
Please sign me up for 10, I'll be trying to clear out some of the series I've collected.Second Quarter Challenge, April 01 - June 30
Clear the Shelves
Goal: 14/10
I'll go for 5 to start! I have quite a few books on my shelves that I have not read. Finished: 4/5
1. Why Not Me?
2. The Girl In The Ice
3. Defending Jacob
4. The Girl In The Ice
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Other potential:
6. Shadown & Bone
7. Falcon Throne
8. Not wanted on the voyage
9. Far from the maddening crowd
10. The light between Oceans
I will try for 20 which is my current tbr now. 1. A Discovery of Witches completed 4/17
2. Shadow of Night completed 5/2
3. The Book of Life completed 5/9
4. Cinder completed 5/11
5. Glitches Completed 5/11
6. Scarlet Completed 5/13
7.The Queen's Army Completed 5/14
8.Cress Completed 5/19
9. Fairest Completed 5/20
10. Winter Completed 6/1
11. Stars Above Completed 6/3
12.The Selection Completed 6/8
13.The Elite Completed 6/11
14. The One Completed 6/12
15.Happily Ever After Completed 6/13
16. Since You've Been Gone Completed 6/18
17.My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories Completed 6/26
18 Throne of Glass
I am going to sign up for this as I think I may have about 70 books that I own and have not read and I keep buying more. My husband is starting to get mad everytime I go to the used book store or used book sale at my library. I am going to set my goal for this for 10 but my goal for the year is to get at least half of it cleaned out. So I am in for 10.
1.Brooklyn A book I owned
2.The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared A book that was on my To Read list
3. All the Light We Cannot See A book I owned
4. Prayers for Sale A book I owned
5. Finding Jake A book I owned
6. The Nightingale A book I owned
7. Me Before You A book I owned
8. The Girl with All the Gifts A book I owned
9. What the Dead Know A book I owned
10. The Tie That Binds A book I owned
Today (3/29) I have 284 books on my tbr list. There are 10 books that have been on the list 3 years or more. Something new always catches my eye.....but these are definitely books I want to read.Clear the Shelves Challenge
April 1 - June 30, 2016
Progress: 10/10 COMPLETE!
2011
�The Rising--05/20/16
�Under the Bright Lights--04/03/16
�Last Car To Elysian Fields--04/12/16
2012
�Trailerpark--04/16/16
�Sleeping Dogs--06/12/16
�Finders Keepers--04/30/16
�Echoes from the Dead--06/09/16
2013 (Jan-June)
�Until Thy Wrath be Past--05/26/16
�Under Cover of Daylight--05/06/16
�Sister of My Heart--05/13/16
I should really try to do this more often....thanks for the challenge.
Updated 06/12/16
Sign me up for 12, please! CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
As we move into the second quarter of the year, it's time to clear our shelves!
Each of the twelve books below were on my physical / ebook owned-tbr on 29.03.16!
1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer �
2. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank �
3. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson �
4. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes �
5. A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab �
6. Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge �
7. You by Caroline Kepnes �
8. Cress by Marissa Meyer �
9. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen �
10. In the Woods by Tana French �
11. The Good Girl by Mary Kubica �
12. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King �
COMPLETE: 12/12
That's a great idea, Lynn! I should look at how long some of my books have been on my to-read list.
I'll go for 7. 1. The Giver- Lois Lowry
2. The Blood of Olympus- Rick Riordan
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane- Neil Gaiman
4. Linger- Maggie Stiefvater
5. Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void- Tim Lebbon
6. Heat Wave- Richard Castle
7. The 5th Wave- Rick Yancey
I'm in. I'll have to go through my shelves!
