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Clear the Shelves - 2018

I only have one ebook left in my Kindle stash so I'll get that read, otherwise my tbr pile is so big I'll pick and chose as I go rather than setting out a list in advance.
15/15 - Challenge Complete
(aim 14 physical and 1 ebook)
� 1. The Queen of All Crows by Rod Duncan
� 2. The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
� 3. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
� 4. Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
� 5. The Long Song by Andrea Levy
� 6. The Old Man of the Moon by Shen Fu
� 7. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
� 8. Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
� 9. The Monkey's Voyage by Alan de Queiroz
� 10. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
� 11. Much Obliged, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
� 12. Maria in the Moon by Louise Beech - ebook
� 13. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse
� 14. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
� 15. Beloved by Toni Morrison

I'd like to aim for 20 books, please.
CLEAR ALL YOUR BOOKSHELVES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
Progress: 13/20 (Incomplete)
1 - Succubus Revealed
2 - The Outliers
3 - Excursion to Tindari
4 - The Water's Edge
5 - Anne of Green Gables
6 - The Alchemist
7 - Northern Lights
8 - The Girl in 6E
9 - Wonder
10 - Terpingkal-pingkal
11 - Altered Carbon
12 - Merinding
13 - Zorro
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2/12
A Joyful Break
Bellamy and The Brute

Not sure how I'll go - but let's aim high!!
Oh, and this doesn't include Kindle for this year - someone may have done a big lot of downloading the free books...

COMPLETED: 40/40
� Physical books
1. Good Omens read 15 March, **** with review
2. Between the Lines read 21 March, ****
3. The Bone Season read 27 March, ****
4. At the House of the Magician read 30 March, ***
5. Windhaven read 18 April, *** with review
6. Harry Potter: A History of Magic read 29 April, ****
7. Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic read 6 May, **** with review
8. The Great Automatic Grammatizator And Other Stories read 26 May, ****
9. Coraline read 27 May, with review
10. Dominion read 2 June, ****
11. Half a King read 28 June, **** with review
12. Seeker read 3 July, ***
13. The Shut-In read 4 July, ****
14. French Twist read 6 July, ****
15. The Book of Tomorrow read 9 August, ***
16. The Queen's Fool read 15 August, **** with review
17. Crazy House read 16 August, ****
18. The Fire Sermon read 18 September, **** with review
19. Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins read 29 September, ****
20. Four Tales read 6 October, ****
21. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street read 12 October, *** with review
22. On the Other Side read 14 October, **** with review
23. The Hanging Club read 18 October, ****
24. Shutter Island read 21 October, ****
25. Library of the Dead read 27 October, ****
� Ebooks
1. Les Misérables read 3 March, **** with review
2. Brave New World read 6 March, ****
3. The Thirty-Nine Steps read 9 March, ** with review
4. The Merchant of Venice read 22 April, ***
5. Vicious read 28 April, with review
6. The Crow Trap read 12 May, *** with review
7. The Merry Wives of Windsor read 13 May, ***
8. Doctor Who: Free Comic Book Day 2016 read 2 June, **** with review
9. Oz: The Complete Collection read 23 June, **** with review
10. A Book of Nonsense read 23 June, ***
11. The Taming of the Shrew read 14 July, ** with review
12. Outlander read 27 July, with review
13. Red Queen read 6 August, **** with review
14. The Once and Future King read 5 September, *** with review
15. The Two Gentlemen of Verona read 7 September, ****

6/16
Physical Books:
History Is All You Left Me
Scarlet (Finished)
Cress (Finished) Winter (Finished)
Fairest (Finished)
Stars Above
Carry On (Finished)
Dress Codes for Small Towns
Love Letters to the Dead
Plague Land
The Beginning of Everything
A Shadow Bright and Burning
I'll Give You the Sun
The Defiant(Finished)
The Sun Is Also a Star
Scrappy Little Nobody

6/20
Physical Books: Read - 1
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Jan 3 ✔️
The Fame Game Jan 28 ✔️
Ebooks: Read -2
Mother, Can You Not? Jan 1 ✔️
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Jan 2 ✔️
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay Jan 12 ✔️
Audiobooks: Read -1
The Memory Box Jan 4 ✔️

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I pledge 10 from my Must Read List or from the dusty bookshelves in my study.
In particular-
Finish-
In the Shadow of Man
Start and finish-
As I Lay Dying
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Rebecca ✔️
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
Midwives ✔️

Duration: 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018
Progress: 20/20
1. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (Finished: 2 January 2018)
2. Legend by Marie Lu (Finished: 5 January 2018)
3. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi (Finished: 31 January 2018)
4. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (Finished: 4 February 2018)
5. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (Finished: 10 February 2018)
6. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (Finished: 11 February 2018)
7. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (Finished: 12 February 2018)
8. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (Finished: 18 February 2018)
9. Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller (Finished: 3 March 2018)
10. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (Finished: 18 March 2018)
11. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Finished: 1 April 2018)
12. Hope's Boy by Andrew Bridge (Finished: 11 April 2018)
13. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Finished 11 April 2018)
14. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Finished: 24 April 2018)
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (Finished: 29 April 2018)
16. 1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know: by Harry Harrison Jr. (Finished: 30 April 2018)
17. Do Your Laundry or You'll Die Alone: Advice Your Mom Would Give If She Thought You Were Listening by Becky Blades (Finished: 30 April 2018)
18. History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (Finished: 11 May 2018)
19. We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out by Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino (Finished: 23 May 2018)
20. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Finished: 29 May 2018)

