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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop TalkingWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Man's Search for Meaning
Girl, Interrupted
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
✔ How many books you have read in 2014 (>100 pages) 24 ✔ How many books you plan to read 2015? 26
✔ The continent you live in (so we can try and match time zones) North America
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain? No thank you
✔ Is this your first team challenge with NBRC?
I competed in Tower Teams II on Forest Green
TBR Tackler Challenge - Round IILevel: Spear Tackle: Read 6+ books
Duration: Sept 2014-Sept 2015
4/12
1. 21 - Slaughterhouse-Five - 8/30/14
2. 908 - The Best of Me - 9/14/14
3. 1093 - Netherland - 9/24/14
4. 317 - The Betrothed - 10/3/14
5. 601 - The Iron Heel
6. 1229 - The Monsters Of Templeton
7. 264 - The Crying of Lot 49
8. 157 - The Rag and Bone Shop
9. 1028 - Tinkers
10. 804 - Tyrell
11. 891 - Ride for Rights
12. 558 - Titus Groan
TBR Tackler ChallengeLevel: Spear Tackle: Read 6+ books
Duration: May 2014-May 2015
15/12
1. 726 - The Three Musketeers - 5/18/14
2. 1288 - The Death of Ivan Ilych - 5/19/14
3. 216 - Shutter Island - 5/26/14
4. 1362 - Oblomov - 6/21/14
5. 45 - Snow Crash - 6/13/14
6. 227 - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir - 7/12/14
7. 1161 - In a Free State - 6/4/14
8. 540 - Far from the Madding Crowd - 6/28/14
9. 1507 - Shatter Me - 8/01/14
10. 651 - The Book of Illusions - 7/19/14
11. 738 - Smilla's Sense of Snow - 8/19/14
12. 8 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 8/24/14
ALT.
13 - 616 - The House on the Borderland - 8/28/14
14. 176 - Every Day - 7/24/14
15. 1141 - The Antelope Wife- 7/9/14
Woohoo! Finished a challenge! And completed more books than I originally planned.
Time to go back to the randomizer....
I found this blog article and thought it might be helpful for this thread!http://www.purewow.com/slideshow/book...
Here is my shelf (If I figured out how to post it correctly!)https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
This is a fantastic idea and I will add my books, but it will take me awhile to organize them!Are you familiar with this website? This is this idea on a larger scale, and it has always been really easy and worked really well!
http://www.booklending.com/index.htm
Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "Wow, Rebekah. Good job of whittling down your number - 702!!"Yes I am a book hoarder. ;)
Also most of those were I had imported a list of the 1300+ books on the combined 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list. A lot of those books just aren't easily available, so they went bye bye.
Wow, I finally finished the organization part!How many books did you read overall for this challenge?
- I am doing the TBR Tackler challenge, and hope to read 12. I have already read 3, and abandoned 1
How many of them were already owned? On your TBR list?
- I whittled my TBR List from 1540 to 838 based upon if I already owned the book or have online library access
Did you create any bookshelves? If so, how many?
- I created 2 library shelves for each of the online libraries I use
Did you remove any books from your TBR list while organizing your bookshelf? If so, how many?
- Yes, I removed 702 books!
Did this challenge help you to organize your bookshelves or to your wheedle down your TBR list?
- Yes, big time! Now I know easily where to find books that I want to read.
Nothing but Reading Challenges discussionReading Through Europe
Duration: 9/1/10 - ???
4/50
1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Armenia
4. Austria
5. Azerbaijan
6. Belarus
7. Belgium
8. Bosnia and Herzegovina
9. Bulgaria
10. Croatia
11. Cyprus
12. Czech Republic
13. Denmark
14. Estonia
15. Finland
16. France
17. Georgia
18. Germany - The Book Thief- 10/28/12
19. Greece
20. Hungary
21. Iceland
22. Ireland - The Story of Lucy Gault - 2/3/13
23. Italy - The Birth of Venus - 7/27/13
24. Kazakhstan
25. Latvia
26. Liechtenstein
27. Lithuania
28. Luxembourg
29. Republic of Macedonia
30. Malta
31. Moldova
32. Monaco
33. Montenegro
34. Netherlands
35. Norway
36. Poland
37. Portugal
38. Romania
39. Russia
40. San Marino
41. Serbia
42. Slovakia
43. Slovenia
44. Spain
45. Sweden
46. Switzerland
47. Turkey
48. Ukraine
49. United Kingdom - The Remains of the Day - 3/16/13
50. Vatican City
New 2 U Authors: 2014Duration: January 01/14 - December 31/14
Level: Come What May
New Authors: 32
February
- The Fault in Our Stars- John Green - 2/15/14 - ****
- The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan - 2/28/14 - ****
March
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot - 3/8/14 - ***
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand - 3/15/14 - *****
May
- The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations - James Kouze - 5/4/14 *
- Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell - 5/4/14 **
- Leading Change - John P. Kotter - 5/5/14 *
- Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane - 5/26/14 ***
June
- In a Free State - V.S. Naipaul - 6/4/14 ****
- Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - 6/13/14 ***
- Awakening Foster Kelly - Cara Rosalie Olsen - 6/21/14 *
- Oblomov- Ivan Goncharov- 6/21/14 **
July
- The Antelope Wife - Louise Erdrich - 7/9/14 *****
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir - Jenny Lawson - 7/12/14 ***
- The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster - 7/19/14 **
- Every Day - David Levithan - 7/24/14 ***
August
- Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/01/14 ***
- Smilla's Sense of Snow - Peter Høeg - 8/19/14 ****
- Dogknife - Liam Rodgers - 8/20/14 - ****
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson - 8/24/14 - ****
- The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson - 8/28/14 - **
- Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut - 8/30/14 - *****
September
- The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks- 9/14/14 - ****
- Netherland - Joseph O'Neill - 9/24/14 - **
October
- The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni - 10/4/14 - **
November
- The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton - 11/9/14 - ****
- Stardust - Neil Gaiman - 11/12/14 - ****
- The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT - Russ Harris - 11/23/14 - *****
- The Kilgore Curse - Larry Pivnick- 11/23/14 - **
December
- High Stakes - Vanessa Waltz - 12/7/14 - ***
- The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch - 12/8/14 - ****
- The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee - Marja Mills - 12/28/14 - ***
Author Alphabet Reading ChallengeStart: 16 August 2013
Finish: ???