I keep track of all my owned unread books (both physical and ebooks) in the Owned Books tab on GR and right now I have 40 listed in there! So I'm in for 10!1. The Valley of Fear completed 4/11
2. His Last Bow completed 4/21
3. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes completed 5/12
4. Flight Behavior
5. The Cuckoo's Calling completed 4/20
6. The House of Silk completed 5/17
7. Christ Beside Me, Christ Within Me: Celtic Blessings completed 6/1
8. Emily: The Diary of a Hard-Worked Woman
9. Gilead
10. My Brilliant Friend completed 5/31
I'm going to try to clear 7 books off my bookshelf and e-reader.SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
1. A Time For New Dreams - completed 27/4
intended:
The Night Circus
The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria
Slaughterhouse-Five
Identity
J'aurais voulu être Égyptien
My gargantuan TBR list (9200+) needs to be trimmed down, since I keep adding more almost every day. I used the random number generator at random.org and got 36, so I will shoot for 36 books this quarter.1. Aquarium by David Vann (4/6/16) ✵✵✵✵�
2. Sleeping with the Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson (4/8/16) ✵✵�
3. What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie (4/9/16) ✵✵�
4. Hot Ice by Nora Roberts (4/11/16) ✵✵�
5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (4/14/16) ✵✵✵✵�
6. Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson (4/15/16) ✵✵✵✵
7. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (4/17/16) ✵✵✵✵�
8. The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry (4/21/16) ✵✵✵✵
9. The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry (4/22/16) ✵✵✵✵
10. The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris (4/25/16) ✵✵✵✵
11. Earth Girl by Janet Edwards (4/27/16) ✵✵✵✵
12. Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers (4/28/16) ✵✵✵✵
13. A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter (4/29/16) ✵✵✵✵
14. Divergent by Veronica Roth (4/30/16) ✵✵✵✵
15. You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister (5/4/16) ✵✵✵✵
16. Dante's Equation (randomizer) by Jane Jensen (5/6/16) ✵✵�
17. Books Can Be Deceiving (randomizer) by Jenn McKinlay (5/8/16) ✵✵�
18. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (5/11/16) ✵✵✵✵
19. Takeover by Lisa Black (5/12/16) ✵✵✵✵
20. The Architect's Apprentice (randomizer) by Elif Shafak (5/14/16) ✵✵✵✵
21. A Judgement In Stone by Ruth Rendell (5/16/16) ✵✵✵✵
22. Big Jack by J.D. Robb (5/19/16) ✵✵✵✵
23. Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story... by Vicki Croke (5/20/16) ✵✵✵✵
24. Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy (5/21/16) ✵✵✵✵
25. Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson (5/24/16) ✵✵✵✵
26. Crashed (randomizer) by Timothy Hallinan (5/25/16) ✵✵✵✵
27. Room with a Clue by Kate Kingsbury (5/26/16) ✵✵�
28. The Eight by Katherine Neville (5/28/16) ✵✵✵✵
29. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (5/30/16) ✵✵✵✵
30. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (5/31/16) ✵✵�
31. Unleashed by Laurien Berenson (6/4/16) ✵✵�
32. Night Rounds by Helene Tursten (6/6/16) ✵✵✵✵
33. Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie (6/9/16) ✵✵�
34. Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales by Terry Pratchett (6/11/16) ✵✵✵✵
35. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin (6/12/16) ✵✵✵✵
36. The Opening Night Murder by Anne Rutherford (6/15/16) ✵✵�
That's great, Katharine! I like the idea of a randomized number of books, but it sounds dangerous too. ;) The Ocean at the End of the Lane is one of my favorite Neil Gaiman books, so I hope you enjoy it.
I am going to read 12 of my Kindle books for this challenge.1. Finish All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
2. All the Blue-Eyed Angels
3. American Gods
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. The Awakening
6. Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning Is Dead: How to Be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience
7. Beneath the Willow
8. The Book of the Damned
9. The Bookshop on the Corner
10. The Bullied Anthology: Stories of Success
11. Carrots
12. Claudia Must Die
I picked the first 12 in alphabetical order that looked interesting. I think I have over 500 books that I've downloaded.
I've been doing a version of this since the beginning of the year - I'm cleaning off my various TBR shelves. I'll join in for 20!2015:
- The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee - completed June 2016
2016:
- Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Sakamoto - completed June 2016
- The Nest by Cynthia d'Aprix Sweeney - completed June 2016
Audible:
- A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley - completed April 2016
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - completed May 2016
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas - completed June 2016
Choice Awards 2014:
- Fighting Redemption by Kate McCarthy - completed June 2016
Choice Awards 2015:
- Winter by Marissa Meyer - completed June 2016
Giveaways:
- The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller - completed June 2016
Kindle:
- I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - completed April 2016
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline - completed April 2016
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - completed June 2016
Library:
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman - completed April 2016
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - completed May 2016
Library Audiobooks:
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer - completed April 2016
Library E-books:
- Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - completed April 2016
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - completed May 2016
Need to Read First Book:
- Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne - completed April 2016
- A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander - completed June 2016
Next in Series:
- Cress by Marissa Meyer - completed May 2016
New Series:
- Bright Young Things by Anna Godberson - completed May 2016
Not Library:
- The Empress of Ireland: A Chronicle of an Unusual Friendship by Christopher Robbins - completed May 2016
- Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress by Josephine Wilkinson - completed June 2016
Own:
- Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans by Jane Green - completed April 2016
PB LIbrary:
- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - completed April 2016
Prime:
- The Best Medicine by Tracy Brogan - completed May 2016
- Love Me Sweet by Tracy Brogan - completed May 2016
Random Word:
- The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France by Maria Perry - completed April 2016
Recommended by Readers:
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova - completed April 2016
29/20 - Challenge completed!!!