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2 She Rode the Rails / Beverly S. Adam
3 The Book of Strange New Things / Michel Faber
4 Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography / Marion Meade
5 Across The Plains In 1844 / Catherine Sager
6 Hiding the Past / Nathan Dylan Goodwin
7 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Maya Angelou
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Here are the books I will be reading/listening to:
e-books
1. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
2. The Way of Kings
3. The Short Drop
4. Beneath a Scarlet Sky
audiobooks
5. The Shadow of Your Smile
6. Deja Dead
7. Matterhorn
8. The Power of One
9. The Areas of My Expertise
10. Postmortem
11. The Cat Who Went Bananas
12. Oath of Office
13. The Hunger Games
14. Here Comes Trouble
15. Just Take My Heart
16. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
17. The Pillars of the Earth

1. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: in His Adventure on Earth
2.Godplayer
3. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
4. Love in the Time of Cholera
5. The Cat Who Saw Red
6.Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
7. Can't Quit You, Baby
8. Number the Stars
9. Loves Music, Loves to Dance
10. The Cat Who Wasn't There
11. The Client
12. At Home in Mitford
13. Songs in Ordinary Time
14. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
15. Memoirs of a Geisha
16. The Locket
17. Girl with a Pearl Earring
18. The Thief Lord
19.Blessed Child
20. A Man Called Blessed
21. Pompeii
22. The Kite Runner
23. No Place Like Home
24. The Meaning of Night
25. The Company of the Dead
26.Ghost Cats of the South
27. If I Stay
28. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
29.Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me: A Memoir. . . of Sorts
30.Murder And God's Redeeming Love
31.The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
32.Rooms
33.Who Buries the Dead
34.The Orphan Mother
35. Every Breath You Take

Physical Books:
1. Boneshaker
2. The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World
3. Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
4. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
5. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
6. Thank You, Goodnight
Kindle Books:
1. The Gravity of Us
2. P.S. from Paris
3. A Strange Hymn
4. The Ship of Brides
Audible Books:
1. The Well of Ascension
2. Glass Sword
3. Cruel Crown
4. Slaughterhouse-Five
5. Night

0/75


10/20
1. Wonder
2. 12th of Never
3. Scumble
4. A Bend in the Road
5. The Chamber
6. Of Beast and Beauty
7. Insurgent
8. Ready Player One
9. I, Michael Bennett
10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Ebooks: 29
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Books Read



Physical
1 Όμορφο φινάλε
2 Σαν παραμύθι
3 Bloom: navigating life and style
4 Sleeping Arrangements
5 Front Page Engagement
6 Το κορίτσι του ημερολογίου
7 Μια στροφή του δρόμου
8 Piece of cake
9 Το τελευταίο τραγούδι
10 Το κορίτσι του ημερολογίου
11 Το καταφύγιο της αγάπης 528
12 Πρόταση γάμου 368
13 Royally Matched 276
14 Η πτώση 100
15 Black Sheep Billionaire 150
16 Το πανδοχείο στη Ροδάνθη 128
Ebooks
1 Ο μικρός πρίγκιπας
2 Ογδόντα Ημέρες Κίτρινο
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2/5

1. The Romance of Tristan & Iseult translated by Joseph Bédier
2. The Penelopiad by Margret Atwood

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Woohoo!

1. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1
2. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 2
3. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 3
4. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 4
5. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 5
6. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 6
7. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 7
8. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 8
9. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 9
10. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 10
11. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 11
12. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 12
13.Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 13
14. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 14
15. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 15
16. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 16
17. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 17
18. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 18
19. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 19
20. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 20
21. Kamisama Kiss Volume 21
22. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 22
23. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 23
24. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 24
25. Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 25
26. The Last Wish

Physical books: 15
Audiobooks: 2
Audiobooks:
1 -- "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek
2 -- "The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
Physical books:
1 -- "The Pillars Of The Earth" by Ken Follett

Physical Books: 20
Ebooks: 5
Physical Books
1. Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
2. The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
3. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
4. The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy
5. Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
6. The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
7. American War by Omar El Akkad
8. Warcross by Marie Lu
9. The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
10. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
11. A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
12. The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks
13. Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolaño
14. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
15. Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye
16. Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz
17. Sourdough by Robin Sloan
18. The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond by Christophe Galfard
19. Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
20. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Ebooks
21. The Phantom of New York: Volume I - Peter and the Crown by A.L. Janney
22. To Honor You Call Us by H. Paul Honsinger
23. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
24. Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day by Peter Zuckerman
25. The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore
I enjoyed the book. It was Moore's memoirs, including stories of relatives that were told to him. I am not particularly a fan of his, but appreciate him more after reading this. Most of the stories were funny and well written. However, a couple were a bit long and seemed to drag on.