17/26
A - The Prophet by Amanda Stevens - 9/26/13
B - Across the Universe by Beth Revis - 8/31/13
C - The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier - 9/28/13
D
E - The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe - 5/6/14
F
G - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 2/15/14
H - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand - 3/15/14
I
J - The Passage by Justin Cronin - 11/10/13
K - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver - 10/17/13
L - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane - 5/26/14
M - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - 12/13/13
N - In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul
O
P - The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - 2/1/14
Q
R - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan - 2/28/14
S - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - 3/8/14
T - The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy - 5/19/14
U
V - Divergent by Veronica Roth - 11/22/13
W - Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington - 11/20/13
X
Y
Z
September 1 2010 - ?Completed 19/50
Alabama (AL) - The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 - 1/21/11
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ) - The Bean Trees - Tuscon, 10/17/13
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA) - The Black Echo - Los Angeles, 10/12/13
Colorado (CO) - The Passage - Telluride, 11/10/13
Connecticut (CT)
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL) - Divergent - Chicago, 11/22/13
Indiana (IN)- The Fault in Our Stars - Indianapolis, 2/15/14
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME) - The Cider House Rules - 7/18/12
Maryland (MD) - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Baltimore, 3/8/14
Massachusetts (MA) - Shutter Island - 5/26/14
Michigan (MI) - The Lost Hero - Detroit, 2/28/14
Minnesota (MN) - The Antelope Wife - Minneapolis, 7/9/14
Mississippi (MS) - The Help - Jackson, 5/6/13
Missouri (MO) - The Lightning Thief - St. Louis, 5/5/15
Montana (MT)
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV) - The Goldfinch - Las Vegas, 1/31/15
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ) - Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Trenton, 6/7/12
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY) - The Great Gatsby - NYC, 5/11/13
North Carolina (NC) - Rain Song - 1/21/11
North Dakota (ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC) - The Restorer - 6/26/13
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN) - Only You - 10/6/12
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)
Pre Challenge SurveyHow many books do you currently have on your TBR list?
-- 1540! I do not like how books have to be added to a shelf in order to be on your goodreads list. I am doing the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die group, & imported the books for it, so approximately 1297 of the books are from that list.
How many bookshelves do you have?
-- 165! (I like to sort by genre)
How many unread books do you own (consider eBooks, paperback, and hardcover)?
-- Unknown, not that many hard copies, but I hoard eBooks
How many books do you want to read for this challenge?
-- I am going to organize my TBR list based upon whether or not it's available via ebook or library & go from there. Want to read at least 2 a month, so 12 this year
TBR Tackler ChallengeLevel: Spear Tackle: Read 6+ books
Duration: May 2014-May 2015
15/12
1. 726 - The Three Musketeers - 5/18/14
2. 1288 - The Death of Ivan Ilych - 5/19/14
3. 216 - Shutter Island - 5/26/14
4. 1362 - Oblomov - 6/21/14
5. 45 - Snow Crash - 6/13/14
6. 227 - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir - 7/12/14
7. 1161 - In a Free State - 6/4/14
8. 540 - Far from the Madding Crowd - 6/28/14
9. 1507 - Shatter Me - 8/01/14
10. 651 - The Book of Illusions - 7/19/14
11. 738 - Smilla's Sense of Snow - 8/19/14
12. 8 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 8/24/14
ALT.
13 - 616 - The House on the Borderland - 8/28/14
14. 176 - Every Day - 7/24/14
15. 1141 - The Antelope Wife- 7/9/14
This is a brilliant idea!Goodreads insistence that books be added to your "To Be Read" shelf in order to be sorted onto other shelves is a HUGE pet peeve of mine!
I currently have 1530 on my TBR shelf but 1298 of those are part of the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die import list.
I had been going through my TBR shelf in order by average rating from highest to lowest, but I think I like the randomizer, so I am in! I will probably do this multiple times as well.