I ended the quarter with 13/20 done, which is 13 more to pass on to other readers at least.1. Speak
2. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
4. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
5. A God in Ruins
6. Gone Girl
7. Multiple Choice
8. Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace
9. Kildee House
10. The Second Mrs. Gioconda
11. 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
12. Maisie Dobbs
13. Frankenstein
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I'm in, and I am going to read at least 15 ŷ Giveaway books I've won but have not yet read...Status: May 26, 2016
Progress: 2/15
1. Dearest Daughter: Become Who You Were Created to Be - read 5/7
2. Outgrow Your Space at Work - read 5/20
im supose to be doing this anyway but love of the library as made me full behind i will sort out 15 when i get home and only take out libray books for the book club this is going to be bard im in the library now
I'm going to do as suggested and make this challenge my own. There are quite a few books on my TBR list that friends have recommended and I just haven't gotten around to. I'm going to make a point of finally reading some of those. Put me down for 5 please!Completed:
1. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (5 stars) - Linda
2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (4 stars) - Rosemary
3. The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri (3 stars) - Renee
4. Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher (4 stars) - Greg M
5.
Some to choose from:
Recommended by Kay:
The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe
Outlander
The Life We Bury
Recommended by Renee:
The Raphael Affair
Recommended by Holly:
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
I'm in for 10 books!1. The Giver
2. The Rule of Thoughts
3. The Game of Lives
4. Attachments
5. A World Without Princes
6. The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
7. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
8. Room
9. Every Last Word
10. Kafka on the Shore
10/10
Done! :D
Welcome everyone! I hope everyone enjoys! Personally 20 is such a tiny dent in an ever growing TBR but hey, once they're read, I can buy more right? (Or at least donate these to the library.)If I made a mistake with your total or you've changed your mind, do let me know. I'm happy to change it. As always, I hope everyone has fun! That's the important part!
Okay, I'm in. Goal is to read 4 physical books I own that I have not read and 4 Kindle books. Total goal is 8.
Put me down for 10 please! :) This is my kind of challenge, I like the ones that aren't super specific, lots of freedom here.
This is right up my alley, I have a personal challenge for books on the TBR before 2016 ...Could you put me down for 30 please?
31/30
1.Cold in July
2.Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
3.The Bartender's Tale
4.The Lewis Man
5.Knife
6.The Last Wish
7.The Kitchen House
8.The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
9.Ancillary Justice
10.Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
11.Paladin of Souls
12.The Door
13.The Lock Artist
14.Our Souls at Night
15.Assassin's Quest
16.The Last Child
17.The Phantom of the Opera
18.The Beekeeper's Apprentice
19.The Bearkeeper's Daughter
20.Self-Help
21.Bel Canto
22.Half the World
23.Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore
24.Throne of Glass
25.A Vision of Light
26.Provinces of Night
27.I Know This Much Is True
28.The Kind Worth Killing
29.Their Eyes Were Watching God
30.By Fire, by Water
31.Pump Six and Other Stories
2025 Reading Challenge
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Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
As we move into the second quarter of the year, it's time to clear our shelves! Many of us (myself included) have shelves full of books that we haven't read. In my case, it's my goal to read as many books from my "owned-but-unread" shelf as possible. Others don't buy books, but have to-read lists that are getting out of control.
Either way, pick a goal and try to clear that many books off your shelves!
Feel free to make this your own - you can add extra requirements, like using a random number generator to select books like our randomizer challenge. You could limit the challenge to books you actually own, or tackle the books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Bobbi suggested that we bring this challenge back, and also volunteered to lead it. Thank you for leading, Bobbi!