I would like to take part in this challenge, please sign me up for 15 books, 5 physical and 10 ebooks.
Sorry it's been a while my books are:
Physical:






Ebooks:




(Can't recall the rest will update again when I confirm sorry)

Clear All Your Bookshelves Challenge
Duration: Janauary 1, 2018-December 31, 2018
Progress: 0/6
Physical Books


Ebooks


Audible Books

I decided that in addition to reading the 50 books for this challenge that I must clear the shelves by accepting that I need the space on my shelves for other things. I've now taken away stacks of books and after checking if my local library has a copy, given away many.
1. The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky
2. Babyville by Jane Green
3. A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans
4. To Have and Hold by Jane Green
5. A Soft Place to Fall by Barbara Bretton
6. The Witness by Sandra Brown
7. An Irish Country Courtship
8. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
9. Hello Darkness by Sandra Brown
10. Secret of the Stone by Barbara Delinsky
11. Hard Luck by Barbara D'Amato
12. Home Again by Kristin Hannah
13. If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb
14. The Fateful Summer by Velda Johnston
15. The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux
16. 10-lb Penalty by Dick Francis
17. The Third Wife by Jasmine Cresswell
18. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
19. Long Lost by David Morrell
20. Looking for Peyton Place by Barbara Delinsky
21. Long Time, No See by Susan Isaacs
22. Let Me Whisper in Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark
23. Babes in Captivity by Pamela Redmond Satran
24. The Surgeon by W C Heinz
25. A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick
26. The Winds of Heaven by Monica Dickens
27. Jackdaws by Ken Follett
28. Red, White and Blue by Susan Isaacs
29. My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamole
30. Proof by Dick Francis
31. What Matters Most by Luanne Rice
32. Courting Emma Howe by Margaret A Robinson
33. Doctors by Erich Segal
34. The White by Deborah Larsen
35. The Alibi by Sandra Brown
36. In the Cherry Tree by Dan Pope
37. Knitting Yarns and Spinning Tales: A Knitter's Stash of Wit and Wisdom by Kari Cornell
38. Flirting With Pete by Barbara Delinsky 8/20/18
39. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve 8/22/18
40. The Toothache Tree by Jack Galloway 9/2/18
41. Brother Moose by Betty Levin 9/3/18

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The Staff of Serapis
Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
Freaks
3/12 books read

11/54 Physical Books
1.A Court of Wings and Ruin
2. Mad
3. The Alchemists of Loom 3/27/2018
4. Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories
5. The Great Hunt
6. The Great Pursuit
7. When Dimple Met Rishi
8. The Dream Thieves
9. Soulless
10. Beauty Queens
11. Royce Rolls
12. Red Rising
13. Linger
14. The Final Empire
15. The Well of Ascension
16. The Hero of Ages
17. Cress
18. Queens of Geek
19. Big Little Lies
20. The Husband's Secret
21. Fallen Heir
22. The Deal
23. The Mistake
24. Perfection
25. Forbidden
26. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
27. The Passage
28. Lick
29. Allure
30. Arouse
31. Looking for Alaska
32. Behind Closed Doors 2/23/18
33. The Black Prism
34. Gone Girl
35. For Better, for Worse
36. Someone Like You
37. The Girl on the Train
38. The Pirate's Wish
39. Final Girls1/6/2018
40. Firstborn
41. The Season
42. The Hating Game 1/21/2018
43. Dangerous Girls
44. My New Crush Gave to Me 3/16/2018
45. You're Welcome, Universe
46. Don't Look Back2/3/2018
47. The Wizards of Once
48. Stars Above
49. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
50. Down Among the Sticks and Bones1/11/2018
51. The Hawkweed Prophecy2/9/2018
52. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things 4/11/2018
53. The Cruel Prince 2/19/18
54. The Outsiders 2/12/18
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Ebooks
1/25
1. Hex Hall
2. The Titan's Curse
3. Wicked Lovely 3/24/2018
4. Ink Exchange
5. Letters to the Lost
6. Emergency Contact
7. The Thousandth Floor
8. Bad Mommy
9. A Little Life
10. Daughter of the Siren Queen
11. American Panda
12. Brooklynaire
13.Sweet Filthy Boy
14. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
15. My Not So Perfect Life
16. Dating You / Hating You
17. Outlander
18. Bad Romance
19. Strange the Dreamer
20. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
21. The Female of the Species
23. A Thousand Nights
24. The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
25. Strands of Bronze and Gold
26. Just Ella 4/13/2018
Ebooks read:



Current Progress:
48/48 eBooks
24/24 physical books
72/72 TOTAL


1. The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
2. Aarsrivalen, scheldkarbonades en terminale baden by Ewoud Sanders
3. De vreugde en gelukclub by Amy Tan
4. Makkelijk leven by Herman Koch
5. Wijsheid op vier poten by Gotham Chopra
6. Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding by Paulien Cornelisse
7. De eindeloze nacht by Agatha Christie
8. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
9. Liefde liegt: Wat mannen niet weten en vrouwen niet willen toegeven by Deborah McKinley
Books read: 9/24

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